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– Social media shutdown announced as DRC president's mandate comes to end (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 16, 2016

On 14 December, telecom companies received a letter from the Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority instructing them to block access to social networks from midnight on 18 December and to suspend all Internet access if targeted blocking is not possible.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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