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Communications Capacity and Training Needs Assessment of African Digital Rights Organisations

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME); CIPESA (2020), 16 pp.

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Dialling in the Law: A Comparative Assessment of Jurisprudence on Internet Shutdowns

Aayush Rathi, Arindrajit Basu

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Cyrilla (2020), 23 pp.

"This report and the associated workbook seeks to contribute to the discourse in three ways. First, we hope to open an extensible documentation and overview of practices, experiences, and resources on the legitimisation of, and resistance to, state-backed internet shutdowns across the world. Second, ... more

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Digital Rights in the Light of Emergency State

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) (2020), 7 pp.

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Data Imperialism: The GDPR's Disastrous Impact on Africa's E-Commerce Markets

Cara Mannion

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, volume 53, issue 2 (2020), pp. 684-711

"The European Union (EU) recently passed the General Data Protection Regulation-a sweeping regulatory framework that sets a new global standard for the collection, storage, and use of personal data. To ensure far-reaching compliance with the GDPR, the EU has adopted a strict take-it-or-leave-it appr ... more

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Jurisprudence Shaping Digital Rights in South Asia

Divya Srinivasan, Gayatri Khandhadai

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Cyrilla Project (2020), 54 pp.

"The objective of this report is to make available a resource that can be used by lawyers, policy experts and civil society to gauge the trajectory of judicial discourse on digital rights and use this as a tool to advocate for greater protections. This is not a compendium of all cases relating to th ... e topics dealt with. For studying the cases, the researchers developed a workbook that collated decisions available in online databases including CYRILLA and the Columbia University’s Global Freedom of Expression database. Resources developed by national groups on the state of digital rights in their countries provided critical guidance. The cases selected naturally fell into three categories of Access, Privacy and Freedom of expression. A key challenge faced, while developing this research, relates to collection of data. In many of the countries (except India), case laws are not easily available on free, open and searchable case law databases. Judgements and orders are often not available or are difficult to access on official court websites. In some countries, many of the decisions or orders relating to digital rights were not reported and thus were inaccessible. In a few instances, particularly for Nepal and Pakistan, some judgements were not available in English and reliance had to be placed on the analysis of the judgement provided by researchers with knowledge of the local language. The countries selected share similar legal systems and challenges in the exercise and enjoyment of digital rights. Some of the issues covered by the report include discussions around access to the internet and its impact on other rights as well as network shutdowns. Judicial pronouncements in relation to privacy, surveillance, national identity programmes, data protection have been analysed across jurisdictions. A significant number of cases studied related to challenges surrounding freedom of expression. Judgements on access to the internet indicate that there is some recognition of the central role the internet and connectivity play in the lives of all individuals. Cases discussed in this report include judgements relating to equitable telecast rights, instances where use of mobile phones were prohibited, providing limited internet access to prisoners, recognition of medium of information being protected and multiple cases on network shutdowns." (Overview and refelections, page 7) more

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A digital scramble for Africa: US, EU and Chinese influences on internet regulation in Africa and their effects on freedom of expression and the right to privacy

David Fischer

Coimbra: University of Coimbra, European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation, Master Thesis (2020), 91 pp.

"Divisive Internet regulation is fragmenting the formerly worldwide web into numerous shards that follow their own rules. The US, the EU and China are influential in shaping regulation even beyond their own jurisdictions, with consequences for human rights, particularly in Africa. This paper argues ... more

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The Rise of Internet Throttling: A Hidden Threat to Media Development

Samuel Woodhams

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2020)

"An increasing number of governments around the world are forcing internet service providers to slow their services during critical sociopolitical junctures—a practice known as throttling—infringing on citizens’ right to information and freedom of expression. Despite its deleterious impact on ... more

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Internet Health Report 2019

Mozilla Foundation

Bielefeld: transcript (2019), 116 pp.

"This report is structured according to five overlapping themes that we consider a helpful framework for assessing internet health: privacy and security, openness, digital inclusion, web literacy, and decentralization, but it’s designed so you can read the articles in any order." (Introduction)

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Internet Governance and Regulations in Latin America: Analysis of infrastructure, privacy, cybersecurity and technological developments in honor of the tenth anniversary of the South School on Internet Governance

Luca Belli, Olga Cavalli (eds.)

Rio de Janeiro: FGV Direito Rio (2019), 526 pp.

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UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Internet Development
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David Souter, Anri van der Spuy

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 198 pp.

"The four principles identified as key to Internet Universality are summarised as the R-O-A-M principles, and are fundamental to the development of the Internet in ways that are conducive to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals with no one left behind. These principles are: R – that the int ... more

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Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society

Arne Hintz, Lina Dencik, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

Cambridge: Polity Press (2019), vii, 194 pp.

"Digitization has transformed the way we interact with our social, political and economic environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of personal data. This requires us to fundamentally rethink our und ... more

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Digital Justice Manifesto: A Call to Own Our Digital Future

Just Net Coalition (2019), 16 pp.

"Key principles: 1. Data subjects must own their data – individually and collectively. 2. Our data requires protection from abuse. 3. We need the tools to control our data. 4. Data commons need appropriate governance frameworks. 5. Data protection, sharing and use require new institutions. 6. Data ... more

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The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism

Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press (2019), xxiii, 323 pp.

"Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers ... more

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China's Digital Rise: Challenges for Europe

Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Mareike Ohlberg

Berlin: Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) (2019), 55 pp.

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Contract for the Web

Web Foundation; CIPESA; Wikimedia Foundation (2019), 31 pp.

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Social Media in Zimbabwe: A Toxic Tool or a Future Bridge to Peace?

Tendai Marima

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 10 pp.

"The rise of social media in Zimbabwe has brought with it a greater variety of platforms which offer people a means to express themselves. However, the democratisation of information and the increase in digital spaces have also come with greater state restriction and polarisation among Zimbabweans. ... more

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Wer regiert das Internet?

Henning Lahmann, Jan Engelmann

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2019), 42 pp.

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Promoting Best Practice Among Activists for More Effective Collaboration in Digital Rights Litigation in Kenya

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 4 pp.

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Disconnected: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Network Disruptions

Jan Rydzak

Global Network Initiative (2019), 33 pp.

"The statistical study determines that network interferences are more likely to happen at higher rates of expansion of Internet connectivity until a tipping point, suggesting that efforts to extend Internet access in low- and middle-income countries may lead to less overt restrictions. This threshol ... more

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Venezuela’s 21st Century Authoritarianism in the Digital Sphere

Iria Puyosa

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 14 pp.

"This policy brief summarises extensive information on digital rights violations and politically motivated information disorders affecting Venezuelans, principally social media users. The brief focuses on the conflict dynamic between an authoritarian government and those fighting for re-democratisat ... more

UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Internet Development Key Guidance

UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators: A Framework for Assessing Internet Development
Key Guidance