What Does Hate Speech Look Like in Africa?

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De slicondari's team has been tracking and mapping what hat speech looks like in five different countries in west and central africa. The dynamics are almost more or less the same, he says. De slicondari: "The first way to id fy at nhae speech, i would say, is to look through sex speech phrases such as women from this group are prostitutes"

This summer, Facebook unveiled “2Africa,” a subsea cable project that will encircle nearly the entire continent of Africa — much to the surprise of Julie Owono. As Executive Director of Internet Without Borders, she’s seen how quickly projects like this can become enmeshed in local politics, as private companies dig through territorial waters, negotiate with local officials and gradually assume responsibility over vital pieces of national infrastructure. “It’s critical, now, that communities have a seat at the table,” Julie says. We ask her about the risks of tech companies leading us into an age of “digital colonialism,” and what she hopes to achieve as a newly appointed member of Facebook’s Oversight Board.