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How a Chinese company exports the Great Firewall to autocratic regimes

Xinjiang has become a testing ground for new surveillance technologies

Written by Global Voices East Asia

18 September 2025

Gen Z stands up to expose corruption in Nepal

Young people are protesting over systemic corruption and a system that rewards ‘nepo kids’ over meritocracy

Written by Benju Lwagun

9 September 2025

With ‘human error’ and AI, online scams in Brazil show risks are a click away

Human errors, easy passwords, and lack of security knowledge, can lead to losses

Written by Raissa Moreira

Translated by Gabriela García Calderón Orbe, Jerónimo Restrepo

31 August 2025

In Bolivia, Indigenous radio stations are at the mercy of cyberhacks

We can avoid these issues with simple steps

Written by Nicaela León Coico

Translated by Dalia Tarek

19 August 2025

Kyrgyzstan adopts new, draconian media law

The bill was criticized by civil society and international experts

Written by Vlast.kz

13 August 2025

Georgian journalist sentenced to two years in prison, sparking outrage at home and abroad

Mzia Amaghlobeli, founder of the independent news outlet Batumelebi, was convicted on August 6

Written by Mikheil Khachidze

12 August 2025

The killing of Anas al-Sharif and Western journalism’s moral collapse

More journalists have been killed in Gaza — with complete impunity — than in both World Wars combined

Written by Guest Contributor

12 August 2025

Russian photographer gets a draconian sentence for sending open source materials abroad

‘Many treason cases are based on public data retroactively declared secret’

Written by Daria Dergacheva

31 July 2025

Users in Russia could be punished for searching the internet

The concept of “extremist activity” in Russian legislation today is quite far-reaching

Written by Daria Dergacheva

29 July 2025

Togo restricted internet during June protests

The ECOWAS court condemned Togo for the internet shutdowns in August 2017

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Laura

16 July 2025

Malaysian human rights activists celebrate victories while noting that free speech challenges remain

The victories concerned the Malaysia Media Council, a fatwa, and the right to protest

Written by Mong Palatino

15 July 2025

Turkey becomes the first to censor AI chatbot Grok

The country has a history of censoring online content

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

14 July 2025

Togo suspends two French news outlets over alleged threat to the country's stability

RFI and France 24 are widely listened to and followed in Togo

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Jean-Christophe Brunet

11 July 2025

‘We know what’s coming: exile or prison’ – Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez on surviving Bukele’s crackdown

'The government uses polygraphs to question officials about whether they’ve spoken to El Faro'

Written by Committee to Protect Journalists

7 July 2025

In the face of international criticism, Azerbaijan sentences the Abzas Media team

'Truth is whole — and the truth is that I have committed no crime'

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

30 June 2025

Media coalition condemns denial of jail visit to detained Filipino journalist

Media watchdog representatives were prevented by Philippine authorities from visiting journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio

Written by Kodao Productions

26 June 2025

SLAPP suits are a silent threat to Kenya's public discourse

Powerful entities are using strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs) to silence dissent in Kenya

Written by Guest Contributor

18 June 2025

Criminalized and silenced: The weaponization of Pakistan's PECA Act

”‘Fake news’ is a Trumpian term, and defamation laws are often used as a ruse to silence independent voices."

Written by Ramna Saeed

13 June 2025

Togo: Rapper arrested for denouncing poor governance

The Togolese Catholic Church has also spoken out against the arrest

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Laura

12 June 2025

Cambodian journalist faces more than a dozen charges after reporting on deforestation

He documented illegal logging but was eventually charged with the same crime

Written by Mong Palatino

5 June 2025

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