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Uganda: Bobi Wine Affiliated Ghetto Media, Map Mediya Pages Hacked, Deleted
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Bobi Wine affiliated Ghetto Media, Map Mediya pages hacked, deleted
Facebook pages of two online TV’s affiliated to the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine have been hacked and deleted, the Kyadondo East MP said on Sunday.
“Ghetto Media and Map Mediya pages have been yet again hacked into and deleted. As we try to retrieve them or open new ones, we shall be streaming live here,” Mr Kyagulanyi posted on his Facebook page.
This comes barely a month after the Facebook page of Ghetto TV, also affiliated to the MP, was for the second time hacked and deleted.
The East African
Saturday December 19 2020
A supporter of Ugandan MP Bobi Wine protests against his arrest during his presidential rally in Kampala on November 18, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
While some of them are inflammatory, peddling false news, political conspiracies, and claims of plots to kill Bobi Wine without any evidence, and generally nasty, but that is not what stands out the most.
Mostly, they torch President Yoweri Museveni, his government, and his family mercilessly.
They use graphic footage of killings by the state security forces, denounce tribalism, political violence against the opposition, regime authoritarianism, and corruption.
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The government, the Uganda Communications Commission, has written to Google, which owns YouTube, asking it to close at least 14 channels for allegedly for “mobilising riots”.
Uganda Asks Google to Block Bobi Wine s YouTube Accounts
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Uganda Demands Youtube Shut Down Opposition Channels
16 Dec 2020
The government of Uganda is demanding Google close 14 YouTube channels run by members of their political opposition, African outlets revealed Tuesday.
Kampala claims the channels are prompting violence after a wave of deadly protests occurred throughout the past month. The protests turned deadly because Ugandan police opened fire into crowds, on one occasion killing 50 people.
Kenya’s
Daily Nation reported Tuesday that, in a letter from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the government asked Google to take down popular YouTube channels on the grounds they were used to mobilize the recent riots that have resulted in at least 50 deaths, caused by police, and hundreds of injuries.
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