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Let me tell you what "Digital Surveillance in Africa" contains: 8 chapters by 10 African scholars on rights-violating use of surveillance tech across Africae. The intro co-authored by Admire Mare reviews the literature and presents our themes of power, agency & rights

Chapter 2: Gifty Appiah-Adjei & Oyewole Oladapo interviewed journalists in Ghana surveilled by police and forced to use circumvention tech. This shrinks civic space, making it more difficult to hold the government to account. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 3. Afef Abrougui analyses Smart City #Surveillance Tech in Sisi’s #Egypt. Cities are being equipped with facial recognition CCTV cameras recording activity 24 hours a day to control the spaces where citizens come together to protest. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 4. Kiss Brian Abraham & the late Sam Phiri examine the surveillance of online space in #Zambia where the government invested hundreds of millions of dollars on Chinese #surveillance tech to exercise control over its citizens. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 5. Jimmy Kainja 🇲🇼 raises concern that Malawi may be sleepwalking into a surveillance state as the government makes biometric ID & SIM-card registration mandatory while investing in mobile interception technology. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 6. judy & Muthuri Kathure aks whether Kenya’s rapid uptake of internet interception surveillance tech & social media monitoring alongside #biometric #digitalID create real-time panoptic surveillance capabilities. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In Chapter 7. Nana Nwachukwu analyses how the Nigerian government has directed surveillance technologies procured to fight terrorism at citizens exercising their constitutional and civil rights. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

In the final chapter Anand & Sebastian Klovig Skelton lift the lid on which companies from which countries supply which #surveillance technologies to Africa governments. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-deta…

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is a growing crisis: 85% of women online have witnessed abuse, 38% have experienced it personally. In Nairobi, 90% of young adults report facing online gender-based violence. Urgent action is needed. Read More:

🎙️The fourth session at the Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2025: "The Digital Blockade – Economic Hardships and the Fight for Survival in Gaza" Prior to October 2023, the digital blockade on Gaza not only crippled economic opportunities but directly threatened the survival of

🎙️ LISTEN: Careen Joel Mwakitalu on how @NoTakaHub is using geospatial tech to tackle climate change & migration in Africa. Explore challenges in data, policy impact & the need for collaboration. 🔗: open.spotify.com/episode/6jEih4… #CivicTechAfrica #ClimateMobility #TechForGood

Launching the new book 'Digital Surveillance in Africa' authored by members of the African Digital Rights Network (ADRN) a virtual network of 75+ African researchers from 30+ African countries hosted by Institute of Development Studies #DRIF25 africandigitalrightsnetwork.org/publications

📢Call for Lead Researcher "Comparative Analysis of Online Censorship Policies and Practices in Europe" We invite qualified researchers and research teams to submit their proposals by July 1, 2025. 📝 ToR & Scope: 7amleh.org/post/call-for-… 📧Submit to: [email protected]

Last week's Palestinian Digital Rights Update: 📌Internet, phone services completely cut off in Gaza after Israeli strikes 📌US Tech and Finance Have Become Israel’s Greatest Allies 📌As big tech grows more involved in Gaza, Muslim workers are wrestling with a spiritual crisis

هل تعرّضت أو شاهدت منشورات عنيفة وتحريضية ضد الفلسطينيين على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي؟ أو لاحظت انتشار محتوى يعبّر عن الفرح بسقوط ضحايا فلسطينيات؟ بلّغوا الآن عبر منصّة حُر حتى نقدّم مساعدة! يمكنك تقديم طلب عبر منصّة حُر: 7or.7amleh.org لأي استفسار، يمكنكم التواصل معنا

#Palestine 🇵🇸 7amleh حملة warns Israel's targeting of telecom infrastructure and blockade are causing a total internet blackout in #Gaza, isolating millions of people and blocking vital humanitarian communication, and calls for urgent international intervention to #ReconnectGaza.

Friends, please let us know if you’ve experienced any form of censorship on Bluesky related to your Palestinian narrative or content. Report it on 7or -The Palestinian Observatory of Digital Rights Violations. 7or.7amleh.org

🌍 A Global Look at Digital Democracy: Egypt Online freedoms are under serious threat. Explore its digital democracy ecosystem: key laws, challenges for CSOs, available support, strategies of resistance & what’s needed to strengthen digital freedoms 👉 web.civicus.org/Egypt

Evidence collection on Digital Rights Violations, a form by 7amleh حملة: Pro-Palestinian content is censored and silenced by social media platforms and 7amleh gathers evidence as part of a project advocating for accountability in the digital space. Form link: form.jotform.com/250692597434063

As we commemorate the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, Paradigm Initiative (PIN Paradigm Initiative (PIN)) is calling for big tech companies to enhance their efforts in combating hate speech on their platforms and uphold fundamental human rights online. PIN’s 2024 Londa report