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The Way Forward on Social Media Shutdowns0
- DRC - Kinshasa, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Internet, Media, Politics, Social Media, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- 01.02.2019.
Digital authoritarianism is rapidly becoming fashionable in Africa. In 2018, Access Now recorded 21 shutdowns in Africa, a sharp rise from 13 shutdowns in 2017. In that period, the longest shutdown was reported in Cameroon where it lasted at least 230 days. Similar trends were noted globally – from 75 shutdowns in 2016, incidents of
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Kenyans should brace themselves for internet shutdown ahead of August polls0
The past two years have seen more than 50 governments around the world shut down internet or limit access to sections of it like social media. In Africa this has mainly been around elections with Gambia and Uganda being the most recent examples. Kenya goes to the polls in seven months and if information by
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