New: "The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021" unpacks the data, trends, and stories behind a year of internet shutdowns.

In 2021, 12 countries cut internet access 19 times in Africa, three more countries than the previous year. What is behind the spread of network disruptions in Africa? The Republic of the Congo, Chad, Niger, Uganda, and Zambia held elections in 2021, and there were protests and significant civil unrest in Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal, and South Sudan.10

  • MwalimuOP
    1•2 years ago

    I have never bought even for a minute these categorizations like countries x are authoritarian and these ones are ‘democratic’. Instead of categorical reasoning, we can trace what people actually do. It is pragmatic. Shutting down communication lines is not a matter of opinion. That is why this kind of study keeps being relevant despite it being nested in a US-worldview of we-democracy, them-authoritarians.