Uganda’s communications regulator has ordered internet service providers to shut down social media and messaging services, just two days before the presidential election.
In a letter seen by news agencies on Tuesday, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director Irene Sewankambo ordered telecommunications companies to suspend any access and use of social media and online messaging platforms.
According to multiple
reports, the list of banned social media sites include Facebook,
Twitter, WhatsApp, Signal and Viber. Some of these were already offline
on Tuesday.
A list of over 100 virtual private networks was
distributed to internet service providers by the UCC with orders to
block them, according to the insider. UCC spokesman Ibrahim Bbosa told
AFP: “I am not aware of a directive to switch off internet or social
media platforms.” “There has been slow connectivity on the platforms
which can be partly due to heavy traffic as a result of the forthcoming
elections. Singer Bobi Wine who is the opposition of President
Yoweri Museveni, said on Tuesday raided his home and beat two security
guards.
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