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The DRC should respect its commitments by stopping Internet shutdowns

Goma, January 21, 2018 – The blogging community of Goma, BloGoma, Internet Without Borders and the pan-African network of web activists for democracy Africtivistes condemn with the last energy the Internet shutdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which began this 21 January 2018 shortly before one o’clock a.m. By shutting down the Internet once

One year of #BringbackourInternet: Six Months of Internet Shutdowns for Citizens of English-speaking Cameroon!

Paris – January 18, 2018 On January 17, 2017, the Cameroonian government imposed an internet shutdown on North-west and South-west regions of the country. During a Facebook Live Chat organised to mark this one year anniversary, Internet Without Borders reminded that citizens of anglophone regions have spent more than 6 months with social media and

Un an de campagne #BringbackourInternet : Les citoyens du Cameroun anglophone ont passé six mois sans Internet !

Paris – 18 janvier 2018 Le 17 janvier 2017, le gouvernement camerounais coupait Internet dans les régions du nord-ouest et du sud-ouest du pays. Dans un chat Facebook Live organisé à l’occasion du premier anniversaire de cette coupure, Internet Sans Frontières a rappelé qu’au total, les citoyens anglophones ont passé plus de 6 mois sans

Private Sector fails to protect online freedom of expression, UN report finds

As digital access is growing, slowly but surely, worldwide, Human rights online have never been so much at risk. In the week of May 29 to June 2, 2017 only, Internet Without Borders reported a new Internet shutdown in Ethiopia, website blocking (fr) in Egypt, whatsapp users arrested in Senegal (fr) for sharing a caricature

#Keepiton How You Can Help Stop Internet Censorship In Chad

It has been more than three months now that Chadian Internet users can’t access social networks like Facebook, Whatsapp, or Twitter. The reason for this is political: the Chadian Government ordered Telecommunications operators to cut access to social networks in the wake of massive demonstrations that swept the country this year. The United Nations, recently adopted