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Ghana to criminalise inappropriate internet content


Ghana to criminalise inappropriate internet content

October 24, 2019 at 10:12 AM

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, has announced that Ghana would soon criminalise the sharing of inappropriate social media content.

She said the law would soon be enshrined with strict penalties so that sending, retaining, and sharing of such contents would be punishable by law.

The Communication Minister cited sexual images as an example of inappropriate content, adding that all should comply with the domestic laws, when passed, to avoid being penalized.

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