By Joel Odota In January 2021, in the lead-up to Uganda’s general elections, President Museveni implemented a sweeping internet shutdown, temporarily disabling access to mobile money services and social media platforms to prevent what he termed “foreign interference” in Uganda’s political affairs. While general internet access and mobile money services were later restored, Facebook has…
I have not read a better book this year than Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People: A cautionary tale of power, greed and lost idealism. Neither are you likely to. Careless People is a scandalous tell-all book about what it was like to work at Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg from 2011 to 2018. The book spills how…
Mufti Shaban Mubajje has urged the government to ban TikTok, a popular social media platform, saying Satan has taken it over. In his sermon during Eid-el Fitr prayers at Old Kampala Mosque, Mubajje said there is nothing good on TikTok. “It is satan. The government banned Facebook, but at least it was well-regulated. But all…
