The Ugandan social media news cycle is often dominated by high-following influencers and state-linked propaganda networks.

: Investigations have exposed fake social media accounts that use stolen identities to spread state propaganda and target critics of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) . Internet Laws to Watch Ugandan internet propaganda network exposed by the BBC

: Zari the Boss Lady remains the most followed Ugandan on Instagram, followed by the Masaka Kids Africana and the Triplets Ghetto Kids .