{"id":408757,"date":"2026-01-14T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408757\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:53:11","slug":"bbc-verify-images-show-aftermath-of-deadly-crash-on-thai-railway-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408757\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify: Images show aftermath of deadly crash on Thai railway line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confirming Uganda\u2019s internet shutdown ahead of electionspublished at 11:21 GMT<\/p>\n

11:21 GMT<\/p>\n

Peter Mwai
BBC Verify senior journalist, reporting from Nairobi, Kenya<\/p>\n

\"AImage source, Netblocks.org<\/p>\n

Internet monitoring organisation Netblocks has confirmed major disruption to internet connectivity in Uganda ahead of general elections on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Netblocks recorded a drop off of network connectivity on Tuesday evening to about 20%.<\/p>\n

This coincides with an order by Uganda\u2019s communications commission to internet service providers to suspend public access to the internet.<\/p>\n

The commission has said is to \u201cmitigate the rapid spread of online misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud\u201d and prevent incitement of violence.<\/p>\n

But Netblocks warns that \u201cfar from halting misinformation, the measure is likely to limit transparency and increase the risk of vote fraud\u201d.<\/p>\n

Restriction of the internet makes it challenging for people to post information, videos and images about events online, making it harder for journalists and election monitors to verify and report.<\/p>\n

During Uganda\u2019s last election in 2021, which saw widespread protests with dozens killed, the internet was cut for at least a week.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s presidential election is a repeat of the 2021 contest between President Yoweri Museveni, seeking his seventh term of elected office, and former pop star Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Confirming Uganda\u2019s internet shutdown ahead of electionspublished at 11:21 GMT 11:21 GMT Peter MwaiBBC Verify senior journalist, reporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-408757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}