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Chinese social media platforms add hidden digital watermarks to track screenshot sharing

Douban is the first social media site using the digital tracker

Written by Oiwan Lam

7 September 2022

Whistleblowing is a service to society: Interview with Disruption Network Lab director Tatiana Bazzichelli

Whistleblowing should be a civil right

Written by Filip Noubel

25 August 2022

Iranian women’s rights activists face new online threats

Big tech needs to do more for Iranian social media users

Written by Azin Mohajerin, Sussan Tahmasebi

25 August 2022

Access the Unfreedom Monitor database

The relational database of the Unfreedom Monitor research

Written by Advox

14 July 2022

India pushes for storage of private data using technology built for anonymity

If personal information is stored, what is the point of using VPN?

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

16 May 2022

News that’s fit to print

' ... civil society must redouble our efforts to defend press freedom'

Written by IFEX

3 May 2022

‘We are living under constant video surveillance in Ecuador,’ says activist Anaís Córdova

Mass surveillance technologies mainly come from Chinese, Swedish, Israeli and US companies

Written by Carlos E. Flores Translated (en) by Ameya Nagarajan

5 April 2022

Social media platforms in Sri Lanka briefly restricted amidst curfew and protests

Major social media platforms were blocked for around 16 hours

Written by Rezwan

4 April 2022

Still flattening the curve?: Increased risk of digital authoritarianism after COVID-19

Digital repression peaked in democracies and nondemocracies with poor human rights records.

Written by Reyhan Topal

30 March 2022

Opacity and a lack of debate mark Brazil's ratification of the Budapest Convention

Digital rights groups criticize Brazil's entry process and warn of risks

Written by Laís Martins

25 March 2022

How Sudanese resistance committees are shadowbanned on Facebook

The data suggests Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior attacks are responsible

Written by Khattab Hamad

17 March 2022

Bringing diversity to Chinese narratives on Ukraine: A Chinese blogger in Odessa

Wang Jixian is challenging Beijing and Moscow propaganda on Ukraine

Written by Filip Noubel

16 March 2022

Can Ukraine's internet sustain longer-term attacks and destruction from Russia?

Ukraine's telecommunication networks are key to defending against Russia's invasion

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

10 March 2022

Russia’s cyberwarfare remains limited, while Ukraine is crowdsourcing its own

Is Ukraine's cyberspace immunized or is worst yet to come?

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

8 March 2022

Azerbaijani journalist and queer activist murdered

Hafizli was murdered by his cousin

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

24 February 2022

From Kosovo 1999 to Russia 2021: The ‘cheapfake’ photo trend fuelling dangerous propaganda

It's becoming more difficult to tell whether content is authentic or fake

Written by Dren Gërguri

8 February 2022

Concerted attacks against Bangladeshi activists on Facebook

"How could Facebook repeat the mistake?"

Written by Samaya Anjum

8 February 2022

Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requests

Russian government entities made 10,448 takedown requests

Written by Tanya Lokot

29 January 2022

Indigenous community radio operators win court case against the Guatemalan State

The ruling ‘will be a turning point for community radios in Guatemala’

Written by Prensa Comunitaria Translated (en) by Emma Dewick

28 December 2021

In Nigeria, the government weaponises the law against online expression

Laws that protect online expression are being used to violate it

Written by Tomiwa Ilori

17 December 2021

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