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Azerbaijani authorities disrupt internet nationwide amid Nagorno-Karabakh clashes

Access has been on and off since clashes broke out on September 27

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

30 September 2020

Toward a cyberfeminist future: A new study centers African women as protagonists online

The internet perpetuates systems of oppression and inequality

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein

30 September 2020

Press freedom impeded in Hong Kong as police limits definition of recognized media representatives

Freelance and student journalists could be arrested when reporting from protest sites in proposed new law

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

30 September 2020

Fearing the national security law, Hongkongers change their social media habits

Most people who responded to an online survey by The Stand News fear 'loss of free speech'

Written by The Stand News

25 September 2020

#FreeMuay: Groups call for release of Laotian net idol and environment advocate

She was jailed for criticizing the slow arrival of aid for flood victims

Written by Mong Palatino

24 September 2020

Journalists face sedition charges under cybercrime law in Pakistan

'The alarming increase in such actions against journalists confirms that the government is bent on muzzling freedom of expression'

Written by Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman

23 September 2020

Australian government on collision course with Facebook and Google over news revenue

Tech giants fiercely resist compulsory bargaining code of conduct

Written by Kevin Rennie

21 September 2020

A new ‘cyber defence’ system in Oman raises human rights concerns

The Cyber Defence Centre system legalises repressive patterns

Written by Khalid Ibrahim

18 September 2020

Lebanon protests: Authorities prey on digital spaces to silence criticism

'Social media played a part in mobilizing the population'

Written by Sofia Cherici

18 September 2020

Social media in Latin America: Caught between a rock and a hard place

Latin America has a long history of State censorship

Written by Guest Contributor

18 September 2020

African Union turns to biosurveillance tech to curb COVID-19

As borders reopen, PanaBIOS can track COVID-19 across Africa

Written by Kofi Yeboah

16 September 2020

Al Jazeera Balkans crew attacked at a right-wing opposition party protest in Skopje

'Violence towards journalists is not allowed in democratic countries'

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

16 September 2020

A Chinese city withdraws ‘civility code’ following online criticism

Despite censorship, criticism of the plan flooded Chinese social media

Written by The Stand News

14 September 2020

Website exposing military corruption blocked in Myanmar

A government official said the website is ‘spreading fake news’.

Written by Mong Palatino

11 September 2020

In DR Congo, will new legislation protect citizens’ digital rights?

A cybercrime bill was submitted to the parliament in February

Written by Providence Baraka

11 September 2020

Why Malawi urgently needs a data protection law

'Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?'

Written by Steve Sharra

11 September 2020

Moderating harmful content online in Sudan: Policies and measures

Activists say that platforms are not doing enough

Written by Mohamed Suliman

9 September 2020

We made the largest Mexican telecommunications operator stop blocking secure internet

What perseverance, research, and journalism can do

Written by Jacobo Nájera Translated (en) by Jazz Dottin

9 September 2020

Myanmar activist poet convicted for protesting against internet shutdown

Maung Saungkha will pay a fine in lieu of serving 15 days in prison

Written by Mong Palatino

7 September 2020

Surveillance in Lebanon: A crisis of privacy

The legal aspects of surveillance regulation are a conundrum

Written by Global Voices MENA

7 September 2020

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