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Nigeria Digital Rights Landscape Report

Year: 2021

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This report introduces findings from ten digital rights landscape country reports on Nigeria. They analyse how the openings and closings of online civic space affect citizens’ digital rights. They show that: (1) when civic space closes offline citizens often respond by opening civic space online; (2) when civic space opens online governments often take measures to close online space; and (3) the resulting reduction in digital rights makes it impossible to achieve the kind of inclusive governance defined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

DOI: 10.19088/ids.2021.011

Authors: Oyewole Oladapo, Ayo Ojebode

Institutions: University of Cape Town, University of Ibadan, Institute of Development Studies

Language: English

Topic: Social Media and Politics

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W3129571995

FWCI: 8.722

Cites: 83

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10