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"Despite strong international condemnation, there is growing acceptance of internet shutdowns as a legitimate response to online content that governments—particularly in Africa—find concerning. This article explores government decision- making around internet shutdowns during contentious periods
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Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (2024), 226 pp.
"This open-access volume argues that in a functioning democracy, citizens should be equally capable of making informed choices about matters of social importance. This includes citizens accessing all relevant information and knowledge necessary for informed will formation. In today's complex era of
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Open Content: Navigating Creative Commons Licenses
Bonn; Berlin: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission; Wikimedia Deutschland (2024), 85 pp.
"Traditionally, copyright has been associated with restrictive terms such as “all rights reserved”. This phrase implies that the copyright holder retains complete control over their work, restricting its use and distribution. However, the concept of Open Content offers a more flexible and inclus
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The curious case of blockchain in rural China: Unravelling power, profit, and surveillance
Big Data & Society, issue April–June (2024), 13 pp.
"Blockchain originated from the aspiration for decentralization, and in Western countries, its association with freedom from governmental and corporate dominance remains unwavering. However, in China–where blockchain has taken an intriguing foothold–the socio-technical imaginaries of blockchain
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"This report identifies the contextual, social, and political factors that may shape decisions on whether to call for red lines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or whether to focus on other routes to challenging use cases, including through engagement with companies and the use of regulato
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Data communism: Constructing a national data ecosystem
Big Data & Society, issue July–September (2024), 14 pp.
"Over the past decade, China has gradually begun to take a more proactive approach to digital development, passing a range of policies that aim to restructure how data is treated within its national economic system. These policies reflect the construction of a new data ecology in which data is gradu
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Consultation Paper on AI Regulation: Emerging Approaches Across the World
Paris: UNESCO (2024), 49 pp.
Data Governance in Zimbabwe: Opportunities and Challenges
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2023), 12 pp.
"Recent legislation on data linking national security and cybersecurity undermines the creation of a trustworthy data environment. Restrictions on information flows have immediate and medium-term costs to digital economic activity, which in turn have knock-on effects for the prospect of any subseque
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Digital Spaces, Rights and Responsibilities: Towards a Duty of Care Model in Southern Africa
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2023), 14 pp.
"In this article, the intersection between digital spaces, rights, and responsibilities in an interconnected platformising world is highlighted. Besides unpacking structural harms and unfreedoms accompanying this platformisation, it also proposes a duty of care model rooted in the African philosophy
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