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Global businesses lose R30tn ($1.75tn) from untapped economic potential of ‘third largest nation'
View on iono.fm, Apple or Spotify Advertise your job vacancies 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Today, on World Inclusion Day, global full-cycle verification platform Sumsub reveals that a staggering 627 million individuals globally, larger than the population of the United States and Brazil combined, are excluded from essential digital services, including financial services, education, healthcare, and employment platforms.
Who Wants to be Legible? Digitalization and Intergroup Inequality in Kenya
Introduction In recent years, governments across the Global South have begun to introduce digital or biometric identity cards (eIDs), in an attempt to improve citizen legibility to the state (Gelb & Clark, 2013).1 Expanding and deepening legibility can, in principle, help states govern more efficiently and fairly, and expand citizen access to public services (Lee & Zhang, 2017).
Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it
Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly using during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country.
Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it
Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly using during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country.
Internet shutdowns: Here's how governments do it
Senegal's government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly used during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country.
Afrique: Coupure de l'internet - Voici comment les gouvernements procèdent
Le gouvernement sénégalais a récemment coupé l'accès à Internet en réponse aux manifestations contre la condamnation du leader de l'opposition Ousmane Sonko. Il s'agit d'une tactique à laquelle les gouvernements ont de plus en plus recours en période de conflit politique, comme les élections ou les troubles sociaux. Les coupures peuvent être partielles ou totales, temporaires ou prolongées. Elles peuvent viser des plateformes spécifiques, des régions ou un pays tout entier.
Coupure de l'internet : voici comment les gouvernements procèdent
Le gouvernement sénégalais a récemment coupé l'accès à Internet en réponse aux manifestations contre la condamnation du leader de l'opposition Ousmane Sonko. Il s'agit d'une tactique à laquelle les gouvernements ont de plus en plus recours en période de conflit politique, comme les élections ou les troubles sociaux. Les coupures peuvent être partielles ou totales, temporaires ou prolongées. Elles peuvent viser des plateformes spécifiques, des régions ou un pays tout entier.
Senegal: Internet Shutdowns - Here's How Governments Do It
Senegal: Internet Shutdowns - Here's How Governments Do It analysis By Lisa Garbe Senegal's government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly using during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country.
Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it
By Lisa Garbe, Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly using during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country.
Internet shutdowns: here’s how governments do it Original
Internet shutdowns are a tactic many governments in Africa use during times of political contention, such as elections or social upheaval. The shutdowns can be partial or total, temporary or prolonged. They may target specific platforms, regions, or an entire country. I’m a researcher who investigates the causes and consequences of internet access disruptions and censorship in various African countries. This includes understanding how shutdowns work.
How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech
1. Introduction Online platforms gained enormous traction in political and social discourse, with platforms like Facebook evolving into transnational companies that are ‘unmatched in their global reach and wealth’ (Gorwa, 2019, p. 860). Social media platforms in particular have been blamed for poor efforts to moderate content in many instances around the world, failing to protect users from foreign influence during elections in the USA and France (Walker et al., 2019, p.
Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa
Your Name: Your Email: Send Email To: Keep this field blank It takes more than technology. By Nic Cheeseman and Lisa Garbe 11 Oct 2020 00:19 African leaders blunt the transformative power of smartphones through censorship and internet shutdowns. Image: EFE-EPA/John Hrusha From the mid-2000s onwards, the digital revolution raised hopes of democratic transformation and strengthening in Africa. But it hasn’t quite turned out like that.
Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology - EconoTimes
From the mid-2000s onwards, the digital revolution raised hopes of democratic transformation and strengthening in Africa. But it hasn’t quite turned out like that. Now, almost a decade after the “Arab Spring”, techno-optimism has given way to techno-pessimism. African leaders have proved able to blunt the transformative potential of smart phones through censorship and internet shutdowns.
Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology
From the mid-2000s onwards, the digital revolution raised hopes of democratic transformation and strengthening in Africa. But it hasn’t quite turned out like that. Now, almost a decade after the “Arab Spring”, techno-optimism has given way to techno-pessimism. African leaders have proved able to blunt the transformative potential of smart phones through censorship and internet shutdowns.
What we do (not) know about Internet shutdowns in Africa
Internet shutdowns in Africa have become the new normal. In 2019, at least 10 African countries blocked access to the internet, constituting a growing trend of digital repression, especially in less democratic regimes. The term internet shutdown has been widely used to describe different phenomena of internet manipulation, ranging from throttling of internet speed, over blocking of specific web content such as Facebook or Twitter, to banning internet access altogether.
Influence of perceived threat of Covid-19 and HEXACO personality traits on toilet paper stockpiling
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Lisa Garbe , Richard Rau , Theo Toppe Lisa Garbe, Richard Rau, Theo Toppe Published: June 12, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234232 Figures Abstract Following the fast spread of Covid-19 across Europe and North America in March 2020, many people started stockpiling commodities like toilet paper.
Research Corner: “Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at Election Times in Sub-Saharan Africa”
By Tina Freyburg & Lisa Garbe, University of St.Gallen Authors of Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at Election Times in Sub-Saharan Africa Between 2014 and 2016, almost a third of the national elections in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were accompanied by an internet shutdown. Governments justify these shutdowns by citing national security concerns and fears of the spread of fake election results.
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