Political anxiety over social media in Africa to grow

Platforms such as Twitter and Whatsapp are becoming the region's new political battlegrounds

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  • Spreading social media
  • Organising without organisations
  • #ThisFlag
  • #FeesMustFall
  • Creative counteroffensives
  • Cyber censorship
  • Bans and blocks
  • 'Cyber security' concerns
  • Gabon
  • Zimbabwe
  • South Africa

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