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Tanzania Bans Kwanza Online TV for 11 Months Citing 'Misleading' Instagram Post On COVID-19
9 July 2020
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Tanzania's broadcasting regulator should immediately lift its suspension of Kwanza Online TV and stop weaponizing regulations against critical media outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On July 2, the Contents Committee of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, a department within the country's broadcast regulator, sent a letter to Kwanza Online TV, a privately owned local broadcaster, requesting its management to appear before the regulator and provide a written submission the following day, according to a copy of the summons seen by CPJ. In that summons, the committee alleged that Kwanza Online TV's Instagram account featured a post that was unpatriotic and could negatively affect the security, unity, and economy of the country.
Kwanza Online TV said in a statement that it was not given enough time to respond to the summons, and "hastily" sent a defense only in writing...
Tanzania Bans Kwanza Online TV for 11 Months Citing 'Misleading' Instagram Post On COVID-19
9 July 2020
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Tanzania's broadcasting regulator should immediately lift its suspension of Kwanza Online TV and stop weaponizing regulations against critical media outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On July 2, the Contents Committee of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, a department within the country's broadcast regulator, sent a letter to Kwanza Online TV, a privately owned local broadcaster, requesting its management to appear before the regulator and provide a written submission the following day, according to a copy of the summons seen by CPJ. In that summons, the committee alleged that Kwanza Online TV's Instagram account featured a post that was unpatriotic and could negatively affect the security, unity, and economy of the country.
Kwanza Online TV said in a statement that it was not given enough time to respond to the summons, and "hastily" sent a defense only in writing...