Surveillance Camp III: On the Expanding Online Security Market in Latin America
This is the third in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF’s Surveillance Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Earlier posts can be found here and here. Recently, we...
View ArticleIt's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, photos, and location data to intermediaries — companies like AT&T, Google, and Facebook. But when the government requests that...
View ArticleChina: Bloggers “Forced to Drink Tea” with Police
Tea-drinking culture has a very long tradition in China. It is a form of art, a necessary component in social gatherings. However, since around 2007, Chinese netizens have started using the term “tea...
View ArticlePakistan: The “Access Is My Right” Campaign
Pakistani Internet rights NGO Bytesforall has started an online campaign about internet filtering and online censorship. The campaign, called “Access Is My Right,” aims to raise Internet users’...
View ArticleZambia: Chinese Experts to Monitor Internet?
The Zambian government has reportedly engaged Chinese experts to install a secret internet monitoring facility in the country. In tandem with this move, President Michael Sata has given authorization...
View ArticleGermany: Twitter's First Local Blocking Case
In February 2012, Twitter introduced a policy that enables individual tweets and accounts to be blocked on a country-by-country basis. If a government submits a court order to Twitter, asking for a...
View ArticleUS Soldier Sent WikiLeaks Documents to “Spark Debate” on War
Last week, US Army soldier and whistleblower Bradley Manning took the stand in a military hearing to explain, in his own words, why he leaked thousands of sensitive military documents to the website...
View ArticleAll Eyes on Kenya — and Cameras, too
This post was written by Kim Howell, Online Communication Coordinator at WITNESS. An earlier version of the post appeared on the WITNESS Video For Change blog on March 4, 2013. A week ago today, as...
View ArticleWorld Day Against Cyber Censorship
March 12 is World Day Against Cyber Censorship. International press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders organized the first World Day Against Cyber Censorship in 2008, calling on...
View ArticleNew Study: Manipulating China's Most Influential Microbloggers
As China's largest online social forum and most popular micro-blogging platform, Sina Weibo is subject to heavy censorship and manipulation by government actors. Earlier this week, Global Voices...
View ArticleOman: Online Activists Freed
On March 21, the Sultan of Oman issued a pardon for online activists and writers imprisoned after being convicted of insulting the ruler, committing “information technology crimes,” and taking part in...
View ArticleSouth Korean Politician Moves to Repeal Biased Copyright Law
On Friday, South Korea's National Assembly will meet with advocates for and against the country's “three strikes” law that restricts the online activities of Internet users who violate copyright...
View ArticleTogo: Victory for Media Freedom, but Clashes Continue
This article was written by Madeleine Bair, Human Rights Channel Curator for WITNESS. Citizen videos of February and March protests in Togo, all in French, have been compiled via YouTube and Twitter...
View ArticleBangladesh Authorities Go After ‘Anti-Muslim’ Bloggers
As deadly clashes between Islamist activists and authorities continue to escalate religious tensions in Bangladesh, the country's telecommunications authority is making moves to silence bloggers deemed...
View ArticleBangladesh: Global Voices Condemns Assault on Bloggers
The Global Voices community, comprised of bloggers, writers, and activists from more than 100 countries, wish to express our concern about the current state of freedom of expression online in...
View ArticleRussia's #1 Netizen Heads to Trial
Pussy Riot, eat your heart out. On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, Russia’s most polarizing blogger, Alexey Navalny (often described as the opposition’s greatest hope for electoral breakthrough, should it...
View ArticleThe Psychological Strains of Digital Activism
Iran's Green Movement began in 2009 when citizen groups accused government officials of altering outcomes in national elections. Citizens and activists gathered in the streets to protest and also...
View ArticleMexico: Another Voice Goes Silent [UPDATE]
UPDATE: Valor por Tamaulipas has reappeared on Facebook and Twitter since making the announcement below. This abrupt change has added to speculation about the trustworthiness of VxT. Because the...
View ArticleHuman Rights Verdict Could Affect Cisco in China
Photo by kaoticsnow. (CC BY-SA 2.0) In 2011, two separate lawsuits were filed against Cisco Systems alleging that its technology enabled the government of China to monitor, capture, and kill Chinese...
View ArticleAFTE Releases Legal Guide to Digital Security for Arab Human Rights Activists
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, in Egypt, has issued a “legal guide to digital security” as part of its digital freedoms program. The guide was produced for campaigners and human...
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