Reporters Without Borders deplores strict new media regulations imposed by the authorities in Tanzania, which will have profound implications for national and foreign news organizations just months before the October presidential election.
The Tanzania Communications Regulation Authority (TCRA) announced the new measures on 10 August aimed at tightening government control over national and foreign media outlets. Under the new rules, which strengthen a 2018 law regulating electronic and postal communications, Tanzanian broadcasters are barred from airing national or international content on their platforms without prior permission from the government. The measures apply to Tanzanian stations that rebroadcast content from international outlets such as the BBC, Voice of America and Radio France International. Journalists and foreign correspondents who work with local news organizations must be accompanied by a government official throughout their assignment.
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