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President signed Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act

On 16 May 2018, the President endorsed the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. The Act establishes the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee (NC4) to advise on security matters related to blockchain technology, critical inf…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2018-05-18
adopted

On 16 May 2018, the President endorsed the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. The Act estab…

2018-05-30
in force

On 30 May 2018, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018 entered into force. The Act establish…