Africa's Big Brother Lives in Beijing

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...It's also worth noting that many African nations have publicly stated the Internet empowers too much free speech, so it's no secret many of them want to monitor their citizens' online activities. Just last fall, the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram attacked cellphone towers across Nigeria, citing concerns that the Nigerian government was tracking the group via its members' cellphones. Meanwhile, the mysterious Zimbabwean digital whistleblower Baba Jukwa is being hunted by the government of President Robert Mugabe -- even as Jukwa claims Zimbabwean spooks trained in Internet surveillance are looking for dissenters...