First, it was “gossip” that supposedly pushed Uganda’s government to introduce a tax on social media use. Several weeks later, the country’s 72-year-old president Yoweri Museveni changed tack,...
Jamii Forums, a popular blogging site in Tanzania, has cited new online content regulations by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) as the reason for its...
In an open letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Access Now is calling upon Facebook to undergo an independent audit of its data processing accompanied by a global human...
Popular support for a free news media has declined significantly in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania – three countries currently making headlines for government attempts to limit...
NEWS FEED, THE algorithm that powers the core of Facebook, resembles a giant irrigation system for the world’s information. Working properly, it nourishes all the crops that different...
By Ayden Férdeline Personal data privacy, or the general lack thereof online, has garnered a considerable amount of attention in the past month, especially in the wake...
By witnessradio.org Team “I have lived on this land since 1940. It has been a source of our past and current livelihood as a family. My...
Guest post by Grace Mutung’u (@bomu) On Tuesday, January 30, the Communications Authority of Kenya switched off three main television stations and a local language channel ahead of...