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Freedom of expression on the internet and the law in Tanzania.

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dc.contributor.author Nolasco, Grace
dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-08T07:03:44Z
dc.date.available 2023-11-08T07:03:44Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Nolasco, Grace. (2016). Freedom of expression on the internet and the law in Tanzania. Journal of law, policy and globalization. 46, 29-39. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2224-3240
dc.identifier.issn 2224-3259
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/719
dc.description.abstract This article seeks to discuss some legal issues raised by the emergence of Internet as a new medium through which the right to freedom of expression is exercised. The legal issues that are discussed include freedom of expression in relation to the right to privacy, defamation and protection of children welfare, and freedom of expression regulation on the Internet from its generality. These are issues that call for a balance between them so as to enhance justice to all in a society. The discussion is based on Tanzania laws and other international laws that guarantee this fundamental right, and the laws that protect other rights which may be affected by the exercise of the former right. At national level, the laws discussed in this article include the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977 (as amended), and the Law of the Child Act, No. 21 of 2009 whereas those at international level include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966; the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, 1981; the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989; the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 13; and the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 59. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of law, policy and globalization. en_US
dc.subject Freedom of expression en_US
dc.subject Privacy en_US
dc.subject Defamation en_US
dc.subject Children en_US
dc.subject Protection en_US
dc.title Freedom of expression on the internet and the law in Tanzania. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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