| dc.contributor.author | Mutua, Sylvia Ndanu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yanqiu, Zhang | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-23T07:08:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-23T07:08:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mutua, Sylvia Ndanu & Yanqiu, Zhang (2020), Regulating online content in East Africa: Potential challenges and possible solutions, Journal of Africa Media Studies | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2040199X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.tum.ac.ke/handle/123456789/17489 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article identifies the key but common challenges in the regulation of online content in Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa (EA), both in terms of the regulatory challenges and the
controversies surrounding government legislative responses to curbing illegal and harmful online
content. To address these challenges, the article proposes the incorporation of digital literacy into
the existing cyber legislations through content regulation and digital literacy, a new concept geared
towards empowering the internet users in EA to be not only aware of the existing content legislation
but also develop critical thinking skills and abilities to take action on illegal and harmful online
content on a daily basis. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Technical University of Mombasa | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Africa Media Studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Online content | en_US |
| dc.subject | Media regulation | en_US |
| dc.title | Regulating online content in East Africa: Potential challenges and possible solutions | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
