Become farmers or engineers every one of them has a plan. And the thing is just the children who have already been the boy and those that will follow are part of a new kind of. They could be the future of collaboration it would be. Granting opportunities global news that matters d. W. Made from barnes. This is g. W. News africa coming up in the next 15 minutes big brother is watching it specially what youre posting on social media. And the speed stands and screeches that all south africas cost bidding. Hello im kristie want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along there is a warning today that governments around the world are increasingly watching what proposed doing on social media in its annual report on Internet Freedom the u. S. Based engine of Freedom House ses governments all spending millions by Sophisticated Technology to monitor our behavior online now in africa be culprit saw and go into uganda kenya and nigeria now in addition to surveillance there is also the restriction of Online Activity now heres a snapshot of Internet Freedom on the continent according to Freedom House of the 11 Subsaharan African countries that were surveyed ethiopia and sudan ranked the worst with 100. 00 points being the Perfect School now some bob way was also singled out in the report its a country that has cost rules making it legal to monitor peoples Online Activity where government critics have been charged and a fake news and hate speech laws and where the internet has been shut down but people there say a major threat to Internet Freedom is that data costs are so high the price of data is has gone for out of reach for the average suburban its now. You know weve good bread and bust but the issues. Buying now seems just like you didnt you can do without it prices rise daily but people salaries dont go up in tandem so theres a lot of restriction in terms of the Internet Access that people have with one of the countries where data is exposed and the way that the government always demonizes the need to better comes out of social media in terms of deters people from expressing themselves online theres 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 are actually. Targeted for that they continue to do about the. Donate if so things like this put a stop in general how can it be my guest today is Isabel Lindsey from afraid of how she specializes in africa welcome to date of the Africa Isabel so were talking about the surveillance on social media in the african conscious just give us an overview who exactly is being monitored on social media ive great to be here thank you so much so our new freedom on that report has found evidence of social media surveillance problem programs in kenya africa and nigeria uganda and angola and to give a sense of the kind of programs that were talking about nigeria for example in their 20000. 00 budget included an allocation for a social media mining suite of 2000000000 myra. Right and so im guessing that this is this is its a far reaching surveillance right its not targeted at specific individuals but but generally the average joe can can be ever show expect that theyre theyre being surveyed on line. Thats exactly right and one of our main concerns is that governments arent just targeting individual people but because theyre using ai and automation it means that they can reach everybody whos on lines and social media lets 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 are protected offline and legal measures for production for free of expression for example are not necessarily apply the same lie online so were looking to see when countries are implementing new laws to enshrine these rights for users online as well we actually kind of saw this appointing example in nigeria this past year when the Digital Rights and freedoms was not signed by the president after it had been passed to the government so well be watching to see how those types of laws progress in the future is a fallacy of talk so i just want to take you back to the point you made about that the kind of investments and things like data mining that you pointed out on the part of stuff its like nigeria and kenya are you able to give us an explanation im hoping its not to take nickel as to how exactly this is done how do they want to sell 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 the 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 its back 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 pull it but i guess its broadly into the conversation about media freedoms Internet Freedoms for the sorry the continent weve showed. An overview in terms of you know the rankings of Subsaharan 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 its 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 of the report covers for a sudan had the largest decline out of all 65. 00 so theres a lot you know in the news in conversation these days about how the internet can be a tool for good it can be a tool for democracy or it can also be used by for tarion to repress their citizens and i think were able to see both of those and that is about just coming back to you know the surveillance of weve been talking about if somebody is watching this program and theyre thinking gosh i dont want my government having access to to what im doing online on what im 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 youre concerned about your safety using virtual private networks. Right thats isabel is a from the fate of house thank you. Thank you so much. About dest oil and screeching ty is spinning is the fosters growing much a sport in south africa it was once shrouded in darkness it again is he and gangsterism today a new generation of privacy is pushing to make this subculture mainstream and theyre pulling crowds to race hubs across the country. To the inner earth. Screeching tires roaring motors and then to adrenaline this is the dog of south african street speaking. A bit spinning its like a drug you have to be pretty tough for me to understand its turning is all about. The drugs and i mean. You know just feel yourself free 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 appetite regime expensive cars which well 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 guns does i. But the north has changed scenes where a young generation of spinach has moved this point off the streets and into venues events like real and smoke in the south of johannesburg popping up across the country. One star of the scene is dylan bro it is a key he draws excited she is from the crowd as she spins hes caught as close to them as possible and he always wins the competition the look. Were burning now are. The people and families and it gives one of the crowd to see the players. Not more than i was in this morning. 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 literally while the days are no longer on today its 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 sweats a drifting academy this is the Training Ground of the spinola be muggles a female only spinning crew theyre determined to prove that these kind of sport isnt just for bad boys. I do tend to take away all thats a stigma that is built into the sport and were trying to take away better people can be can know that they can also comment experience things out of their comfort zone so this is a very great experience so it doesnt make me feel like a look at me he would say. Making. All those spinning has its roots in 50 today drivers needs to dig deep into their own pockets fixing a busted up cause doesnt come cheap professionals likes gora in soweto is he spends up to 10000 euros a year just to keep their cars running luckily many spinners are also kid mechanics. Because right now as we said we dont have any sponsors we dont have backing we dont have anything like for instance marco its a conversion. Of year or so but it doesnt come standard like. We convert to the if you have to go to someone a convert. Makes a call youre going to pay probably and your sense of 60000. 00. Thats quite a lot of money which not a lot of people. Scaurus wife isnt exactly pleased with has. Its close to the sport of choice but that doesnt stop him from being a regular at the wilson small event every thursday in a society that remains segregated in so many ways spinning isnt Just Entertainment for sport or its also a sport which knocks down racial boundaries move. Everyone loves a just brings everyone together. Theres different of those issues those different people they all come together for one purpose to see people and to see a sports. Winning although some veterans are worried that confining speeding to designated venues hes posting this for. An emerging young generation of drivers a working hard to improve its reputation so that everybody can let off some steam. And that is it for now from africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page now south africa is still revelling in the rugby ball cup fever and the victorious the tories claim making their way home from japan today will leave you with pictures of the countries aspiring. Ive. Repeated the beginning. Germany 30 years of. Cancun are the 2 regions. What about salaries and of course the residents. What happens when everything changes. Made in germany in 60 minutes. Come along and suddenly be adventurous some of the famous naturalist and explorer. 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