[kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp

Sat Sep 24 08:51:51 EAT 2016

I think if someone insults you, you sue for liable because you have to prove to the courts that what was said was not true.

Regards,

Alex

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Question: Is insulting a cybercrime per se?

As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp? (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

It shouldn't matter if he insulted or criticised. It's laws like this that are used to shut down legitimate criticism. Studies have shown just the threat of censure/arrest has wide effects outside the person being censured/arrested.

Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi arrested still on the books?

On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

The nature of the insult was not indicated in the article. I'm just wondering whether the lecturer insulted or criticized. There is a difference between the two...or is there?

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday, bringing the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to 10.

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