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#speakup barometer | key findings

What experts say

  • #speakup barometer Pakistan l Sadaf Khan (Qurratulain Zaman)

    Sadaf Khan, journalist and media development professional, Pakistan

    "Unless you have the specific URL that has been blocked, how will you know what you are missing out on, and how will you use a VPN to access it? The law allows content creators to contest the decision within 30 days. But when content is blocked, it is not just the creator whose rights are violated, but also the readers."

  • speakup barometer Kenya Jimmy Gitonga (privat)

    Jimmi Gitonga of Afroshok Media, Kenya

    Kenyan entrepreneurs do not yet have the requisite knowledge and commercial infrastructure to build globally recognized technology companies when compared to their Western counterparts. “What is being asked of them is equivalent to fixing an aircraft while yet in flight.”

  • Carlos Gonzalez Geschäftsführer der NGO Makaia (DW/S. Erb)

    Carlos Gonzalez, director of the NGO Makaia, Colombia

    Makaia recently launched a project to measure air quality. "In doing so, we want to sensitize the community to the problem." Later, the data is uploaded to a global platform where you can get an accurate picture of the situation. According to Gonzalez, this project demonstrates how "the internet of things" can be easily used to analyze and hopefully improve living conditions.

  • #speakup Barometer Ukraine Olga Yurkova (DW/E. Albrecht)

    Olha Yurkova, co-founder of Stopfake, Ukraine

    "Bots are the main problem when it comes to destroying trust on the Internet. Today, trust exists in closed groups among friends, and not in open ones. People will post their opinion publicly, but there is no trust anymore. We are witnessing an atomization of society on the Internet."

  • DW Akademie - Recherchereise in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ameyaw Debrah, blogger and social media entrepreneur, Ghana

    “Fake news is very much a problem in Ghana. The challenge is that I don’t want it to get to a point where people no longer believe what they’re reading or seeing online. People are already tending to describe news in the digital space as fake, and are reluctant to engage with it. If that continues, it is going to affect all of us.”

  • Amalia Toledo Expertin für digitale Rechte der NGO Fundacion Karisma (DW/S. Erb)

    Amalia Toledo, Karisma Foundation, Colombia

    Toledo says that it can sometimes be difficult for her and her colleagues to emphasize how important their work is. “This country does not have a conscience when it comes to protection of the private sphere. For example, people are accustomed to giving their fingerprints everywhere,” she says.

  • #speakup Barometer Ukraine Roman Danilenkov, (DW/E. Albrecht)

    Roman Danilenkov co-founder of Nakipelo, Ukraine

    "People want to be heard," says Danilenkov, describing the motivation of many citizen reporters. "They want to change things." Having matured into a professional media outlet, Nakipelo continues to cooperate with citizen journalists like Anchyshkyn, training them and publishing their stories in a project supported by DW Akademie.

  • Libanon Barometer | Mohamad Najem (DW/D. Hodali)

    Mohamad Najem from SMEX, Lebanon

    "While the Internet is a space for freedom of expression, it's also a space for many people to spread rumors through their Twitter armies. This is something that we have seen a lot of in Saudi Arabia. In Lebanon, it also happens, but on a different level. I mainly see people who are trying to organize themselves around certain issues."

  • Uganda Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala, witnessradio.org (DW/S. Leidel)

    Jeff Wokulira Ssebaggala, director of witnessradio.org, Uganda

    Ssebaggala wants the government to reexamine laws regulating cyberspace. “Their main objective is to fight crime, they were not enacted to promote user’s rights and freedoms,” he said. “In the end, this kills the good intention of the Internet".


  • #speakup barometer Pakistan l Sadaf Khan (Qurratulain Zaman)

    Sadaf Khan, journalist and media development professional, Pakistan

    "Unless you have the specific URL that has been blocked, how will you know what you are missing out on, and how will you use a VPN to access it? The law allows content creators to contest the decision within 30 days. But when content is blocked, it is not just the creator whose rights are violated, but also the readers."

  • speakup barometer Kenya Jimmy Gitonga (privat)

    Jimmi Gitonga of Afroshok Media, Kenya

    Kenyan entrepreneurs do not yet have the requisite knowledge and commercial infrastructure to build globally recognized technology companies when compared to their Western counterparts. “What is being asked of them is equivalent to fixing an aircraft while yet in flight.”

  • Carlos Gonzalez Geschäftsführer der NGO Makaia (DW/S. Erb)

    Carlos Gonzalez, director of the NGO Makaia, Colombia

    Makaia recently launched a project to measure air quality. "In doing so, we want to sensitize the community to the problem." Later, the data is uploaded to a global platform where you can get an accurate picture of the situation. According to Gonzalez, this project demonstrates how "the internet of things" can be easily used to analyze and hopefully improve living conditions.

  • #speakup Barometer Ukraine Olga Yurkova (DW/E. Albrecht)

    Olha Yurkova, co-founder of Stopfake, Ukraine

    "Bots are the main problem when it comes to destroying trust on the Internet. Today, trust exists in closed groups among friends, and not in open ones. People will post their opinion publicly, but there is no trust anymore. We are witnessing an atomization of society on the Internet."

  • DW Akademie - Recherchereise in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ameyaw Debrah, blogger and social media entrepreneur, Ghana

    “Fake news is very much a problem in Ghana. The challenge is that I don’t want it to get to a point where people no longer believe what they’re reading or seeing online. People are already tending to describe news in the digital space as fake, and are reluctant to engage with it. If that continues, it is going to affect all of us.”

  • Amalia Toledo Expertin für digitale Rechte der NGO Fundacion Karisma (DW/S. Erb)

    Amalia Toledo, Karisma Foundation, Colombia

    Toledo says that it can sometimes be difficult for her and her colleagues to emphasize how important their work is. “This country does not have a conscience when it comes to protection of the private sphere. For example, people are accustomed to giving their fingerprints everywhere,” she says.

  • #speakup Barometer Ukraine Roman Danilenkov, (DW/E. Albrecht)

    Roman Danilenkov co-founder of Nakipelo, Ukraine

    "People want to be heard," says Danilenkov, describing the motivation of many citizen reporters. "They want to change things." Having matured into a professional media outlet, Nakipelo continues to cooperate with citizen journalists like Anchyshkyn, training them and publishing their stories in a project supported by DW Akademie.

  • Libanon Barometer | Mohamad Najem (DW/D. Hodali)

    Mohamad Najem from SMEX, Lebanon

    "While the Internet is a space for freedom of expression, it's also a space for many people to spread rumors through their Twitter armies. This is something that we have seen a lot of in Saudi Arabia. In Lebanon, it also happens, but on a different level. I mainly see people who are trying to organize themselves around certain issues."

  • Uganda Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala, witnessradio.org (DW/S. Leidel)

    Jeff Wokulira Ssebaggala, director of witnessradio.org, Uganda

    Ssebaggala wants the government to reexamine laws regulating cyberspace. “Their main objective is to fight crime, they were not enacted to promote user’s rights and freedoms,” he said. “In the end, this kills the good intention of the Internet".