Uganda's biometric identity system, initially designed for banking and voting, is being used by the government to surveil and target critics. Under President Yoweri Museveni, the system has become a tool for spying on politicians, journalists, human rights advocates, and ordinary citizens, and consolidating power. This sweeping surveillance state, reported by LHreports, is built on national ID cards, as revealed through dozens of interviews and hundreds of pages of documents.
Uganda’s identity card system has become integral to banking, voting — and targeting critics https://t.co/FQWFw6Zdrc
Uganda’s identity card system has become integral to banking, voting — and targeting critics https://t.co/SDiR1AlcRi
Uganda’s identity card system has become integral to banking, voting — and targeting critics https://t.co/Q9Z2tp2NXJ
Uganda's widely used biometric ID system has become a powerful mechanism for surveilling politicians, journalists, human rights advocates and ordinary citizens. - Must read investigation on #Uganda, by @oliviasolon, @LHreports, ed: @JLoudis10277 https://t.co/c5Vo5zRF7m
Uganda’s Sweeping Surveillance State Is Built on National ID Cards. Fascinating via @oliviasolon https://t.co/Nf78RGFadk
How Uganda's government under President Yoweri Museveni has increasingly used the country's biometric identity system to target opponents and consolidate power (@oliviasolon / Bloomberg) https://t.co/PCdFvochHX 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/xbfL8pzykT
A digital ID system key to banking and voting in Uganda is also being used to spy on citizens, according to dozens of interviews and hundreds of pages of documents https://t.co/CAw86dJq2r