Digital authoritarianism in Africa is evolving
As in other non-democratic contexts, repressive African governments are adapting to contain online dissent
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- Shift to new tools
- China's surveillance exports
- Mutual gain
- Other exporters of surveillance tools
- Replicating Russia's playbook
- Repressive laws
- Intimidating firms
- Outlook
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