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Feature · November, 2019

Stories about Feature from November, 2019

Nigeria's social media bill will obliterate online freedom of expression

The draconian bill will legalize internet shutdowns in Nigeria

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

29 November 2019

Varakashi: Zimbabwe’s online brigade targets activists and dissidents

Human rights activists have been targeted in online campaigns

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

28 November 2019

‘Suspension won’t silence me’: Teen speaks out after embedding message about Xinjiang Uyghurs in TikTok makeup tutorial

'Please be aware, please spread awareness in Xinjiang right now.'

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

28 November 2019

Activists in Angola continue to face repression for online and offline activities

Activist Samussuku was detained in May for “insulting'' the president

Written by Liam Anderson

27 November 2019

Will Uganda shut down the internet as opposition heats up for 2021 elections?

During the 2016 elections, access to social media was disrupted twice

Written by Sandra Aceng

26 November 2019

In Ethiopia’s disinformation epidemic, the crumbling ruling coalition is the elephant in the room

At least 80 people were killed in acts of communal violence

Written by Endalkachew Chala

23 November 2019

Bosnian journalists demand justice in case of journalist threatened and assaulted by hooligans

Ultras tried to censor news about their friend's prison sentence

Written by Filip Stojanovski

22 November 2019

Hong Kong activists denounce court ban on ‘violent’ content as a threat to internet freedom

ISPs could be compelled to block access to entire platforms

Written by Oiwan Lam

12 November 2019

Netizen Report: Domestic worker abuses in the Gulf expose tech companies’ failures to protect human rights

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

10 November 2019

Twitter was a minefield of false information during the 2019 Nigerian elections

Ethnic hate speech and disinformation were rife on Twitter

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

8 November 2019

Behold Russia's new ‘sovereign internet’

'The concept of the Sovereign Internet is not exclusively Russian'

Written by Maxim Edwards

6 November 2019

Social media propelled ethnocentric disinformation and propaganda during the Nigerian elections

Ethnic driven falsehoods spiked on social media during the elections

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

6 November 2019

The right to privacy in Sudan: A call to enact a data protection act

Online businesses lack transparency about how they handle user data

Written by Mohamed Suliman

5 November 2019

End Impunity, Free Expression!

According to UNESCO over a thousand journalists have been killed since 2006

Written by IFEX

1 November 2019

Beijing constructs an “independence” plot for Hong Kong protests through information operations

The term “Hong Kong independence” was unblocked on Weibo on July 22

Written by Weiboscope HKU

1 November 2019

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