Africa

Digital Migration Observatory launched in Mozambique
Digital Migration Observatory launched in Mozambique 29 May 2014 Tomas Viera Mario

A Civil Society Digital Broadcasting Migration Observatory has been launched in Maputo on April 9, at the end of a national conference that discussed and approved a National Advocacy Plan on the sensitive transition process in Mozambique.

New laws in Uganda make internet providers more vulnerable to liability and state intervention
New laws in Uganda make internet providers more vulnerable to liability and state intervention 19 May 2014 AL

Internet intermediaries (ISPs, content providers, infrastructure providers) are increasingly being held liable for the content circulated by users. Two years after conducting research on the issue in Uganda in a project coordinated by APC, Lillian Nalwoga talked to APCNews about the latest developments in the country, where a recent anti-pornography law can go as far as sending intermediaries to prison.

Intermediary liability: Preventing hate speech online in Kenya
Intermediary liability: Preventing hate speech online in Kenya 19 May 2014 MN

With a new regime in Kenya, the fate of internet intermediaries is uncertain. Two years after the publication of an APC research report on the issue, Grace Githaiga talked to APCNews on the latest developments in the country.

Internet intermediaries: The dilemma of liability in Africa
Internet intermediaries: The dilemma of liability in Africa 19 May 2014 Emilar Vushe Gandhi

In this editorial for a special edition of APCNews we look at the role of governments and the impact of regulations that hold internet intermediaries liable for content uploaded or circulated by users. We argue that protecting intermediaries is an important step for having a free and open internet and for promoting the development of regional content, and stress the importance of explicitly add...

Intermediary liability: New developments in South Africa
Intermediary liability: New developments in South Africa 19 May 2014

Although internet intermediaries in South Africa are fairly protected against liability for their users’ content or behaviour on their platforms and networks, this comes with some rules that they have to abide by. Two years after the publication of an APC research report on intermediary liability in South Africa, APCNews talked to researchers Alex Comninos and Andrew Rens about the current si...

New laws affecting intermediary liability in Nigeria
New laws affecting intermediary liability in Nigeria 16 May 2014 AL

APCNews interviewed Gbenga Sesan, executive director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), about the latest trends in the country towards holding intermediaries liable for their users’ behaviour. We also asked him about other pressing internet issues in the country.

Mapping the ICT policy environment in South Africa
Mapping the ICT policy environment in South Africa 16 May 2014 Jane Duncan, Alan Finlay, Alexandra Groome, Alex Comninos and Anriette Esterhuysen

While strong constitutional guarantees exist for freedom of expression in South Africa, including internet content, the effectiveness of these guarantees has been gradually reduced by an array of laws that have progressively chipped away at internet freedom, concludes a recent report by APC.

Infographic: What is digital migration?
Infographic: What is digital migration? 16 May 2014 Mike Jensen and Grupo Tritón (illustration)

         

Intermediary liability: Internet policies that affect Africans
Intermediary liability: Internet policies that affect Africans 15 May 2014 MN

Many governments in Africa are establishing regulations to further control the flow of information on the internet. This trend includes holding intermediaries liable for content circulated by their users on their platforms and networks. APCNews talked to researcher Nicolo Zingales to find out more about the issue in the African context.

Mapping the ICT policy environment in South Africa
Mapping the ICT policy environment in South Africa 09 May 2014 Jane Duncan, Alan Finlay, Alexandra Groome, Alex Comninos and Anriette Esterhuysen

South Africa largely respects online freedoms, and to this extent the country could be considered to have a free online media environment. Many of the instances of internet censorship apparent in more repressive countries, and outlined by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank la Rue, are absent in South Afr...

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