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[1303.52 --> 1308.82] It seems like it's like a money-grubbing, like the government's just going to... |
[1308.82 --> 1308.96] Yeah. |
[1309.00 --> 1312.22] It's just a new tax and maybe they'll use it for a better internet infrastructure or whatever. |
[1312.32 --> 1314.10] But then I thought, wait a second. |
[1315.50 --> 1318.18] Countries like this usually have a high amount of disparity, right? |
[1318.18 --> 1324.30] So, when you see like the average per capita income, it's probably the case that that average |
[1324.30 --> 1325.66] actually doesn't represent that many people. |
[1325.72 --> 1328.64] There's probably a lot of people on the high end that boost the average and a lot of people |
[1328.64 --> 1329.34] on the low end. |
[1329.46 --> 1333.58] So, I thought those poorest people who live on less than a dollar a day, they're actually |
[1333.58 --> 1334.78] probably not affected by this. |
[1334.78 --> 1336.80] They're probably not the internet users. |
[1337.16 --> 1337.30] Right. |
[1337.30 --> 1338.80] Or they certainly won't be after... |
[1338.80 --> 1341.74] They are affected by this because they won't be internet users after this. |
[1342.04 --> 1344.68] So, then I thought, is this like a system of control? |
[1345.82 --> 1350.94] Is this like a way for people to not be able to go on Twitter, not communicate, not organize |
[1350.94 --> 1354.06] themselves, not have protests because they can't go on WhatsApp. |
[1354.22 --> 1355.62] They can't communicate with each other, right? |
[1355.66 --> 1356.06] They can't afford it. |
[1356.30 --> 1358.72] So, then I thought, ooh, this is kind of tin and hattie. |
[1358.72 --> 1365.14] Let's Google Uganda dictator, tyrant, censorship, buzzwords. |
[1365.60 --> 1370.72] And so, I went, of course, I went to like their Wikipedia and there is a huge laundry |
[1370.72 --> 1377.62] list of things they've done in the past, including arresting opposition members, hiring gangs |
[1377.62 --> 1383.42] of young unemployed men to harass and oppress opposition supporters and politicians. |
[1383.42 --> 1390.50] And, critically, in February of 2016, the government ordered the mobile service providers to block |
[1390.50 --> 1391.70] social media platforms. |
[1393.00 --> 1396.72] The government claims that platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp spread rumors |
[1396.72 --> 1398.52] and create unnecessary chaos. |
[1398.92 --> 1403.34] The opposition has argued that the ruling was put in place to prevent the public from reporting |
[1403.34 --> 1405.56] irregularities in the election process. |
[1405.82 --> 1412.32] And to note the opposition thing, Uganda's president is serving his seventh term right now. |
[1412.32 --> 1413.04] Yeah. |
[1413.16 --> 1417.04] So, apparently, like, the elections that they have are kind of fishy. |
[1417.78 --> 1418.22] Yeah. |
[1418.70 --> 1419.42] So, okay. |
[1420.26 --> 1420.82] Then I learned... |
[1420.82 --> 1424.42] Anytime you hire a gang of people to harass... |
[1424.42 --> 1427.62] Well, ostensibly, they were hired to keep the peace. |
[1428.18 --> 1428.94] Oh, yeah. |
[1429.36 --> 1429.74] Okay. |
[1430.18 --> 1430.58] Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
[1430.58 --> 1431.06] Ostensibly. |
[1431.32 --> 1436.38] So, then I found out that, actually, Uganda put this in place after neighboring Tanzania put |
[1436.38 --> 1438.72] in similar things, which is the next topic here. |
[1438.80 --> 1439.14] Yes. |
[1439.14 --> 1440.68] They did it a little bit differently. |
[1441.96 --> 1443.04] What did they do? |
[1444.08 --> 1444.58] Oh, yeah. |
[1444.70 --> 1449.36] Ostensibly dubbed the Electronic and Postal Communications Regulations 2018. |
[1449.62 --> 1451.66] Not ACT or anything, just 2018. |
[1453.28 --> 1456.00] There was even a parenthetical thing that I took out of there. |
[1456.12 --> 1457.20] That's a huge name. |
[1457.20 --> 1462.72] But this basically requires online content creators, which includes traditional media websites, |
[1463.22 --> 1468.66] online TV, radio channels, but also individual bloggers and bloggers and, like, regular people, |
[1468.84 --> 1476.86] podcasters, to pay roughly 2 million Tanzanian shillings, which is 930 US dollars, in registration |
[1476.86 --> 1478.00] and licensing fees. |
[1478.00 --> 1483.56] So, if you want to create content, you have to, like, get, essentially, like, a business |
[1483.56 --> 1483.96] license. |
[1484.06 --> 1485.18] Like, yeah, that's a ton of money, man. |
[1486.30 --> 1487.28] I wouldn't do that. |
[1487.66 --> 1495.64] Even for, like, a more wealthy nation, where, like, your average person has more wealth per |
[1495.64 --> 1497.34] capita, that's still a lot of money. |
[1497.34 --> 1503.38] If you were, like, an American with 1,000 subscribers, which is hard to get, you might |
[1503.38 --> 1504.22] be like, screw this. |
[1504.34 --> 1504.64] Oh, yeah. |
[1504.90 --> 1505.08] Yeah. |
[1506.56 --> 1512.90] So, creators must not only pay these things, creators must store their contributors' details. |
[1513.10 --> 1514.76] So, let's say you started, like, a little news network. |
[1515.16 --> 1519.46] Whoever contributes to your site, you have to store that author's details for 12 months |
[1519.46 --> 1524.64] and have the means to identify their sources and disclose financial sponsors, which is, |
[1524.64 --> 1529.20] like, super Orwellian, like, transparency's sweet, but it's also kind of like, who are |
[1529.20 --> 1530.02] the detractives? |
[1530.40 --> 1530.58] Yeah. |
[1530.58 --> 1532.40] Who are supporting, who's supporting them? |
[1533.66 --> 1535.34] Cyber cafes must install surveillance. |
[1535.34 --> 1541.64] Financial sponsors, I don't really mind that too much, but the, uh... |
[1542.28 --> 1545.48] Well, what's, what's involved in storing their contributors' details? |
[1545.66 --> 1546.64] No, that part, I do mind. |
[1546.64 --> 1547.82] Is that, like, their address and stuff? |
[1547.94 --> 1549.32] That part, I absolutely mind. |
[1549.34 --> 1549.68] What is that? |
[1549.94 --> 1554.62] But the, like, disclosing financial sponsors, I guess it would come down to, uh, |
[1554.64 --> 1560.14] what details they want about the financial sponsors and how they have to disclose it, |
[1560.20 --> 1560.58] I guess? |
[1561.32 --> 1565.48] But being like, hey, we're paid by whoever to do whatever, I don't really see a problem |
[1565.48 --> 1565.86] with that. |
[1566.72 --> 1568.10] But the rest of it, yeah. |
[1568.40 --> 1571.22] Computers' details for 12 months, of course, that's not great. |
[1571.66 --> 1574.06] Cyber cafes must install surveillance cameras. |
[1574.06 --> 1577.72] Yeah, and then there's all this vague language, like, failure to comply with the regulations, |
[1577.90 --> 1583.36] which also forbid online content that is indecent or annoying or that leads to public disorder, |
[1583.36 --> 1586.52] which is just, can be anything if you don't like me. |
[1586.74 --> 1586.90] Yeah. |
[1587.42 --> 1594.44] Uh, failure to comply with that is gonna result in a 5 million shilling or $2,200 fine. |
[1594.78 --> 1598.78] A jail term, a jail term of not less than a year or both. |
[1599.74 --> 1601.44] So you're screwed, basically. |
[1601.56 --> 1607.14] So there's already content creators, YouTubers and stuff in Tanzania who, who have given up. |
[1607.14 --> 1614.40] Yeah, so Tanzania's GDP per capita, like I was saying earlier, uh, $879 US dollars. |
[1614.80 --> 1620.26] So you wouldn't be able to afford, like, the average person there. |
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