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GOVERNMENTNOTI
CENO.133publ
i
shedon16/
03/
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THEELECTRONI
CANDPOSTALCOMMUNI CATIONS(
ONLI
NE
CONTENT)REGULATI
ONS,
2018

ARRANGEMENTOFREGULATI
ONS

Regul
ati
on Ti
tl
e

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI
SIONS

1. Ci
tat
ion.
2. Appl
icat
ion.
3. I
nter
pret
ation.

PARTI
I
POWERSOFTHEAUTHORI
TY

4. Power
sofAut
hor
it
y.

PARTII
I
GENERALOBLI
GATI
ONSFORONLINECONTENTSERVI
CES
PROVI
DERS

5. Obligati
onsofonl inecont entpr ovi
dersanduser s.
6. Obligati
onsofappl i
cati
onser vicesl i
cencee.
7. Obligati
onsofonl iner adio,onl i
net elevisionandbl ogger
s
andonl i
nef orums.
8. Obligati
onsofonl inecont enthost s.
9. Obligati
onsofi nternetcafe.
10. Obligati
onsofsoci al mediauser .
11. Disclosureofinformat i
on.
12. Prohibit
edcont ent.
13. Protecti
onofchi ldrenagai nstindecentonl inecontent
.
14. Appl i
cati
onf oronlinecont entserviceslicence.
15. Cancel l
ati
onofonl inecont entser vi
cesl i
cence.

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PARTI
V
COMPLAI
NTHANDLI
NG

16. Complai
ntshandli
ngbyonli
necontentser
vicepr
ovi
der
.
17. Ref
err
alofcomplaint
stoAuthor
it
y.
18.
PARTV
MISCELLANEOUSPROVI SIONS

19. Of
fencesandpenal
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THEELECTRONI
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CATI
ONSACT
(CAP.306)
___
_____

REGULATIONS
__
____
___

(
Madeundersect
ion103(
1))
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_

THEELECTRONI
CANDPOSTALCOMMUNI CATIONS(
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NE
CONTENT)REGULATI
ONS,
2018

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI
SIONS

Ci
tat
ion 1.These Regulat
ions may be ci
ted as t
he
El
ect
ronic and Postal Communi
cati
ons (Onl
i
ne
Cont
ent)Regul
ati
ons,
2018.

Appl
i
cat
ion 2.The seRegul ationsshal lappl
yt oonl
i
necontent
i
ncludi
ng:
(
a)appl i
cationser vicesli
censees;
(
b)blogger s;
(
c)internetcaf es;
(
d)onl i
necont enthost s;
(
e)onl i
nefor ums;
(
f)onl i
neradi oort elevi
sion;
(
g)social medi a;
(
h)subscr i
ber sanduser sofonli
necontent
;and
(
i)a nyotherr elatedonlinecontent.
I
nter
pret
ati
on 3.IntheseRegulat
ions,unl
essthecontextr
equires
otherwise-
Cap.
306 “
Act” means t he El ectr
onic and Post al
Communi cat
ionsAct;
“
Aut hori
ty”means the Tanzania Communicat
ions
Cap.172
Regulator
y Authori
ty establ
ished under the
TanzaniaCommuni cati
onsRegulator
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Act ;
“appli
cat i
onser v i
cesl icensee”meansal icenseeof
the Aut hor ityi nt he cat egor y ofappl ication
serv i
cel icencel imitedt ot hepr ov i
sionofonl ine
cont ent or f acil
itation of onl ine cont ent
producer s;
“bl
og orwebl og”means a websi te cont aining a
wr i
ter’sorgr oupofwr i
t er ’
sown;
experiences, obser vat i
ons, opi ni ons i ncl uding
cur r
entnews,ev ent s,j our nals,adv erti
sement s
and i mages,v i
deo cl ips and l i
nks t o ot her
websi tes;
“bl
ogger ”meansawr i
terorgr oupofwr itersowni ng
andper for mi ngt heactofbl oggi ngandanyot her
actssi mi lart obl oggi ng;
“content” means sound,dat a,t ext or i mages
whet herst il
l ormov ing;
“el
ectroni cmedi a”meansamodeofcommuni cation
ofcont entt ot hepubl icby
tel
ev i
sion,r adi o,v ideo,ci nema,e- newspaperorby
any ot her el ectronic means and dev ices
including soci almedi a,appl icat i
ons and any
otherr el at edmeans;
“hatemat er ial”meanscont entwhi chadv ocat esor
promot es genoci de or hat red agai nst an
identifiabl egr oupofpeopl e;
“hate speech”means speech t hatr efer st o any
por t
ray al by wor ds,speech or pi ctur
es or
other wi se, whi ch deni grates, def ames, or
dev aluesaper sonorgr oupont hebasi sofr ace,
ethnicity ,r el i
gion,nat ional it
y ,gender ,sexual
orientat ion, ordi sabilit
y ;
“i
ndecentcont ent”means any cont entwhi ch i s
offensi v e,mor allyimpr operandagai nstcur rent
standar dsofaccept edbehav ior ,suchasnudi t
y
andsex;
“i
nternet caf é” or cy ber café means a r etail
establ i
shment ,caf é or cof fee baror smal l,

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i
nf or malr estaur antt hatof f
er sonl ineaccesson
i
tsowncomput ersorcust omer slapt ops, usual ly
forf ee;
“
law enf orcement agency ” means t he Pol ice,
Tanzani aI nt ell
igence Ser vice,Pr osecut or,any
aut hor ity responsi ble for regul ating
communi cat ionsoranyot herbodyaut hor izedi n
anywr ittenl aw;
“
obscenecont ent ”meansacont entwhi chgi vesr i
se
to af eel ing ofdi sgustbyr easonofi tsl ewd
por tr ay aland i sessent iallyof fensi vet o one’ s
pr ev ailingnot ionofdecencyandmodest y, witha
possi bili
tyofhav ing a negat i
v ei nfluenceand
cor rupt ingt hemi ndoft hoseeasi lyinf luenced;
“
onlinecont enthost ”meansanyser vert hathost sor
pr ov ides access t o onl i
ne accessi ble cont ent
whi ch i ncl udes f ilet ransf erpr otocolser v ers,
telnetser v ers,webhost i
ngcompani esandweb
ser v er s;
“
online”meansanet wor kedenv ir
onmentav ailabl e
viaonl inewher ebycont enti saccessi blet oorby
thepubl i
cwhet herf oraf eeorot her wi seand
whi ch i s i ntended f or consumpt ion i n or
or i
gi nat edf r
om Tanzani a;
“
online f orum”means an onl ine di scussi on si te
wher epeopl ecanhol dconv er sationsi nt hef or m
ofpost edmessagesorj our nals;
“
onliner adi o, webr adi o,netr adi o, streami ngr adi o, e
-radi o,orwebcast ing”meansanaudi oser v i
ce
whet herl i
censedornotl icensedbyt heAut hor ity
whi chi st ransmi ttedv iat heonl ine;
“
online t elev ision”orweb t elev isi
on means t he
digi taldi stribut ion oft elev i
sion cont ent ,shor t
pr ogr amsorv ideoscr eat edbyawi dev arietyof
compani esandi ndi vidual swhet herl icensedor
notl icensed byt he Aut hor i
tydel iver ed onl i
ne
thr ough web st reami ng and i nt ended f or
consumpt ionbyci tizensoft heUni tedRepubl ic;
“
prohi bi ted cont ent ” means cont ent whose

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publ i
cat ion,di stri
butionorpost ingi spr ohi bit
ed
undert heseRegul at
ions;
“
recogni zed i dent it
y car d’means t he Nat ional
Ident i
tyCar d,Zanzi barResi denceI dent i
tyCar d,
Dr i
ving Li cence,Passpor tand Vot ersI dent i
ty
Car d;
“
soci almedi a”meansanonl i
ne-basedappl icat i
ons
andpl at formst hatbui l
dont hei deologicaland
technol ogi calf oundat i
onsofwebandt hatal l
ow
thecr eat i
onandexchangeofhi ghl
yi nter active
usergener at edcont entandpl atformst hr ough
whi ch i
ndi viduals, or gani zati
ons and
communi ties shar e, co- create, di scuss, and
modi f
yuser -gener at
edcont ent;
“
user ”meansa per son orl egalent it
yaccessi ng
online cont ent whet her by subscr ipti
ons or
other wise; and
“
webpage,websi t
eorsi te”meansf i
l
esofcont ent
accessi bleont heWor ldWi deWebbyar equest ed
URL.

PARTI
I
POWERSOFTHEAUTHORI
TY

Power
sof 4.TheAut horit
yshallhav et hef ol
lowingpower s
Aut
hori
ty
i
nregulati
ngonli
necontentser vices-
(a)to keep r
egist
erofbl ogger s,onli
nef orums,
onli
neradi
oandonl i
net el
ev i
sion;
(b)tot ake acti
on agai nst non- compl i
ance to
theseRegulati
ons,includingt oorderr emov al
ofprohi
bit
edcont ent;and
(c)toconductpubli
cawar enessi nrel
ationt osaf
e
useofonlinecontent.

PARTII
I
GENERALOBLI
GATI
ONSFORONLI
NECONTENT
Obl
onl
i
gat
i
i
onsof
necontent
5.-
(1)Forthepur
poseoft heseRegulat
ions,an
provi
dersand onl
i
necontentpr
ovi
dershal
lhavetheobl
igat
ionsto-

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user
s

(a)ensur et hatonl i
necont enti ssaf e,secur eand
does notcont r
avene t he pr ov isi
ons ofany
writt
enl aw;
(b)t ake i nto account t r
ends and cul tur al
sensitiviti
esoft hegener alpubl ic;
(c)est ablishonl i
ne pol i
cyorgui del i
neandmake
i
tav ail
abl et ouser s;
(d)use moder ating tools t o f il
ter pr ohi bi
t ed
content ;
(e)hav einpl acemechani smst oi dentifysour ce
ofcont ent ;
(f)t akecor rectivemeasur esf orobj ectionabl eor
prohibitedcont ent;and
(g)ensur epr ohibitedcont enti sr emov edwi thin
twelvehour suponbei ngnot ifi
ed.
(2)Asubscr i
beranduserofonl inecont ent
servicesshal l:
(a)be r esponsi ble and account abl ef or t he
i
nf ormat ionhepost si nanonl inef orum, soci al
medi a,bl ogandanyot herr elatedmedi a;and
(b)ensur e hi s post s do not cont r
av ene t he
provisionoft heseRegul ationsandanyot her
writt
enl aw.
(3)Anonl inecont entpr ov i
dershal lcooper ate
with l aw enf orcement of ficersi n pur sui ng hi s
functionsundert heseRegul ations.

Obli
gationsof 6.-(1) An appl i
cati
on ser v
ices li
cencee shall
,
appli
cation
servi
ces whenent er
ingcont r
actwi t
hsubscr i
bers,i
ncorporate
l
icensees ter
msandcondi t
ionsofser vi
cewhi chincludet he
ri
ghtt o:
(
a)deny access ort erminate servi
ce wherea
subscribercontrav
enest heseRegulati
ons;and
(
b)r emov eprohibit
edcont entinaccordancewi th
theseRegul at
ions.
(2)Thet ermsandcondi t
ionsincorporat
edunder
subregul ati
on (1)shal lbe in a mannerand f orm

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easil
yaccessi blebyitssubscr i
ber s.
(3)Wher ethelicenseei snotifiedbyt heAut horit
y
orbyaper sonaf f
ectedbyt heexi stenceofpr ohibi
ted
contentshal l
,wi t
hintwel v
ehour sf rom t het imeof
noti
ficati
on,i nfor
m i ts subscribert or emov et he
prohibi
tedcont ent.
(4)Upon r eceiptofnot ifi
cat i
on pur suantt o
subregulation(3),thesubscr i
bershal l
,wi thintwelve
hoursf rom t he time ofnot ifi
cat i
on,r emov et he
prohibi
tedcont ent.
(5)Wher et he subscriberf ailst or emov et he
prohibi
tedcont entwi thintwelvehour s,thel icencee
shallsuspendort ermi nat
et hesubscr ibers’access
account.

Obl
igati
onsof 7.
-(
1)A l i
cenceeofonl i
ner adi
oandt el
evi
sion
onl
ineradi
o,
onl
inetel
evi
sionint
ended forb r
o adcast
ing overthepubli
cinter
net
andblogger wi ththe objecti
ve ofi nforming,ent
ert
aini
ng and
educatingt hepubl icshal ladheret ot hef oll
owing
condit
ions:
(
a)cont ent streamed t o abide tor egulati
ons
governingthebr oadcast i
ngservices;
(
b)adher e t o j
ournali
sm ethi
cs and
prof
essi onali
sm;
(
c)pay mentofr egulatoryfees;
(
d)submi ttot her egulatorthe humanr esource
developmentpl an;
(
e)adher et ocopy ri
ghtandi nt
ell
ectualpr opert
y
l
awsandRegul ations;
(
f)adher et oowner shipandcor porateobligati
ons
provi
dedundert heAct ;
(
g)Adher etolocalcont entrequi
rement s.

(
2)Subr egulati
on (1)shal lapplyto Tanzania
resi
dents,Tanzaniancit
izensoutsidethecount
ry,
non
-ci
ti
zensofTanzani aresidingi
nt hecountr
y,bl
ogging
or r unni
ng onl ine for ums wi th content
s f or
consumptionbyTanzani ans.
(
3)Anappl i
cantforel ect
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r
egulati
onshal lapplytot heAuthor i
tyandpr ovi
dethe
f
oll
owingi nf ormat ion:
(a)addr essi ndicati
ngpremi sesofoper ati
on;
(b)cert i
f i
cateofi ncorporati
on;
(c)ownerandmanagementt eam oftheweb;
(d)cur ri
cul um v it
aeofthest aff;
(e)nat ur e ofcont entto be pr ovided such as
cur rentaf f
airs,newsandspor t
s( progr
amme
infor mat ion);
(f)editor ialpol i
cyguideli
nes;
(g)oper at ionhour s;
(h)techni cal descr i
pti
onfort hefacil
it
iesused;
(i)clarification i fiti s a pr ofi
tornon- pr
ofi
t
maki ngser vi
ce.

Obli
gat
ionsof 8.Subjectt
oRegul at
ion5anonlinecontenthost
onl
inecont
ent
host shal
l
-
(a)adoptacodeofconductf orhosti
ngcontent;
(b)uponnotif
icati
onbyt heper sonaffect
edby
thecont
ent,theAuthor
it
y ,
orlawenforcement
agency,
remov ethehostedcontent.

Obli
gationsof 9.-
(1)Subj ecttoRegul ation5,ev eryint
er netcafé
i
nternetcafe
or business cent er shal l hav e t he f ollowing
obl
i
gations:
(a)toensur ethatal lcomput ersusedf orpubl i
c
i
nt ernetaccessatt hecaf éar eassignedpubl i
c
staticIPaddr esses;
(b)establish and publ ish a saf ei nt
er netuse
policyf orsaf euseoft heinternetwithr egards
toonl inecont entandposti tonconspi cuous
place;comput erhomescr eenordi splayt he
same on a v isi
ble ar eas foruser st or ead
bef oreusi ngtheser vice;
(c)toputi npl acemechani sm t ofil
teraccesst o
prohibitedcont ent;
(d)toi nstal lsurveill
ancecamer at or ecor dand
archiveact i
vi
tiesinsi dethecaf e.
(e)to keep a pr operser vi
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ensureev er
ypersonusi nginternetservi
ceis
regist
ereduponshowi ngar ecognizedident
it
y
card.
(
2)Thei magesrecordedbysur vei
llancecamera
andther egi
sterofusersr ecordedpur suanttosub
regul
ation 1 shallbe keptf ora period oft wel
ve
months.

Obli
gat
ionsof 10.SubjecttoRegulati
on5,asocialmediauser
soci
almedia
user shal
l
:
(a)ber esponsi
bleandaccount ablefor the
i
nformat i
on he publishes on a soci al
medi a;
(b)use passwor d t o pr ot
ect any user
equipment or access equi pment or
hardwaret opreventunauthor
izedaccess
orusebyuni nt
endedpersons.

Di
scl
osur
eof 11.-
(1)
TheAut hor
it
yoranyper
sonempl oyedby
i
nfor
mati
on the Aut
hori
ty shallnotdi
scl
ose any i
nformati
on
received orobt ained dur ing t he exer cise ofi ts
power sorper formi ngi t
sdut iesundert hepr ovisi
ons
oft heseRegul ations,except ,wher ethei nformat ion
isrequi redbyanyl aw enforcementagency ,courtof
laworot herlawf ull
yconst it
utedt r
ibunal.
(2)Not withstandi ngsubr egulati
on( 1)orot her
provisions of t hese Regul ations,any aut hori
zed
person who execut es a di rectiv
e orassi sts with
execut i
onofsuchdi r
ectiveandobt ainsknowl edgeof
anyi nformat i
onshal lnot-
(a)di scl
ose such i nformat ion to anotherper son
unlesst hatot herper soni sal aw enf orcement
offi
cerand t he ext entofsuch di scl osurei s
necessar yf ort hepr operper formanceoft he
offi
cialdut i
esoft heaut horizedper sonort he
l
aw enf orcement of fi
cer r eceiv ing t he
discl
osur e;or
(b)usesuchi nformat i
ont ot heext entt hatsuch
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of
fi
cial
dut
ies.

Prohibi
ted 12.Onl i
necont entser v icespr ov i
dershal lnot
content publ
i
sh-
(a)indecentcont entsav ef orsexandnudi t
ysex
scenesappr ov edbyt hebodyr esponsi blefor
fil
m censor ship;
(b)obscenecont ent ;
(c)hatespeech;
(d)explicitsexact sorpor nogr aphy ;
(e)sex cr imes,r ape orat tempt ed r ape and
statut oryr ape, orbest iality;
(f)cont ent t hat por t ray s v i
ol ence, whet her
physi cal ,v er balorpsy chol ogi cal ;t hatcan
upset ,al ar m andof f endv iewer sandcause
unduef earamongt heaudi enceorencour age
imitat i
on;
(g)cont entt hatpor tr
ay ssadi sticpr act i
cesand
tort
ur e,expl icitandexcessi v ei mager i
esof
inj
uryandaggr ession, andofbl oodorscenes
ofexecut ionsorofpeopl ecl ear l
ybei ngki ll
ed;
(h)cont entt hatcauses annoy ance,t hreatens
harm orev i
l,encour agesori nci tescr ime,or
leadst opubl icdi sor der ;
(i
) cont entwhi chadv ocat eshat epr opaganda
orpr omot esgenoci deorhat redagai nstan
identifiabl egr oup;
(j
) cont entt hatmayt hr eat ennat ionalsecur it
y
orpubl icheal thandsaf et ysuchas-
(
i) maki ng av ailabl e i nst ruct ions and
gui dance on bomb- maki ng,i llegaldr ug
pr oduct ionorcount erfeitpr oduct s;
(i
i) di ssemi nat i
ng f alse i nfor mat ion wi th
regar dst oout br eakofr acial ;
(
ii
i) di stur bances i n a speci fi
c par toft he
count ry;
(
iv) ci rculat ing i nfor mat ion and st atement s
wi thr egar dst opossi bl et error istat tacks;
(v) ci rculat ing or maki ng avail
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inf ormat ionwi thr egardst ot heout break

ofadeadl yorcont agiousdiseases;
(
vi) anyot herr elatedcont ent.
(
k)contentt hatusesbadl anguagei ncluding-
(i)t heuseofdi spar agingorabusi vewor ds
whi chiscal cul atedt oof f
endani ndivi
dual
oragr oupofper sons;
(i
i) cr uder eferenceswor ds,inanyl anguage
commonl yused i nt heUni ted Republ ic,
whi char econsi der edobsceneorpr ofane
incl uding cr ude r eferences t o sexual
inter cour seandsexual organs;
(
ii
i) hat espeech.
(
l)fal
se cont entwhi ch i sl i
kelyt o mi slead or
deceiv et hepubl icunl esswher eitisclearlypre
-st
atedt hatt hecont enti s-
(i) sat ireandpar ody ;
(i
i)f ict i
on; and
(
ii
i) wher ei ti spr ecededbyast atementt hat
thecont entisnotf actual.

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ionof 13.A per son who pr ov ides onl
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Signatureofauthor
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Name …………………………………….
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Posi
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