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Digital activists challenge Uganda's harsh new internet law
The Hindu | 17/10/2022 06:57 PM | Click to read full article
A group of Ugandan activists launched a legal challenge to controversial new legislation criminalizing some internet activity in the East African country.
Their petition to the constitutional court argues that the description of computer-related crimes in the bill enacted with President Yoweri Museveni's signature last week violates the right to freedom of expression and criminalises some digital work, including investigative journalism.
