Digital citizenship in Africa : technologies of agency and repression /

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Imprint:New York : Zed Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Digital Africa
Digital Africa (Series)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13587705
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Other authors / contributors:Bosch, Tanja Estella, editor, author.
Roberts, Tony, 1963- editor, author.
ISBN:9781350324497
1350324493
9781350324466
9781350324473
1350324477
9781350324480
1350324485
9781350324459
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Digital Citizenship in Africa illustrates how citizens have been using VPNs, encryption, and privacy-protecting browsers to resist limits on their rights to privacy and political speech. This book dramatically expands our understanding of the vast and growing arsenal of tech tools, tactics, and techniques now being deployed by repressive governments to limit the ability of citizens to safely and openly express opposition to government and corporate actions. AI-enabled surveillance, covertly deployed disinformation, and internet shutdowns are documented in ten countries, concluding with recommendations on how to curb government and corporate power, and how to re-invigorate digital citizenship across Africa"--
Other form:Print version: Digital citizenship in Africa New York : Zed Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 9781350324466