Bitchat, a P2P messaging app launched by Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a key lifeline for people in Uganda and Iran facing government-imposed internet shutdowns
Bitchat, a P2P messaging app launched by Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a key lifeline for people in Uganda and Iran facing government-imposed internet shutdowns
A little-known offline messaging app launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged as a key lifeline for Ugandans cut off …
Apple: iCloud Private Relay will not work in China, Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday said a new “private relay” feature designed to obscure a user's web browsing behavior …
Memo: Uganda has blocked all social media in the country ahead of its election; source says ban is retaliation for Facebook removing pro-government accounts
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps …
China accounted for nearly half of the global facial recognition business in 2018 per IHS, but it is facing competition from rivals from Japan, US, and Israel
What do Uganda's police force, a Mongolian prison and Zimbabwean airports have in common? All three are in the process … Tweets: @financialtimes and @yuanfenyang Tweets: @financialtimes : Chinese fac...
Uganda says the number of internet subscribers in the country declined by 2.5M in the three months following the introduction of social media tax last July
The Guardian :
Benin imposes a per-megabyte tax on its citizens for accessing the internet and social media apps, joining other African countries like Zambia and Uganda
the most recent being #Uganda and #Zambia. Human rights advocates say these measures are part of wider moves to silence critics and stifle free speech. http://qz.com/... #Taxepamesmo Access Now / @acc...
Uganda pressures ISPs to ban VPNs in an effort to force users to pay a social media tax meant to combat what the president calls “gossip”
Karl Bode / Techdirt :
Tanzania's law requiring online content creators to pay a hefty fee to register, identify sources, and disclose sponsors drives bloggers and YouTubers offline
The troubling trend has already spread to Uganda, which recently enacted a social media tax — In May, Tanzanian bloggers lost … Tweets: @akomanet Tweets: aKoma / @akomanet : A big shame. Content cre...
Uganda pressures ISPs to ban VPNs in an effort to force users to pay a social media tax meant to combat what the president calls “gossip”
Karl Bode / Techdirt :