Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa

This book reflects on the rapid rise of social media across the African continent, and the legal and extra-legal efforts governments have invented to try to contain it. It reflects on the Chinese influence in African governments' clampdown on social media and the role of Israeli NSO Group Technologies.

Introduction: The Gatekeeper State Meets Digital Citizen Panoptic Gaze, PART I: BACKGROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN AFRICA, Chapter 1: Historicising and Theorising Social Media and the Demotic Turn in Communication in Africa by Farooq A. Kperogi, Chapter 2: His Excellency, the Internet and Outraged Citizens: An Analysis of the Big Man Syndrome and Internet Shutdowns in Africa by Shepherd Mpofu, Chapter 3: Capital, the State, and the Digital Divide: A Critical Reflection on Social Media Censorship in Ghana by Eric Karikari, Chapter 4: Between State Interests and Citizen Digital Rights: Making Sense of Internet Shutdowns in Zimbabwe by Tendai Chari, PART II: PROTEST JOURNALISM AND CITIZEN DISSIDENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, Chapter 5: Countering Hegemony in Zimbabwe's Cyber Sphere: A Study of Dissident Digital Native Group #Tajamuka by Trust Matsilele, Chapter 6: Cyber Space as Battlefield for Nationalist and Separatist Groups: A Study of Nigeria's Indigenous People of Biafra Online Propaganda by Floribert Patrick C. Endong, PhD and Paul Obi, Chapter 7: Social Media, Censorship and Counter-Censorship of Female Performances in Morocco and Egypt by Ebtesam M. El Shokrofy, Chapter 8: From Facebook to FaceBimeeza: How Ugandans Used Facebook to Replace Banned Radio Political Debates During the 2016 Presidential Elections by Marion O. Alina, Chapter 9: Digital Dissidents or Whistle-blowers? A Critical Analysis of Microbloggers in Kenya by Job Mwaura, PART III: SOCIAL MEDIA REPRESSION AND STATE SURVEILLANCE, Chapter 10: Social Media Usage and Digital Rights Restrictions in The Republic Of Chad by Akwasi Bosompem Boateng, Chapter 11: Powers, Interests and Actors: The Influence of China in Africa's Digital Surveillance Practices by Allen Munoriyarwa and Sarah Helen Chiumbu, Chapter 12: Social Mediated Crisis Communication: Legitimacy, Significant Choice, and Censorship in the Armed Conflict in Cameroon by Vincent Doh Manzie, Chapter 13: Case Studies on Anti-Social Media Laws in African Countries by Anna Nakaayi