Internet blackout in Uganda
NITA BHALLA 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 have said. Tuesday's 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. Campaigners said the mass switch-off - from Skype to Snapchat - robbed people of a voice in a blatant bid to cement the East African leader's…
