Overview
Offers an in-depth focus of surveillance practices in the southern African region
Explores how citizens and organizations are fighting, resisting and circumventing surveillance by states in the region
Provides an analysis of the growing role of global tech companies scrambling for investments in the region
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The authors argue that surveillance practices have thus been digitized with deleterious impact on the right to privacy, peaceful assembly and freedom of expression in the region. Furthermore, they argue that specific laws and regulations governing surveillance practices in the region are lagging behind. Finally, the book demonstrates how digital surveillance have significantly infiltrated the political, economic and social fabric of Southern Africa.
This book provides much needed systematic, cutting-edge research into the trends, practices, policies and geo-political interests at the center of surveillance practices in the region, providing a crucial link between human rights, such as freedom of privacy and expression, and political authoritarianism.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Admire Mare is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a Research Fellow at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Surveillance in Southern Africa
Book Subtitle: Policies, Politics and Practices
Authors: Allen Munoriyarwa, Admire Mare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16636-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16635-8Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16638-9Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16636-5Published: 01 January 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 220
Topics: Digital/New Media, Engineering Ethics, Science and Technology Studies, Public Policy, African Culture