# Claim 295

ARTICLE 19 said the regulator lacked independence and due-process safeguards for content removal.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: ARTICLE 19 said the regulator lacked independence and due-process safeguards for content removal.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Regulator lacks due process safeguards
- About: [incident 2018-tanzania-online-content-regulations](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-tanzania-online-content-regulations)
- Source: Tanzania: Restrictive regulations on online content signed into law. https://www.article19.org/resources/tanzania-restrictive-regulations-online-content-signed-law/
- Publisher: ARTICLE 19
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2018-04-06

## Quotation from the source

> The TCRA is not independent and giving the body the power to determine illegal content and order its removal lacks due process guarantees.

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