17 February 2023
How legal frameworks on disinformation help suppression in Burkina Faso and Guinea
Simone Toussi, AfricLaw
6 February 2023
Freedom of expression and combating terrorism in Mozambique: the challenge of enacting laws in a context of conflict
Dércio Tsandzana, AfricLaw
11 January 2023
Senegal: Article19 has written to the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa regarding deteriorating conditions for freedom of expression in Senegal, including the arrest and prosecution of several journalists
Article 19
13 December 2022
Comprehensive Approach Needed to Tackle Online Disinformation in Africa and Europe, say Experts
CIPESA
17 November 2022
Senegal: Arrest of journalist violates vital rights and freedoms
13 October 2022
New Law in Uganda Imposes Restrictions on Use of Internet
Rodney Muhumza, CIPESA
1 September 2022
Kenya: Tackling misinformation is critical for electoral integrity
8 August 2022
“Fake News” and Multiple Regimes of “Truth” During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe
Lyton Ncube and Admire Mare, African Journalism Studies
29 July 2022
Uganda: CIPESA Submits Comments on the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to Parliament
Edrine Wanyama, CIPESA
CIPESA Submits Comments on the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to Parliament
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
26 July 2022
Kenya’s 2022 Political Sphere Overwhelmed by Disinformation
19 July 2022
If blackouts don’t work, what might? Tackling fake news in West Africa
Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchin, African Arguments
4 July 2022
Senegal: Laws to tackle ‘false news’ must meet international standards
22 June 2022
Disinformation Pathways and Effects: Case Studies from Five African Countries
26 April 2022
Weaponising the law: Zimbabwe’s new frontier in digital rights repression
Kudzai Chimhangwa, Advox
1 April 2022
Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
30 March 2022
Role of States in countering the negative impact of disinformation on the enjoyment and realization of human rights
United Nations General Assembly
28 March 2022
Special Collection on the Case Law on Freedom of Expression: African System of Human and Peoples´ Rights
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University
3 March 2022
Fato ou Fake: Criar e compartilhar fake news é crime?
Gessyca Rocha, Clara Velasco and Roney Domingos, g1
4 January 2022
Digital4Democracy Hub
African Union and European Union
1 January 2022
COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker
International and European Centers for Not-For-Profit Law
8 November 2021
Internet Impact Brief: Nigeria’s Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019
Verengai Mabika and Emmanuel C. Ogu, Internet Society
18 May 2021
First Thoughts On The Uk’s Draft Online Safety Bill
Richard Wingfield, Global Partners Digital
27 January 2020
Unpacking “harmful content”: Disinformation
Global Partners Digital
10 November 2019
Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
15 October 2019
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Disinformation
1 September 2019
How can we tackle disinformation in a way that respects human rights?
27 September 2018
The EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation: First Thoughts
6 April 2018
2018 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (A/HRC/38/35)
22 May 2017
Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly
4 November 2016
Resolution on the Right to Freedom of Information and Expression on the Internet in Africa (ACHPR/Res.362(LIX)2016)