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"The #IdentityMatrix: platform regulation of online threats to expression in #Africa": interrogates identity-driven hate, language discrimination, misinformation/harassment, esp. against women. https://globalvoices.org/specialcoverage/the-identity-matrix/
Conflicts centered on identity online are ugly and dangerous. Across #Africa, attacks on #language, #culture, #gender, #religion and #ethnic identity are increasingly prevalent online. #IdentityMatrix
Tech platforms like @Facebook and @Twitter lack regulation and moderation capacity for most African countries/languages. They can't cope with mis-/disinformation, ethnic hate speech and misogyny that disrupts or silences.
Harmful content and behaviour — #cyberbullying, #doxxing, #stalking, #trolling — are under-reported and unchecked due to lack of laws and social will to track, target and hold perpetrators accountable.
The #IdentityMatrix project - a joint project by @globalvoices team of @gvssafrica + @advox + @risingvoices - is funded by @cipesaug
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@IFEX @AfricaNetRights @freedomonthenet @dw_freedom @APC_News @accessnow @AFEXafrica @SAISAfrica @freedomhouse @cyelke @netblocks @lovemafrica
#Algeria: @laylimay explains how Amazigh activists and protesters from the Kabylie region, active in the #Hirak movement, are often targeted by racial slurs like: ‘zouave’. #IdentityMatrix https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/19/in-algeria-online-repression-targets-amazigh-protesters-active-in-hirak-movement/
#Tunisia @thisisyosr reports: since the 2011 uprising, Tunisia has seen heated online political debates, harmful content, #HateSpeech speech and verbal attacks — esp against women journos/activists. https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/21/in-tunisia-women-stand-on-the-frontlines-of-targeted-hate-speech-online/
#IdentityMatrix
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#Cameroon: @ekondedaniel4 writes that journos are scared of writing about atrocities committed in #Anglophone conflict, since appearing to side with separatists or government leads to online attacks. #IdentityMatrix https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/15/cameroons-3-year-separatist-crisis-online-threats-attacks-on-identity-and-freedom-of-expression/
#Ethiopia @endalk2006 writes that #Amhara and #Oromo tensions created an inflammatory digital space. Culturally-charged jabs, deepens feelings of ethnic extinction, hence causing aggression. #IdentityMatrix https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/25/conflict-of-identities-a-driving-force-behind-ethiopias-incendiary-social-media-rhetoric/
#Nigeria @feathersproject narrates how @obyezeks and @FakhuusHashim - leaders of #BringBackOurGirls and #ArewaMeToo feminist movements - developed a tough skin against the avalanche of gbas gbos (throwing punches) in Nigerian digital spaces #IdentityMatrix https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/19/women-in-nigeria-face-a-caustic-landmine-of-political-advocacy-online/
#Uganda: @sandraaceng writes about the double burden of gender-based abuse toward women journos. Women rarely see justice, their complaints hardly taken seriously, driving them out of the profession. #IdentityMatrix https://globalvoices.org/2020/05/15/women-journalists-in-uganda-carry-double-burden-with-online-attacks-and-harassment/
