The content was contrary to the East African state's "laws, culture, customs, and traditions," Jerry Silaa told a local TV station. Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the information minister has said. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government has been accused of becoming increasingly repressive as it campaigns to remain in office. It said it was troubling that while the minister confirmed the government's role in blocking X, government officials and public institutions continued to use the platform. The minister was quoted as saying that X has "permitted explicit sexual material, including same-sex pornographic content" in breach of Tanzania's online "ethics guidelines.