Tanzania vows to deal with irresponsible ICT users

DODOMA: Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has assured the public that stiff punishment will be taken to those who use Information Communication Technology (ICT) irresponsibly.

He made the remarks at the parliament in Dodoma during Thursday’s during the Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament as he was responding to a question raised by parliamentarian Nusrat Shabaan Hanje who sought to know government’s plan in place to intensify online child protection.

“Technology has brought positive and negative impacts…some people use it in a negative way just like what you have said in your question.

“As government, we will not hesitate to take stern measures to those who use ICT to defame and abuse people in order to deter others with similar intention,” he says.

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