African Cyberactivism against Censorship
Carlos Bajo writes an interesting article on how Africa has been an experimentation laboratory for Internet espionage, censorship and denunciation by civil society alike.
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In many spheres the African continent has been a mere laboratory for Western governments and transnational corporations. Although it may seem incredible, one of these spheres has been the digital sphere, but in is darkest dimension: control, espionage, censorship. The interests of certain companies that develop solutions for Internet control have coincided with those of liberticidal governments with a desire to control their citizens beyond any idea of fundamental rights. Meanwhile, civil societies have organised themselves to denounce and fight the abuses and have achieved considerable success, including generating a solidarity network that is as creative as it is tireless.
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