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Unfreedom Monitor Report: Venezuela

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Venezuela

Written by Advox

25 May 2023

Kenya and the fallacy of trading individual privacy for national security

Privacy is often shown as a fair trade off for national security

Written by Chepkoech Rotich

25 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Philippines

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in the Philippines

Written by Advox

22 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: El Salvador

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in El Salvador

Written by Jose Luis Benitez

19 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Ecuador

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Ecuador

Written by Carlos E. Flores Translated (en) by Melissa Vida

16 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Kazakhstan

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Kazakhstan

Written by Sofya Du Boulay

11 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Myanmar

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Myanmar

Written by Advox

8 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Cameroon

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Cameroon

Written by Advox

5 May 2023

Why tech companies can no longer ignore their role in shaping politics and society

The impact of technology on politics cannot be ignored anymore

Written by Olga Solovyeva

19 April 2023

Venezuelan authorities spied on 20% of major telecom's clients

Telefónica's report was a gamechanger for digital rights activists in Venezuela

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

17 March 2023

How Zimbabwe is building a Big Brother surveillance state

Chinese tech companies enable this expensive and advanced surveillance machine

Written by Advox

10 January 2023

New stringent legislation threatens data privacy and surveillance protection in Tanzania

The rollout of Digital IDs caused concern of potential risk to citizen privacy

Written by Advox

6 January 2023

The construction of the 5G network brings the demise of the Chinese domination in North Macedonia’s telecommunications

Joining the Clean Network program prohibited use of Chinese technology

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

5 January 2023

Governments are still free to use the Pegasus software without human rights safeguards in place

The case of Hungary is a strong warning

Written by Veszna Wessenauer

23 December 2022

Data privacy rights advance in Tanzania under new law, but obstacles remain

A welcome step, the act still has some worrisome elements

Written by Advox

16 December 2022

Indonesia's new penal code revisions don't just threaten sexual freedoms

Free speech, journalistic integrity, and LGBTQ+ rights are also at risk

Written by Sydney Allen

15 December 2022

Activists strive for data protection in Indonesia

Data protection remains weak in Indonesia

Written by Juliana Harsianti

5 December 2022

The true colours of Truecaller in India: app accused of being negligent about data privacy

Truecaller has refuted all these allegations in a press release

Written by Rezwan

14 October 2022

Can citizens of democracies still trust the law? A GV Insights discussion

A summary of our International Day of Democracy webinar

Written by Ameya Nagarajan

11 October 2022

Unfreedom Monitor report: Data Governance

An excerpt from Advox research on data governance

Written by Advox

6 October 2022

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