NAIROBI: Uganda’s ban on social media days before presidential elections shows a rattled president flexing power over the Internet at the expense of free speech and citizen rights, digital campaigners said on Jan 13.
The Jan 12 ban by President Yoweri Museveni – who said he only acted because Facebook had removed accounts that backed his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party – came two days before elections that opponents hope will end his 35 years in power.
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