Threats to media freedom in Africa: some old methods and some new
By: George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire The push to tax social media users is gaining momentum across Africa. Shutterstock The government of Benin has cancelled a recent decree that imposed a tax on users of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Known as “over-the-top” platforms, they can deliver media content directly to users without using traditional telecommunications infrastructure such as terrestrial broadcast or satellite signals. Local and […]