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The Impact of Social Media Tax in Uganda on Access, Usage, Income and Productivity
Following a brief tweet stating that ‘social media encourages gossip’ by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, a new tax was introduced by the Ugandan Parliament on July 1st, 2018 requiring… Read More
NetBlocks Launchs COST Tool to Calculate Cost of Internet Disruption Worldwide
NetBlocks in partnership with the Internet Society has launched The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST). This tool will empower the wider community to estimate the economic impact of internet shutdowns, mobile data blackouts… Read More
Court Orders Police to Stop Posting Photos of Suspects on Social Media
The High Court has issued orders barring the Inspector of General Police and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from posting photos of suspects on social media platforms. According to an… Read More
Politician Steve Mbogo and Wife Sue Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for Defamation
Politician Steve Mbogo and his wife Sabrina Jamal have sued controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi over defamatory publications. According to an article done by The Standard, the two claim that Nyakundi… Read More
Police distance themselves from WhatsApp message against Embu MCA Judy Mbuya
The Police have distanced themselves from a case in which Embu farmer and activist Simon Gikundo was arrested, terming it civil. Yesterday as Simon reported to Capital Hill police station,… Read More
Activist Alenga Torosterdt charged with publishing false information
Activist Alenga Torosterdt has been charged with twelve counts of publishing false information at a Kakamega Court. He is accused of publishing false information against various members of the Vihiga… Read More
Kenya’s Mobile Network Operators sign the Kenya Child Online Protection Industry Charter
GSMA in collaboration with Kenya’s Mobile Network Operators have today launched the We Care Campaign, focusing on online child safety and protection. This is the first in Africa and second… Read More
African Countries are using repressive laws to stifle digital rights according to report
African governments have now adopted a new legal and sophisticated clever trend of using the rule of the law tactic to stifle internet freedoms of their citizens. In a report… Read More
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