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How encryption protects journalists and human rights defenders in West Africa

Written by Jean Sovon

2 weeks ago

Normalizing surveillance in daily life

Written by Tactical Tech, Safa

15 September 2025

‘Smart’ (or Machiavellian?) surveillance: The power of terminology

Written by Tactical Tech, Safa

3 September 2025

Automated surveillance, targeted killings, and AI warfare in Gaza: A conversation with legal scholar Khalil Dewan

Written by UntoldMag, Walid El Houri

20 July 2025

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When digital democracy disappears, so does the power of the people

When civil society is pushed offline, what’s lost isn’t just voices, but history, memory, resistance, and possibility

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

23 August 2025

The authoritarian playbook: How governments in Georgia, Slovakia and Serbia employ same narratives and tactics against protests

Russia amplifies framing of protests as coup attempts and part of Western interference against sovereignty of Serbia, Slovakia and Georgia

Written by Istinomer

22 May 2025

How China’s model of internet censorship is getting traction in Asia: Interview with ARTICLE 19 researchers

Cybersecurity is reframed as regime security under the banner of sovereignty

Written by Filip Noubel

12 April 2025

Civil society’s data in north and east Syria is not secure

Continuing operations without any solid strategies for digital security could lead to a digital disaster in Syria

Written by SMEX

9 April 2025

Starlink in Yemen: A digital revolution or a security threat?

Elon Musk's Starlink is sparking fears of data privacy breaches, government crackdowns, and foreign influence

Written by Saoussen Ben Cheikh

21 March 2025

ToTok, Baz and others: The UAE and KSA promote unsafe communication apps

Some states in the region preferred to invest in spyware rather than communications while seeking out data collection rather than innovation.

Written by SMEX

27 January 2025

A year of elections and digital repression in South Asia: 2024 in focus

Several governments expanded their control over online spaces

Written by Rezwan

2 January 2025

Israel is using surveillance technology to subjugate and target Palestinians

AI supercharges human rights violations against civilians

Written by Safa

11 October 2024

Operation Knock Knock: On the hunt for dissident voices in Venezuela

Venezuelan security forces target dissident voices in an operation informally called Operation Knock Knock

Written by ProBox

12 September 2024

Pakistan's intelligence agencies gain legal cover for surveillance

Is it a national security protection or privacy threat?

Written by Ramna Saeed

18 July 2024

Digital surveillance and the specter of AI in Mexico

Ambitions have outpaced the development of legislative tools and standards

Written by Latisha Harry

20 February 2024

Legislating technology and the internet: Interview with Internet Society's Callum Voge

Navigating free expression, privacy, security and digital sovereignty

Written by Ameya Nagarajan

25 October 2023

Unfreedom Monitor: Civic Media Observatory findings report

The findings from Advox research into digital authoritarianism

Written by Advox

4 August 2023

How companies collect private data about reproductive health

What are the consequences for people’s reproductive rights?

Written by Tactical Tech

25 July 2023

Singapore under the pandemic: The normalisation of digital authoritarianism

How authorities promoted surveillance, self-censorship, and laws restricting rights

Written by EngageMedia

12 July 2023

A brief overview of AI use in West Asia and North Africa

MENA's AI development raises privacy and surveillance concerns

Written by SMEX

30 June 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Kenya

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Kenya

Written by Chepkoech Rotich

5 June 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Hungary

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Hungary

Written by Advox

29 May 2023

New report uncovers the first documented case of Pegasus spyware used in an international war context

The report concludes that “the targeting is related to the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.”

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

25 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Venezuela

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Venezuela

Written by Advox

25 May 2023

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