6 days ago 2 min Toolkit created for civil society in Botswana, Nigeria and Uganda The African Digital Rights Fund is operated by the Collaboration on ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and seeks to provide...
Jul 16, 2020 6 min Data Protection and Privacy: A Child's Rights There is no denying the relevance of data protection and privacy in the world today. It is a field that is receiving unprecedented intern...
May 15, 2020 1 min 5G Rumours Cause Alarm In Namibia And Nigeria The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) this week decried rumours and urged Nigerians to disregard reports that telcos were installi...
Mar 20, 2020 2 min Pandemic And Infodemic: Coronavirus And Fake News in Africa As the coronavirus pandemic spreads and panic consumes the world, the proliferation of dis/misinformation around it is a cause for alarm ...
Mar 6, 2020 1 min Nigeria – Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill In November 2019 Senator Mohammed Sani Musa introduced the Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill (“the Social Media B...
Feb 28, 2020 1 min Nigerian Hate Speech Bill In November 2019 Nigerian Senator Aliyu Abdullahi proposed the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches Bill, 2019. The B...
Dec 6, 2019 2 min Regulating Online Child Safety in Nigeria In Nigeria, Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution and Section 8 of the Child Rights Act provide for children's right to privacy. Section 23...