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Authoritarian governments are increasingly blocking or restricting internet access to suppress domestic dissent
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-GA245264
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260238
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Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265016
ISSN: 2633-304X
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However, the same digital technologies have provided illiberal governments with powerful means of controlling citizens and stifling dissent, making repression more pervasive and…