Some African governments using social media to monitor citizens: Freedom House report
07 November 2019 |
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A report by US-based democracy watchdog Freedom House says many Africans are unknowingly under surveillance by their own states via social media platforms. Zimbabwe and Sudan are among the countries to be singled out.
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