This article identifies the key but common challenges in the regulation of online content in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa (EA), both in terms of the regulatory challenges and the controversies surrounding government legislative responses to curbing illegal and harmful online content. To address these challenges, the article proposes the incorporation of digital literacy into the existing cyber legislations through content regulation and digital literacy, a new concept geared towards empowering the internet users in EA to be not only aware of the existing content legislation but also develop critical thinking skills and abilities to take action on illegal and harmful online content on a daily basis.

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监管东非的在线内容：潜在挑战和可能的解决方案

本文确定了东非 (EA) 肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚在线内容监管面临的关键但共同的挑战，包括监管挑战和围绕政府立法回应遏制非法和有害在线内容的争议。为了应对这些挑战，本文建议通过内容监管和数字素养将数字素养纳入现有的网络立法，这是一个新概念，旨在使 EA 中的互联网用户不仅了解现有的内容立法，而且发展关键每天对非法和有害的在线内容采取行动的思维能力和能力。