WORLD · October, 2020 · Global Voices Advox

WORLD · October, 2020

Stories about WORLD from October, 2020

Internet throttling, SMS blocking in days leading up to election in Tanzania

Digital rights activists speculated that Tanzania may restrict internet services

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

28 October 2020

How Facebook derailed Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement

Facebook and Instagram falsely labeled content as ‘fake news’

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

28 October 2020

Pakistan lifts ban on Tiktok with conditions

The ban lasted for 10 days

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

23 October 2020

Fighting disinformation and fact-checking the Myanmar election

Fact-checking a challenge in communities under armed conflict

Written by Mong Palatino

23 October 2020

Who is selling Ukrainians’ personal data online and for what purposes?

An activist uncovered a Telegram chatbot selling personal data

Written by Tetyana Bohdanova

21 October 2020

For journalists in Kenya, ‘2020 is the worst year on record’

Freedom of expression is under attack during the pandemic

Written by Article 19, Victoria Rubadiri

20 October 2020

Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested for ‘anti-state propaganda’

"Send me my guitar and try to have the wardens accept it."

Written by Mong Palatino

13 October 2020

Rights groups in Tunisia mobilize against police protection bill

As activists mobilized against the bill, police targeted them

Written by Rima Sghaier

9 October 2020

Facebook denies accusations of fuelling hate speech and pro-BJP bias in India

Demand to probe Indian leadership of Facebook has been raging

Written by Namita Singh

7 October 2020

In Sudan, women and minorities targeted by online harassment lack legal protections

Online harassment requires attention, reform and strong legislation

Written by Mohamed Suliman

4 October 2020

Policing the digital frontiers: Is India weaponizing technology to silence civil society?

Proliferation of surveillance spyware poses a threat to human rights

Written by Ayesha Khan

4 October 2020

News website faces police probe in Singapore for boosting Facebook posts during elections

Groups criticize vaguely worded provisions in the election law

Written by Mong Palatino

3 October 2020

Holocaust denial should be considered hate speech, survivors demand of Facebook

The digital campaign features video messages from Holocaust survivors

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

2 October 2020

Digital rights in Africa is still far from the internet freedom we desire

What’s the future of digital rights in Africa?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

2 October 2020