CLYDE & CO UPDATER - EXPLORING TANZANIA'S NEW ONLINE CONTENT REGULATIONS

Tanzania recently published new Online Content Regulations under the Electronic and Postal Communications Act. The Online Content Regulations apply to online content service providers, internet service providers, application services licensees, online content users and any other related online content.

In this article, we highlight the steps that each licensee is required to follow in order to not only obtain but maintain an online content license, as well as what constitutes 'prohibited content' to avoid being penalised.

The Online Content Regulations cover:

• licence categories
• licence application procedure
• obligations of online content service providers
• online content users and hosts
• prohibited content
• complaints and penalties

Licence categories and application

Under the Online Content Regulations, a person shall only provide content services after having obtained a licence from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (the TCRA). There are four categories of online content licences as set out below:

• provision of predominant news and current affairs
• provision of predominant entertainment content
• provision of predominant education and religious content
• simulcasting licence⁴

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