Tanzania has in recent years introduced a series of amendments and laws that target bloggers and media, civil society organizations, arts and cultural organizations and academics and researchers in what is by critical observers perceived as attempts to control Tanzania's narrative and stifle free speech and political dissent.
Katika miaka ya hivi karibuni Tanzania imeleta marekebisho mengi ya sheria zinazowalenga wablogu na vyombo vya habari , mashirika ya kiraia,, mashirika ya sanaa na utamaduni na pamoja na wanataaluma na watafiti hatua inayochukuliwa na wachunguzi wa mambo wanaoikosoa serikali kama jaribio la kudhibiti taarifa zinazosikika kutoka Tanzania na kuminya uhusu wa kujieleza na haki za kisiasa.