<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">FYI, last week my article on COVID-19 and datafication was published. This article addresses the role of data in efforts to contain the
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Drawing on multiple state examples, it
discusses the ethical questions posed by datafied public health
surveillance and the importance of harmonising national data protection
systems<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Link: <a href="https://data-activism.net/2020/07/bigdatasur-covid-covid-19-in-africa-a-datafied-society-battling-the-invisible-enemy/" class="">https://data-activism.net/2020/07/bigdatasur-covid-covid-19-in-africa-a-datafied-society-battling-the-invisible-enemy/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy reading.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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