Uganda restores social media, Facebook still blocked

Social media.

Service providers sent messages to clients informing them of the government decision to restore social media, except Facebook. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Authorities in Uganda on Wednesday announced that social media access in the country would be restored, nearly a month after government ordered internet service providers to switch them off just before the country’s general election.

Citing national security, the government on January 13 ordered for a total internet shut down and partially restored it days later but social media remained blocked.