Uzbekistan's Latest Answer to Facebook
The launch of yet another state-run social media site in Uzbekistan has served to highlight Tashkent’s contradictory approach to regime control of the internet. Over the past 15 years, online access in Uzbekistan has soared. As of November 2015 there were 12.7 million users out of a population of around 30 million, compared to 7,500 users in 2000, according to Internet World Stats. The government has been largely supportive of this growing internet access. Tashkent acknowledges that increased internet penetration has helped expand the economy, especially the small business sector.
16 Jun 2016 ... Uzbekistan's Latest Answer to Facebook. The government wants to control people's lives both online and offline. By Inga Sikorskaya.