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WORLD · August, 2022

Stories about WORLD from August, 2022

Towards digital authoritarianism in Nepal: Surveillance, data collection, and online repression

The government built in a huge amount of personal data collection

Written by EngageMedia

29 August 2022

Whistleblowing is a service to society: Interview with Disruption Network Lab director Tatiana Bazzichelli

Whistleblowing should be a civil right

Written by Filip Noubel

25 August 2022

Iranian women’s rights activists face new online threats

Big tech needs to do more for Iranian social media users

Written by Azin Mohajerin, Sussan Tahmasebi

25 August 2022

YouTube is temporarily blocked during former PM's political rally in Pakistan

This is not the first time the internet has been disrupted

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

25 August 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Russia

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Russia

Written by Tanya Lokot

25 August 2022

Myanmar detains Japanese journalist who covered protest

Toru Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist arrested by the junta

Written by Mong Palatino, Nevin Thompson

20 August 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: India

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in India

Written by Advox

18 August 2022

In Brazil and India we are seeing an increase in tensions between platforms and states

Twitter and Meta in an uneasy relationship with the government

Written by Advox

17 August 2022

Marcos-Duterte critic arrested for cyber libel in the Philippines

Activists call for the decriminalization of libel

Written by Mong Palatino

16 August 2022

Disruptive technologies, demagogic governance: Data (un)democracy in India during COVID-19

India has focused on a deterministic usage of technology ignoring human rights

Written by EngageMedia

12 August 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Turkey

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Turkey

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

11 August 2022

Solomon Islands officials order national broadcaster to stop promoting ‘disunity’

The government denies that it is seeking to censor content

Written by Mong Palatino

8 August 2022

Advocacy groups in the Americas focus on tackling rising surveillance technology

Surveillance technology is often sold as the end-all solution to fight crime

Written by IFEX

5 August 2022

Under BTK's eye: investigation reveals Turkey's information and communication authority has been collecting private user data for over a year

Turkey's information and communication authority is spying on its citizens.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

5 August 2022

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Sudan

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Sudan

Written by Advox

4 August 2022

How the government in Sudan legalized internet categorizing and content filtering

Loose definitions of terms allow the government a lot of leeway

Written by Advox

2 August 2022

Indonesia blocks Yahoo, Paypal, and gaming websites over new licensing rules

#ProtesNetizen (protest netizens) and #BlokirKominfo (block Kominfo) trended on Twitter

Written by Mong Palatino

1 August 2022