Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s social media team is testing ‘a no reply’ feature on his twitter handle. This is the first time that the president’s account which has been in existence for 10yrs has closed a tweet from direct replies. Twitter introduced the option of …
Read More »East African law society sues Uganda gov’t over internet shutdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Law Society has sued the government of Uganda seeking compensation to everyone affected for its alleged illegal actions of shutting down the internet during the just concluded general elections. The law society that brings together more than 18,000 lawyers from seven East …
Read More »Zambian gov’t expresses concern over abuse of cyberspace
Lusaka, Zambia | THE INDEPENDENT | The Zambian government on Monday expressed concern that abuse of cyberspace has continued despite heightened campaigns against the vice. Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the government was concerned with the rampant abuse and called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to ensure that citizens …
Read More »Why Ugandans are still using VPN despite restored access to social media
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Ugandans have continued to use the Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), since the government blocked access to the internet on January 13th before partly restoring it on January 18th. On easing the conditions, mobile internet was still highly restricted and the use of VPNs came …
Read More »Zari teases fans, poses with ‘new catch’ on Valentine’s Day
Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | South African based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan is at it gain, teasing her fans by posing in a Valentine’s Day post on social media with yet another boyfriend. “Happy Valentines day 💘,” was her message, in a photograph with a one “Dark Stallion”, as …
Read More »INVESTIGATION: Inside the Uganda versus Facebook fight
DFRLab confirms that over 30 pages, 200 Facebook accounts banned on Uganda 2021 election eve Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An investigation by Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has revealed that hundreds of Ugandan facebook, twitter and instagram accounts were blacklisted in January for inauthentic behavior. What followed was a …
Read More »Internet restored in Uganda after month-long shutdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Internet and social media services have been fully restored, ICT State minister of Uganda Ogwang Ogwang has just announced. It was switched off on the eve of the elections held on January 14, and Ugandans have been using Virtual Private …
Read More »Internet shutdown facilitated free and fair election – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has defended his government’s decision to shut down the internet, days before the January 14 general election. This is in an affidavit filed in response to a petition by Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu, his main challenger in the just concluded elections. In his …
Read More »Ugandans cautioned about dangers of using VPN
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans could have surrendered their data privacy to unknown people over the last two weeks since the government shut down social media access. The shutdown of the internet on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections forced Ugandans to find ways of communicating, and …
Read More »Aussie Internet watchdog flags crackdown on social media abuse
Canberra, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT | Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for social media giants to take responsibility for the content on their platforms. Under changes to the Online Safety Act proposed by the Australian government, Inman Grant would have the power to prevent cyber abuse, identify …
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