Tanzania: Govt Defends Cyber Crime Act

LITTLE understanding of the newly enacted Cyber Crime Act is to blame for the negative response with which some members of the public have greeted the legislation, the government said in Dar es Salaam.

Members of Parliament passed the legislation in Dodoma last month, sparking a heated debate and dissenting voices against the anti-cyber crime law from the public.

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