after the fall of 2 burly. men we're going to talk. this is g.w. news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes big brother is watching is especially what you're posting on social media. and this speed stands and screech is that on south africa's car spinning.

hello i'm kristie when the welcome to news africa it's good to have you along there is a warning today that governments around the world are increasingly watching what proposed on social media in its annual report on internet freedom the u.s. based in geo freedom house ses governments all spending millions buying sophisticated technology to monitor behavior online now in africa the culprit saw and go into uganda kenya and nigeria now in addition to surveillance there is also the restriction of online activity now here's a snapshot of internet freedom on the continent according to freedom house of the 11 sub-saharan african countries that were surveyed ethiopia and so done ranked the worst with $100.00 points being the perfect school now some bob way was also singled out in the report it's a country that has lost rules making it legal to monitor people's online. if he

where government critics have been charged and a fake news and hate speech laws and where the internet has been shut down by people they say a major threats to intonate freedom is that data costs are so high the price of data is his father featured evidence about when it's now in legs you know we've got bread and bust but the issues some. buying now seems just like you could you can you can do without it prices rise daily but people sellers don't go up in tandem so there's a lot of restriction in terms of the internet access that people have this is one of the countries where the data is exposed and the way that the government always demonizes anything that comes out of social media in terms of deters people from expressing themselves online is no freedom because you find that once you see something on the internet you are subject to be attacked by you know the state

and i think the people that i should be targeted for that they continue to do about the internet if so i think it's like this put a stop in general how can i get my guest today is about lindsay from afraid of how she specializes on africa welcome to date of the africa isabel so we're talking about this surveillance on social media in the african continent just give us an overview who exactly is being monitored on social media. it's great to be here thank you so much so our new freedom on the net report has found evidence of social media surveillance problem programs in kenya at south africa nigeria uganda and angola and to give a sense of the kind of programs that we're talking about nigeria for example in their $28000.00 budget included an allocation for a social media mining suite of $2000000000.00. right and so

i'm guessing that this is this is it's a far reaching survey that's right it's not targeted at specific individuals but but generally the average joe can can the average show expect that they're there being so if they. are. that's exactly right and one of our main concerns is that governments aren't just targeting individual people but because they're using ai and automation it means that they can reach everybody who's on lines and social media let's talk about the little as yet do we have any little is regulating such practices. there are in some places and one of our concerns is that often the rights that we expect to be protected offline and that are protected offline and legal measures for protections provided expression for example are not necessarily apply the same why online so we're looking to see when countries are implementing new laws to enshrine rights for users online as well we actually kind

of saw a disappointing example in nigeria this past year when the digital rights and freedoms goal was not signed by the president after it had been passed through the government so we'll be watching to see how those types of laws progress in the future isabel see you have to also i just want to take you back to the point you made about that the kind of investments and things that data mining that you pointed out on the part of stuff like nigeria and kenya are you able to give us an explanation i'm hoping it's not to take nickel as to how exactly this is done how do they have one it's what we do on social media when they invest in that kind of technology. i think there are there are ways that can that this can take place but as i mentioned in ai and automation are key to how this happens in many cases and the opportunity is really there because of the lack of legal protections that i mentioned but also because many tech platforms are not adequately protecting their users rights and so it's that combination of things that gives the opportunity for

governments to use this advanced technology to monitor citizens so surveillance is obviously one aspect of officer polak but i guess it's broadly into the conversation about media freedoms internet freedoms for the sorry on the continent we've showed. an overview in terms of you know the rankings in sub-saharan africa countries like sudan in ethiopia right at the bottom but just give us i mean you look at africa specifically give us your sense of just how things are in terms of internet freedom on the continent is there a gradual decline will things getting better all things just getting worse this year we did see more countries in africa with a decline and an improvement but i also want to flag that it's not all necessarily negative having said that it actually was our most volatile region that we studied this year ethiopia have the largest improvement of any country out of all $65.00 that the report covers for a sudan had the largest decline out of all $65.00 so there's

a lot you know in the news in conversation these days about how the internet can be a tool for good it can be tools for democracy or it can also be used by for tarion to repress their citizens and i think we're able to see both of those and that is about just coming back to you know the surveys have we've been talking about if somebody is watching this program and they're thinking gosh i don't want my government having access to to what i'm doing online on what i'm posting a social media is there a way to safeguard oneself from that. some ways you can help protect yourself are by looking at the privacy settings on social media that you use and also if you're concerned about your safety using v.p.n. so a virtual private networks. right that's isabella is a from the fate of house thank you. thank you so much.

about desk oil and screeching ty is spinning is the fos just growing motorsports in south africa it was once shrouded in darkness again is he and gangsterism today a new generation of privacy is pushing to make this subculture mainstream and they're pulling crowds to race habs across the country was a man named. screeching tires roaring motors and then tea or adrenaline this is the dog of south african street speak. spinning it's like a drug the rest of the craziness for me to understand is turning is all about. the drugs and i mean. you know just feel yourself going. to their rooms simply see how many death defying stunts you can perform before the engine gives out spinning evolved during the 1980 s. at the height of the upper tide regime expensive cars which were considered status

symbols of white supremacy was stolen and used to perform stunts as an act of defiance they were also the perfect getaway cars for gowns does i have. but the north has changed scenes a young generation of spain is has moved the sport off the streets and into venues events like wheels and smoke in the south of the harness but a booking up across the country. one star of the scene is deal and grow it is a key he draws excited she is from the crowd as he spins he's caught as close to them as possible and he always wins the competition. brouwer's burning last in the woods now are. the people and families are going to run as they come to see the players. not nor does idols in swimming or.

when he needs to. respond to the family game the youngsters they want to be with. all those spinning still takes place illegally on the streets the truly wild days are known corn today it's seen as a legitimate sport in south africa and is performed much more safely in proper venues you can even sign up for a spinning course like here at the sweater drifting academy this is the training ground of the spinola be muggles a female only spinning crew they're determined to prove that these kind of sport isn't just for boys. and trying to take away all that as stigma that is built into the sport and we're trying to take away that people can be can know that they can also comment experience things out of their comfort zone so this is a very great experience and also it doesn't make me feel like a look at me if you would say. making. all those spinning has its roots

in theft today drivers need to dig deep into their own pockets fixing a busted up cause doesn't come cheap professional spinosa likes gone awry in soweto is he spends up to 10000 euros a year just to keep their cars running luckily many spinners are also skilled mechanics. because right now as we said we don't have any sponsors we don't have backing we don't have anything like for instance marco it's a conversion. of year or so but it doesn't come standard like. we convert if you have to go to someone a convert. makes a call you're going to pay probably their sense of $60000.00 and that's quite a lot of money which not a lot of people. scaurus wife isn't exactly pleased to have. the sport of choice but that doesn't stop you from being a regular at the wilson small event every thursday in

a society that remains segregated in so many ways spinning isn't just entertainment for daughter it's also a sport which knocks down racial boundaries move. everyone loves it just brings everyone together. there's different of those issues those different people will come together for one purpose to see people and to see this board. which is called swimming. in as i worried that confining speeding to designate a venues he's posting this for to be sold an emerging young generation of drivers a working hard to improve its reputation so that everybody can let off some steam. and that is the news africa as always you can catch us on our website and facebook page story. and the victoria victorious plane

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a week that's marked by remember it's of this momentous event in german and in world history and here's what's coming up on the program. celebrations of the anniversary are happening all over the city at historic locations with installations exhibitions readings light shows and concerts planned until this coming sunday. and former east german dissident and songwriter was here monday teamed up with chinese poet in berlin to commemorate the wall anniversary and the horrors of 10000 men square. so well indeed it's hard to celebrate enough the event that led to german reunification some $200.00 events are going on all this week across the city and one of the places that played a key role in east germany's peaceful revolution 30 years ago is the guest 70 church in what used to be communist east berlin and let's go over to my colleague

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