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Re:Uganda bans social media ahead of election by fumar on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:23PM (#25753920)
Should elected officials be allowed to use social networks to communicate with the people? I don't consider myself a traditionalist, but this is one area where I prefer to see elected officials use government and journalistic channels for broadcasting information.
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Re:Uganda bans social media ahead of election by scollet on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:59PM (#25754504)
The imbalance is clear though. If Museveni can leverage social and state media but Wine can't, then it makes organization, outreach, and exposure much more difficult.
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Re:Uganda bans social media ahead of election by blisterpeanuts on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:39PM (#25754197)
But what's the definition of a journalistic channel?

The White House has an official twitter account, also a Youtube channel and a Facebook account. That's a reasonable use of social media, don't you think?

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