Ugandan TikToker jailed 6 years for insulting president

A 24-year-old Ugandan man has been sentenced to six years in prison for using TikTok to spread hate speech and false information against President Yoweri Museveni and the entire first family.

Entebbe Chief Magistrate Court’s Chief Magistrate, Stellah-Maris Amabilisi, delivered the sentence on Wednesday. Edward Awebwa, who ran the account “Save Media Uganda,” was arrested for posting a video insulting the president; his wife and his…