Big tech vs. the press: Google’s UK “experiment” and the global threat to media freedom, By Shuaib S. Agaka

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Shuaib Agaka writes about how the implosion of Okra.

…regulators like NITDA must evolve beyond promoting innovation. They must defend Nigeria’s information sovereignty. Because if Google can destabilise the UK’s news economy with a quiet “experiment,” what prevents it from doing the same in Nigeria — where media organisations are more vulnerable and regulatory protections are weaker? Big Tech has always excelled at disruption, […]

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