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Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

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Re: Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

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Post by exabrial »

The predictable [and unfortunate] side effect of censorship on private platforms is it creates the illusion that the truth is being covered up.

I have no doubts the next surveillance and encryption backdoor bills will be based upon the incidents happening right now. It's far better for society to keep discussions in plain sight, even if they are woefully misguided.

Re: Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

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Post by antiman0 »

> A source in Uganda’s telecom sector said the government had made clear to executives at telecoms companies that the social media ban was in retaliation for Facebook blocking some pro-government accounts.

This is probably the interesting bit - a retaliatory move by a regime trying to silence the opposition. I don't think this has too many parallels (except for blocking of accounts) with the current US events, which is why this is probably being upvoted?

Re: Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

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Post by whatshisface »

antiman0 wrote: post #4

> A source in Uganda’s telecom sector said the government had made clear to executives at telecoms companies that the social media ban was in retaliation for Facebook blocking some pro-government accounts. This is probably the interesting bit - a retaliatory move by a regime trying to silence the opposition. I don't think this has too many parallels (except for blocking of accounts) with the current US events, which…

Escalating retaliation between corporations and centers of political power is something that could happen in the US.
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