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What Internet Censorship Looks Like
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. We’ve seen the internet magnify the best and the worst of ourselves. Abdi Latif Dahir, who writes […]
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Uganda Blocks Facebook Ahead of Contentious Election
NAIROBI, Kenya — Uganda’s president has blocked Facebook from operating in his country, just days after the social media company removed fake accounts linked to his government ahead of a hotly contested general election set […]
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Global Health: In African Villages, These Phones Become Ultrasound Scanners
BUSHORO, Uganda — Lying on a church pew with his arm over his head, 6-year-old Gordon Andindagaye whimpered a bit — in fear, not pain — as Dr. William A. Cherniak slowly swept a small […]