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GLOBAL VOICES 2018-2020
Digital Rights Under Lockdown |
When the coronavirus pandemic hit Africa, governments across the continent took swift actions to curb the spread of the coronavirus — enacting states of emergency, curfews and lockdowns, among other measures.
During this time, some governments exploited the pandemic to further clamp down on digital rights and dissenting voices. Other governments attempted to control COVID-19 narratives in their favor, obscuring or amplifying certain facts to benefit their own reputations. “Digital Rights Under Lockdown,” invited nine reporters from nine different countries to research, document and explore the state of digital rights during the pandemic: Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Ethiopia. |
Writing toward freedom: Politics and digital rights in Africa |
Across Africa, governments and nongovernmental political actors repeatedly deploy tactics to interfere with users’ rights to freedom of expression and access to information online, particularly during events of major political significance.
Global Voices’ sub-Saharan Africa and Northern Africa team, as part of its Advox program, featured series of 14 analytical stories that examine interferences with digital rights during key political events — like elections and protests — through tactics that include:
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The identity matrix: Platform regulation of online threats to expression in Africa |
Conflicts centered on identity online can turn ugly — and potentially dangerous.
Across Africa, attacks on language, culture, gender, religion, and ethnic identity are increasingly prevalent on social media platforms. These attacks tend to coincide with politically charged periods and contexts. Global Voices’ sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa team, as part of its Advox program, featured a series of seven analytical stories that examine identity-driven hate speech as it manifests in digital spaces. These stories cover seven African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia and Uganda, and specifically explore:
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