Porn Detectors, Facebook Tax: Uganda Tightens Grip on Internet
- Social-media users to pay daily fees under new legislation
- Measures seen by rights groups as stifling free expression
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If Ugandan authorities have their way, checking Facebook or Twitter will cost you a few cents a day while a state-procured device scans your computer for pornography.
They’re just some of the measures the government has promised as it seeks extra revenue and tries to curb what it describes as gossip and immorality. Human-rights groups say the social-media tax is the latest attempt to stifle free expression in a country President Yoweri Museveni has ruled with a tight grip for three decades.