According to a new Surfshark study co-created with internet watchdog NetBlocks shows, 8 out of 10 Africans have felt internet and social media shutdowns. The continent also leads in terms of social media disruptions over the period of seven years. Out of 72 internet disruption cases in 2022, social media platforms were targeted six times: twice in Europe and Africa, and once in Asia and South America. In the first half of 2022, the most commonly restricted social media app the study notes was Facebook. The research tracks partial and complete internet and social media shutdowns in 196 countries and territories from 2015 to now.

Source: Daily Nation August 04, 2022 19:18 UTC