Ugandan government blocks Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and YouTube
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#2Important to see whether the ban imposed by telecoms are to be permanent, or whether they will be lifted after the election. Great civil unrest may arise if people still don't have access to the digital infrastructure they feel they are entitled to after an election favorable to the current govt
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#3What Trump was doing was extreme, but stories like might make you think twice about enthusiasm for censorship.
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#4Given how given to certain narratives some of these services are, I’m not surprised and I would predict more governments will do similar things pre-election.
Now of course most of the governments that would do this would be authoritarian and would look to control their own narrative, I think this illustrates how unbalanced and agenda-driven these media and social graph services have become who bring in foreign values to local elections.
This interference used to be called neo-imperialism not too long ago by the same people who now advocate for these narratives.
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#5Important to see whether the ban imposed by telecoms are to be permanent, or whether they will be lifted after the election. Great civil unrest may arise if people still don't have access to the digital infrastructure they feel they are entitled to after an election favorable to the current govt
I disagree. Censoring everyone and even further shutting down a critical infrastructure like app stores during an election means you have to wonder if that government is doing more harm than good.
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#6What Trump was doing was extreme, but stories like might make you think twice about enthusiasm for censorship.
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Re: Ugandan government blocks Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and YouTube
#7Given how given to certain narratives some of these services are, I’m not surprised and I would predict more governments will do similar things pre-election. Now of course most of the governments that would do this would be authoritarian and would look to control their own narrative, I think this illustrates how unbalanced and agenda-driven these media and social graph services have become who bring in foreign values…
Some governments can force *Store to ban whatever they want. Some can't, so they have to resort to banning stores.
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#8Remember that british company called Cambridge Analytica
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#9If I ran was in charge of a government after watching them all ban Trump's ability to communicate at the same time, I too would think about banning them to protect myself.
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#10Important to see whether the ban imposed by telecoms are to be permanent, or whether they will be lifted after the election. Great civil unrest may arise if people still don't have access to the digital infrastructure they feel they are entitled to after an election favorable to the current govt
I disagree. Censoring everyone and even further shutting down a critical infrastructure like app stores during an election means you have to wonder if that government is doing more harm than good.
how's "app store" critical infrastructure?
internet access should be enough