[kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp

[Eric Mugendi]

Abuse of telecommunications equipment?

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 8:55 AM Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mildred Achoch.
>>>
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>>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>>> 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.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
>>>> Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp
>>>> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
>>>> www.reuters.com
>>>> 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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