One in three people on the planet is an Internet user.1 It has emerged as a new lived space and reality for citizens, and thus also a new space in which human rights has to be considered. In the early days of the Internet, many hoped it would be an almost regulation-free utopia. The reality of the modern world however is that regulation is inevitable. The question then becomes: are the trends in regulation advancing human rights, or negating them on the African continent?