Samuel Woodhams is Digital Rights Lead at the internet research firm and VPN review website, Top10VPN. He has written for CNN, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle and Just Security on issues of censorship, surveillance and disinformation. He recently appeared on the BBC's Digital Planet podcast to discuss the economic impact of internet shutdowns and is currently writing a peer-reviewed article for The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs on China's role in the rise of digital authoritarianism in Africa.