Towards digital authoritarianism in Nepal: Surveillance, data collection, and online repressionThe government built in a huge amount of personal data collectionWritten by EngageMedia29 August 2022
Whistleblowing is a service to society: Interview with Disruption Network Lab director Tatiana BazzichelliWhistleblowing should be a civil right Written by Filip Noubel25 August 2022
Iranian women’s rights activists face new online threatsBig tech needs to do more for Iranian social media usersWritten by Azin Mohajerin, Sussan Tahmasebi25 August 2022
YouTube is temporarily blocked during former PM's political rally in PakistanThis is not the first time the internet has been disruptedWritten by R Umaima Ahmed25 August 2022
Unfreedom Monitor Report: RussiaAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in RussiaWritten by Tanya Lokot25 August 2022
Myanmar detains Japanese journalist who covered protestToru Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist arrested by the juntaWritten by Mong Palatino, Nevin Thompson20 August 2022
Unfreedom Monitor Report: IndiaAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in IndiaWritten by Advox18 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 governmentWritten by Advox17 August 2022
Marcos-Duterte critic arrested for cyber libel in the PhilippinesActivists call for the decriminalization of libelWritten by Mong Palatino16 August 2022
Disruptive technologies, demagogic governance: Data (un)democracy in India during COVID-19India has focused on a deterministic usage of technology ignoring human rightsWritten by EngageMedia12 August 2022
Unfreedom Monitor Report: TurkeyAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in TurkeyWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva11 August 2022
Solomon Islands officials order national broadcaster to stop promoting ‘disunity’The government denies that it is seeking to censor contentWritten by Mong Palatino8 August 2022
Advocacy groups in the Americas focus on tackling rising surveillance technologySurveillance technology is often sold as the end-all solution to fight crimeWritten by IFEX5 August 2022
Under BTK's eye: investigation reveals Turkey's information and communication authority has been collecting private user data for over a yearTurkey's information and communication authority is spying on its citizens.Written by Arzu Geybullayeva5 August 2022
Unfreedom Monitor Report: SudanAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in SudanWritten by Advox4 August 2022
How the government in Sudan legalized internet categorizing and content filteringLoose definitions of terms allow the government a lot of leewayWritten by Advox2 August 2022
Indonesia blocks Yahoo, Paypal, and gaming websites over new licensing rules#ProtesNetizen (protest netizens) and #BlokirKominfo (block Kominfo) trended on TwitterWritten by Mong Palatino1 August 2022