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The post discussed a few days ago was about shutting off the app stores and YouTube, whereas this new post is about an escalation to block off WhatsApp and other social media and messaging platforms. I think even VPNs have been blocked, as my Ugandan friends with VPN can't even access these platforms.

It seems significantly different to me to not be a dupe, and yet I really appreciate how you moderate HN so I leave that decision up to you. Thanks for your work!



Ok, I totally missed that nuance—sorry, and thanks for the clarification. I'll take the [dupe] marker off the top and remove the downweight.

Do you know if what https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25711941 says is true, that they do this every election? That seems relevant if so, and the comment sounds credible.


It's ok :-) I figure you have a lot to read and might miss things here and there.

> Do you know if what https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25711941 says is true, that they do this every election? That seems relevant if so, and the comment sounds credible.

I don't know if they do it every election, but I'm guessing they may have started to do it in the 2016 election and this one in 2021 (they have elections every 5 years), and I could see it being a trend that may continue if the leadership remains the same.




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