Posted on 01/13/2021 10:05:35 AM PST by Olog-hai
Uganda shut down all social media in the country Tuesday after the country’s longtime leader accused Facebook of taking sides in the upcoming presidential election on Thursday.
President Yoweri Museveni, 76, apologized for the inconvenience caused by the ban, but said Uganda had no choice after Facebook removed several accounts tied to his re-election campaign. […]
The social networking giant didn’t immediately respond to the president’s comments on Tuesday but Twitter, which also appeared to be affected ban, blasted the move.
“We strongly condemn internet shutdowns – they are hugely harmful, violate basic human rights and the principles of the #OpenInternet,” it said in a statement. …
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The USA has given the green light to the dictators and military states everywhere that it is open season on corruption and power grabbing of it’s citizenry. The cat is out of the bag. Even if we somehow resume our own Integrity, the damage to the world caused by the paranoid witch burning coming from the Left is now running hot. We may be fast approaching oblivion, but God is still and always will be in control.
Fraudulent elections in these countries led to hundreds, if not thousands of deaths from various factions, thus the need to ensure the election integrity to prevent any such disaster from happening.
probably -> probable
President Yoweri Museveni dedicated Uganda to God. Honestly African nations need to send Christian missionaries to America.
Frankly, any freedom loving nation in the world should immediately shut them down as working for the Chinese Communist Party and driving toward world domination. When they get back to being open platforms they can start to play in the free world again.
Omg so proud of Uganda! Hah!
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