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Attempts to clamp down on free speech online aren't just limited to public social network posts. Tanzania has charged five men with insulting President John Magufuli on social networks, one of whom (lecturer Dennis Mtegwa) is accused of offending the country's leader in a WhatsApp discussion group. The other four have also been charged with using Facebook and WhatsApp posts to turn people against the police. All five have denied the charges and are currently free on bail. The five men are the latest to run afoul of a recently instituted cybercrime law meant to punish anyone posting "false, deceptive, misleading or inaccurate" content online. As with many such laws, though, the administration ...
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