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February 12, 2016

Facebook Distances Itself From Marc Andreessen’s Statements On Free Basics

Marc Andreessen is having quite a contrite Wednesday. Andreessen, who currently sits on Facebook’s board, caused a stir […]
January 29, 2016

POLICE TEMPORARILY STOPS ONLINE ACTIVIST FROM REPORTING ON BOND

UPDATED Kampala 29TH January 2016, Uganda Police Force under the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Kireka […]
January 21, 2016

Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Net Neutrality advocacy in India

More than 30 groups from around the world have signed an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg regarding […]
January 18, 2016

World Internet Freedom Day, 2016

Harassment of online activists and use of unfriendly cyber laws are curtailing online freedoms in Uganda […]
January 17, 2016

Unwanted Witness Report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda

The right to privacy and internet freedom are facing enormous (growing) threats as Ugandan government starts […]
January 13, 2016

Daily Monitor: Ex-spy Rwomushana freed on police bond

Kampala. Former intelligence operative with the Internal Security Organisation Charles Rwomushana has been released four days […]
January 12, 2016

UW STATEMENT On the Kidnap and detaining online activists incommunicado

Press release                             […]
January 8, 2016

SHRINKING CIVIC POLITICAL SPACE

SHRINKING CIVIC POLITICAL SPACE; Government Seeks To Amend the Anti-Terrorism Act to target civil society foreign […]
December 22, 2015

UW – Petitions UCC calling for Investigations into Abuse of Customers’ Right to privacy

The Unwanted Witness Petitions Uganda Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the MTN Uganda’s sharing and […]
December 18, 2015

Press Statement on MTN Uganda sharing Subscribers’ data with ruling NRM party for Campaigns

MTN Uganda Must explain circumstances under which it shared personal data of its 10 million subscribers […]
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