Lesotho’s govt seeking to regulate online behaviour

Bloomberg

Lesotho’s government is seeking to regulate online behaviour with a law compelling social-media users to obtain a so-called internet broadcasting allowance, as unease about digital platforms grows in some African countries.
Under the proposed bill, an internet broadcaster is anyone who posts any text, image or photograph that’s accessible to at least 100 users or anyone who has more than 100 followers in the southern African kingdom.
The announcement was posted on the website of the Lesotho Communications
Authority, which has asked citizens and “industry stakeholders” to comment on the proposal.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa said in an email statement on Wednesday that Lesotho is following in the footsteps of Tanzania, which has pushed through laws “designed to police and regulate free speech online.”