MTN Enabled Gov't Bounty SMS System Linked to Extrajudicial Killings in Congo
Access Now demands MTN Group investigate how Congo's presidential security forces used MTN's network to send bounty SMS messages offering rewards for informants, amid reports of summary executions.
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- [1]www.accessnow.orgaccessnow.org — Accessed Feb 20, 2026https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mtn-group-must-answer-for-dangerous-bounty-sms-campaign-in-the-republic-of-congo/
- [2]www.accessnow.orgaccessnow.org — Accessed Feb 20, 2026https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-uganda-internet-access-2026-elections/
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