Tanzania is convicting more of its citizens for criticizing their president online. This week, five people were charged under the country’s recently introduced cybercrime law for comments made on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. If convicted, they face time in prison and hefty fines. In June, a 40-year old man in Arusha, Tanzania was sentenced to three years in prison and a Sh7 million ($3,190) fine for insulting president John Magufuli on Facebook. The law, introduced last year despite widespread criticism, criminalizes the act of publishing “information, data or facts presented in a picture, text, symbol or any other form in a computer system where such information, data or fact is ...
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