More Industry InsightsPolicy & RegulationThe miscalculations African governments keep making with social media and internet blocks
October 4, 2019by myles
A few minutes after 11pm on the night of June 22, Ethiopia went offline. The move wasn’t unprecedented in the Horn of Africa nation: With a single, state-controlled internet provider, authorities have for years disrupted connectivity during anti-government protests, state of emergencies, and national exams. Officials resorted to this old gambit amid reports of a...