Cyber law for court battle

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that the Centre is working on formulating a new law under IT Act, on the lines of section 66 (A) that was struck down recently by the Supreme Court.

Fadnavis was replying to Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe, who asked whether the state will frame a new law in place of Section 66 (A) that would compensate for the repercussions on the Supreme Court order.

"Under the previous law, an accused could be put behind bars if he made objectionable...

To the government, the just-passed Cybercrime Bill is very good law aimed at curbing the increase in Internet associated vices, but to section of lawmakers, press freedom stakeholders and bloggers, this is a draconian law that shouldn’t be allowed in a democratic state like Tanzania.

The recently introduced Cyber crime Act bill of 2015 by the parliament of Tanzania promises to provide security to all citizens from any sort of cyber-attack that may come their way as they are surfing on the internet. For a developing country like Tanzania this is a big step in trying to make sure justice is served and that all those that are using the internet as a medium to take advantage of people’s rights, privacy and that of the state are dealt with accordingly.

A report by the...

Tanzanians have never been active in the social media to the degree we are witnessing this year. And there is no doubt that the activity will increase as October 25 approaches.

Tanzanians have never been active in the social media to the degree we are witnessing this year. And there is no doubt that the activity will increase as October 25 approaches.

A young boy has appeared in court charged with carrying out cyber-attacks on websites across the world (This includes, Asia Africa, Europe and other parts of the world) he was also charged with sending bomb hoaxes to US airlines.

The boy, aged 14 and 15 when the alleged offences took place, sat with his parents at Plymouth youth court in Devon for a brief first appearance.

He denied three charges under section three of the Computer Misuse Act relating to alleged distributed denial of service...

One more cyber crime act 'victim' arraigned in Dar court
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THE number of accused persons in the case of violation of the Cyber Crime Act 2015 has increased following the arraignment of an Arusha resident, George Aloyce Kimaryo (34). View Comments. Kimaryo, a hotelier, is accused of publishing inaccurate ...

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Miss Tanzania organisers still battle in court
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The Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court today will hear preliminary objection filed by organiser of Miss Tanzania premier beauty pageantry Hashim Lundenga and the application filed by a founder of the beauty contest, Prashant Patel. In the application Patel is ...
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