X in Tanzania: Access to the social media site restricted after police account targeted by hackers

After being compromised, explicit images and misinformation were shared on the police's account.

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On Tuesday, the official police account was compromised, with sexually explicit material and false information that the president had died being posted.

The police dissociated itself from the information and said an investigation was under way to identify those responsible.

Hours later data from the internet monitoring organisation Netblocks showed that X was "unreachable on major internet providers" across the country.

Users in Dar es Salaam, the country's biggest city, could still not access the site on Wednesday, unless they use virtual private networks (VPNs), which is illegal without a permit, although some people in other regions indicated they were able to log on.