Ghana: Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations opened consultation on Misinformation, Disinformation, Hate Speech and Publication of Other Information (MDHI) Bill, 2025 including content moderation authority governance

On 21 October 2025, the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations opened a consultation on the Misinformation, Disinformation, Hate Speech and Publication of Other Information (MDHI) Bill, 2025 including content moderation authority governance, until 31 October 2025. The Bill aims to prevent the publication, dissemination, and commercialisation of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech, as well as regulate the public disclosure of private information, and establishes the conditions for liability for publishing such information. The Bill would create a new Division on Misinformation, Disinformation, Hate Speech and Publication of Other Information responsible for enforcing its provisions. In this capacity, the Division would investigate complaints, with the power to issue sanctions and require corrections, removal, access blocking, and license revocations. In general, the Division is required to refrain from imposing monitoring requirements or intermediary liabilities on intermediaries and allow them to make decisions according to their own content moderation policies. However, it may issue a Removal of Account Request to an intermediary if a specific user has failed to comply follow Compliance Warnings three times. Intermediaries are also only required to restrict content if the third-party publisher fails to comply first and the content in question negatively impacts Ghana's diplomatic interests or friendly relations with other countries.