{"id":39039,"date":"2021-01-11T15:31:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39039"},"modified":"2021-01-11T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:31:34","slug":"facebook-shuts-ugandan-govt-accounts-ahead-of-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39039","title":{"rendered":"Facebook shuts Ugandan govt accounts ahead of general elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Social media giants, Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to the Ugandan government accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of the general elections on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued on Monday by its head of communication for sub-Saharan Africa, Kezia Anim-Addo, Facebook said that the decision was taken after it detected that the identified government account used fake and duplicate details to manage pages, and comment on other people\u2019s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis month, we removed a network of accounts and pages in Uganda that engaged in CIB (Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour) to target public debate ahead of the election,\u201d Facebook\u2019s head of communication for sub-Saharan Africa, Kezia Anim-Addo,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey used fake and duplicate accounts to manage pages, comment on other people\u2019s content, impersonate users, re-share posts in groups to make them appear more popular than they were.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision is coming as the East African nation is holding presidential and parliamentary elections after a tense and bloody campaign, with incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, 76, facing popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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