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User privacy loses out again: it is time for the U.S. to act
The revelation that Facebook gave tech giants even more access to people’s data than it has disclosed to the public or members of the U.S. Congress shows (yet again) the necessity of comprehensive federal privacy laws in the U.S.…
19 December 2018
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Joint letter opposing the proposed Terrorist Content Regulation
The ‘Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online’ does not accord with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Evidence-based measures can better achieve the Regulation’s stated goals.…
4 December 2018
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EU: Leak reveals states are ready to put human rights defenders at risk to protect surveillance industry
Brussels, BE — EU member states must back proposed curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, Access Now, Amnesty International, and Reporters Without Borders said, after leaked documents published by digital rights reporters at netzpolitik.org and…
29 October 2018
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New Digital Security Act in Bangladesh deepens threats to free expression
Bangladesh’s Parliament passed the new Digital Security Act with the intention of ensuring national digital security and preventing and prosecuting digital offenses, but in practice it poses significant threats to free expression.…
21 September 2018