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Africa has experienced around 200 instances of internet shutdowns in the last decade. Most shutdowns were implemented by governments and internet service providers. Join us for an event to discuss how these shutdowns violate citizens’ rights to function in society and what needs to change.
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Countries in Africa experienced over 190 internet shutdowns between 2016 and 2024. The number of internet shutdowns across the continent has been on an upward trend since 2016, rising from a total of 14 in 2016 to 28 in 2024. Authors of the new book ‘Internet Shutdowns in Africa: Technology, Rights and Power’, call on African governments, regional institutions and telecom providers to not shut the internet in advance of elections and during citizen protests, and to maintain their human rights commitments to free expression, association and political participation.
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Authors, including those from the #KeepitOn campaign will join us to discuss the impact of these internet shutdowns and how to resist these human rights violations.
Speakers
- Tony Roberts, IDS Research Fellow and co-editor of Internet Shutdowns in Africa;
- Felicia Anthonio is #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager at Access Now, a global campaign of over 300 organizations that fights against internet shutdowns. She is also co-editor of the book Internet Shutdowns in Africa;
- Juliet Nanfuka, co-author of the book Internet Shutdowns in Africa and has a background in journalism with specialisation in New Media;
- Yohannes Ayalew, Postdoctoral Fellow at the ‘Three Generations of Digital Human Rights’ (#3GDR) at the Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Chair
Bryan Glick, Editor in Chief at Computer Weekly.
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