From Tanzania’s prohibition on spreading "false, deceptive, misleading or inaccurate" information online to Uganda’s tax on social media that is intended to curb "gossip", the noise made on digital platforms scares oppressive regimes. In some cases, it may even lead to them to rescind their actions.
Daga hanin da Tanzaniya ta yi na yaɗa "ƙarya da yaudara da mai ɓatarwa ko wadda ba daidaiba" na bayanai ta intanet zuwa harajin da Uganda ta sa a kan dandulan sadarwa wanda aka yi domin a dakushe "gulma", surutun da ake yi a intanet yana tsorata gwamnatocin azzalumai. A wasu lokutan ma sukan sa su su janye abubuwan da suka so yi.