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INT: Internet shutdowns return to pre-pandemic trends
Internet shutdowns are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all major developing regions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-GA269997
ISSN: 2633-304X
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For over a month, the government has imposed an internet shutdown in the largely anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest Cameroon. This stoppage followed a government…
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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Nigerian social media.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238815
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The IT sector has been an unmitigated success in recent years and formerly coexisted with the government, but internet shutdowns raised operational risks, and the industry's…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256766
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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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The changes follow complaints from the government about the content generated by Gemini on some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. While election-related disinformation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285829
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It seeks to accelerate recovery from COVID-19 by capitalising on the rise in internet use and digital trade during the pandemic. However, new restrictive laws on internet use in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260214
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Workers’ protests in Iran have been growing due to the impact of sanctions, economic mismanagement, low and unpaid wages, inflation, increasing poverty levels and corruption. The…