Some pro-NRM Facebook accounts including that of infamous blogger Ashburg Katto were banned from the popular social media platform for using their accounts to promote hate speech that creates fear among the public and incites violence and for spreading propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This ban comes ahead of the elections yet to take place later this week. As you\u2019ve noticed in a recent wave of bans, some of the most widely used social media networks have been taking action against accounts and pages that are using their platforms to spread lies and instigate violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read also: Latest 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy forces users to find alternative apps.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social networking sites say that they shall not tolerate any behavior or content that violates the clear-cut rules of using these applications and one of them is sharing content that expresses any form of violent behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The accounts and pages whose access has been cut off currently are those that belonged to Ashburg Katto, events promoter Bajjo, Jenniffer Full figure, Isma Olaxess, Duncan Abigaba of GCIC (Government Citizen Interaction Center), ChimpReports<\/a>, Dickens Okello of ChimpReports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the owners of the pro-NRM Facebook accounts went to Twitter to express their utter disappointment in Facebook\u2019s recent actions and asked for the President and UCC (Uganda Communications Commission)<\/a> to intervene. He said this was done unfairly and was done in a targeted manner by those who uphold the opposition abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA list of the blocked pro-NRM Facebook accounts <\/h2>\n\n\n\n