Flash Points: Is Big Tech setting Africa back?

[Read this email in your browser]( November 12, 2020 [Sponsor Logo]( SPONSORED BY MAXAR [Is Big Tech Setting Africa Back?]( Data colonialism is rampant on the African continent. Smart regulation can stop it. by Nima Elmi [Russia’s Recent History Shows How Coups Fail—and Succeed]( Without control of the media, military support, and international backing, seizures of power can flop. by Jeff Hawn [The United States Can’t Sleepwalk Into the Coming Military Revolutions]( European leaders misjudged World War I. America shouldn’t repeat their mistake. by Zachery Tyson Brown [Vaccine Inequality Fuels Suspicion and Division]( The world can’t repeat the mistakes of polio, tuberculosis, and measles. by Oussama Mezoui [Jihadist Networks Dig In on Social Media Across Central Asia]( Almost 500 extremist channels on Telegram, VKontakte, and other networks spread propaganda and vie for recruits. Most of them have ties to the Islamic State. by Kumar Bekbolotov, Robert Muggah, Rafal Rohozinski SPONSORED [WorldView Legion – launching 2021]( WorldView Legion – launching 2021 For decades, Maxar has served demanding government missions as the leader in Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence. Now, Maxar is building something unprecedented to capture change across our planet—a new generation of satellites made to image Earth’s active areas more frequently, with greater accuracy and clarity than ever before. [Learn more](. FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Flashpoints newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2020 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](