Module 5: Trends in Censorship by Private Actors

Advanced Modules on Digital Rights and Freedom of Expression Online in sub-Saharan Africa

To provide an overview of the current ways in which non-state actors are facilitating online censorship.
To provide an overview of the fundamental international and regional legal principles that are implicated as a result of censorship.
To understand the implications of net neutrality.
To examine the misuse of intermediary liability to curb expression and access.
To understand the development and implications for the right to be forgotten.
To identify the monitoring obligations of search engines and platforms.