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#shutdown #DigitalRights #Etiopia 🇪🇹
cc: @quinta @Gert @informapirata @sbarrax https://techpoint.africa/2024/01/08/africa-2023-internet-shutdowns/
Sub-Saharan Africa lost $1.74 billion in 2023 due to government-induced Internet shutdowns
A recent report has revealed that sub-Saharan Africa lost $1.74 billion in 2023 due to government-induced Internet shutdowns, affecting 84.8 million Internet users. The MENA region also incurred a loss of $1.44 billion, impacting 105.Abdullah Ajibade (Techpoint Africa)
Solita strategia: ciusura di internet.
Confermato: i dati di rete in tempo reale mostrano una perdita di connettività Internet su scala nazionale in #Ciad ; l’incidente avviene nel mezzo delle crescenti tensioni politiche poche settimane prima di un referendum costituzionale.
FONTE: NetBlocks https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1732881176937812271
#DigitalRights #Africa
cc: @quinta @informapirata @Gert
I decided to try something new and create my very first #bivariate #choropleth map! The two variables I’ve mapped for 52 African countries are the 2023 #WorldPressFreedomIndex scores by #ReportersWithoutBorders and the 2022 #HumanDevelopmentIndex by the UN Development Programme.
Unfortunately São Tomé and Príncipe didn’t have a WPFI score while there’s no HDI for Somalia. Of course Western Sahara had no data too.
#HDI #RSF #PressFreedom #WPFI
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L' #AI continua a perpetrare gli sterotipi del colonialismo in #Africa
Più che "IA - Artificiale" la definirei IF - Intelligenza Frattale, perché ripropone gli stessi #bias dell'essere umano.
➡️ https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-
cc: @quinta @laura @informapirata @sbarrax
Report 2022 - Stato dei # diritti digitali e dell'inclusione in 24 paesi africani
#Africa #AI #digitalrights #Londa
Questa edizione di Londa si concentra su questioni trasversali che interessano i diritti digitali e la libertà di Internet nel 2022. Valuta inoltre l'impatto e le prestazioni del Universal Service Fund’s nei 24 paesi esaminati
Grazie a @Davide Tommasin ዳቪድ per la segnalazione
🌍 [Report 2022] Stato dei #diritti digitali e dell'#inclusione in 24 paesi africani
#Africa #AI #digitalrights #Etiopia #Londa
https://paradigmhq.org/londa-22/
cc: @informapirata @gubi @quinta @sbarraxLONDA 22 - Paradigm Initiative
LONDA 2022 This edition of Londa focuses on cross-cutting issues affecting digital rights and Internet freedom in 2022. It also evaluates the Universal Service Fund’s existence and performance across the 24 countries under review.PARADIGM INITIATIVE
#Africa #AI #digitalrights #Etiopia #Londa
https://paradigmhq.org/londa-22/
cc: @informapirata @gubi @quinta @sbarrax
LONDA 22 - Paradigm Initiative
LONDA 2022 This edition of Londa focuses on cross-cutting issues affecting digital rights and Internet freedom in 2022. It also evaluates the Universal Service Fund’s existence and performance across the 24 countries under review.PARADIGM INITIATIVE
"era un playboy evasore fiscale che usava il suo vasto impero mediatico per favorire la sua carriera politica"
#Africa
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/italy-scandal-hit-former-pm-silvio-berlusconi-dies-at-86-4266974
Italy's scandal-hit former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
The larger-than-life character, who once compared himself to Jesus, was Italy's longest serving premier but was also plagued by scandal.AFP (The East African)
Hopefully, we'll see more themed servers and communities too!
🌌 Some recent additions to the network (1/2):
• https://fediverse.co.za - South #Africa
• https://fedisabled.social - for all disabled people
• https://recht.social - focus on #legal topics
• https://sciencemastodon.com - for #science journalists and scientists
• https://dju.social - German #journalists union
#fediworld
Mastodon
Die Deutsche Journalistinnen- und Journalisten-Union (dju) in ver.di bietet hier einen Gemeinschaftsraum für Medienmenschen und alle, die an einem freundlichen und konstruktiven Austausch interessiert sind.Mastodon hosted on dju.social
Di Luca #Zorloni su #Wired
https://www.wired.it/attualita/tech/2021/10/19/europa-sorveglianza-digitale-africa-balcani-cepol/
L Europa finanzia anche con aiuti umanitari sorveglianza digitale in Africa e nei Balcani
Sei ong denunciano gli investimenti della Commissione europea e di agenzie come Frontex e Cepol alla mediatrice comunitaria per l uso di fondi di sostegno per acquistare dispositivi e corsi di spionaggioLuca Zorloni (wired)