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Facebook, Twitter lay bare Uganda election so govt shut them down Quartz 1/13/2021 © Provided by Quartz For months, Ugandans have witnessed a vicious presidential election campaign without precedent. While the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, has enjoyed free rein on the campaign trail, his youthful main opponent Robert Kyagulanyi, better known by his stage name Bobi Wine, and his supporters have faced numerous obstacles and physical assault. The result is a pervasive sense of political crisis in the run-up to the Jan. 14 vote. But in this crisis is the potential for release. Ordinary Ugandans are pouring their social and political grievances onto social media platforms, spawning debates around accountability and governance. They have taken to recording events they find newsworthy and posting them directly to ordinary people’s WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. In the process, they are sidestepping traditional channels mainly radio, television, and newspapers along with

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