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Rwanda: Content moderation regulation in Law No. 60/2018 on Prevention and Punishment of Cyber Crimes

Progress

Current status
in force
25 Sep 2018 in force

Scope

Implementers
Rwanda
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
platform intermediary: e-commerce
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

25 Sep 2018
in force

Law No. 60/2018 on Prevention and Punishment of Cyber Crimes including content moderation regulation entered into force

On 25 September 2018, the Law No. 60/2018 on Prevention and Punishment of Cyber Crimes enters into force following its publication in the Official Gazette. The law aims to address and penalise various forms of cybercrime, including unauthorised acce…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government

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