Rwanda: Adopted Ministerial Order No. 001/MINICT/2024 including content moderation regulation

On 22 January 2024, the Minister of Information, Communication, Technology and Innovation adopted the Order No. 001/MINICT/24. The order requires the implementation of content filtering tools, parental control mechanisms, and age verification processes to limit minors' access to harmful content. The order defines harmful online content as any material that could negatively influence a child's development, such as child sexual abuse content, depictions of human sexual organs, or material exposing children to sexual acts or bestiality through images, videos, or audio. In particular, digital content providers are required to implement measures that identify, manage and filter inappropriate materials, ensuring that content is labelled with clear age-suitability indicators. Internet service providers are required to block harmful content, particularly that which involves child abuse or explicit material.