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India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed: “it’s a bad law”

Australia inching towards needed privacy reforms, yet encryption at risk

28 Sep 2023

Access Now urges the Australian government to develop draft legislation on privacy-impacting obligations and ensuring safeguards for encryption. 

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Australia inching towards needed privacy reforms, yet encryption at risk
28 Sep 2023
Australia inching towards needed privacy reforms, yet encryption at risk
European Media Freedom Act

Meta’s decision on Hun Sen skewered as ‘failure’ to deter violence

26 Sep 2023
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Meta’s decision on Hun Sen skewered as ‘failure’ to deter violence
Voice of America ↗
26 Sep 2023
Meta’s decision on Hun Sen skewered as ‘failure’ to deter violence
Gabon's election internet access

‘A tool of political control’: how India became the world leader in internet blackouts

25 Sep 2023
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‘A tool of political control’: how India became the world leader in internet blackouts
The Guardian ↗
25 Sep 2023
‘A tool of political control’: how India became the world leader in internet blackouts
Press under Attack – Digital Strategies to Intimidate Journalists in Latin America

Meta releases second human rights report, activists say no concrete plan to tackle issues in India

20 Sep 2023
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Meta releases second human rights report, activists say no concrete plan to tackle issues in India
The Wire ↗
20 Sep 2023
Meta releases second human rights report, activists say no concrete plan to tackle issues in India
Armenia spyware victims: Pegasus hacking in war

Census or spy op? Upcoming population count raises alarm

14 Sep 2023
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Census or spy op? Upcoming population count raises alarm
Frontier ↗
14 Sep 2023
Census or spy op? Upcoming population count raises alarm
Gabon's election internet access

India keeps pulling the plug on its digital economy

14 Sep 2023
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India keeps pulling the plug on its digital economy
The Wall Street Journal ↗
14 Sep 2023
India keeps pulling the plug on its digital economy
Gabon's election internet access

မြန်မာမှာ အင်တာနက်အပြင် ဒေသတချို့ ဖုန်းလိုင်းဖြတ်တောက်ခံထားရ

12 Sep 2023
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မြန်မာမှာ အင်တာနက်အပြင် ဒေသတချို့ ဖုန်းလိုင်းဖြတ်တောက်ခံထားရ
BBC Burmese ↗
12 Sep 2023
မြန်မာမှာ အင်တာနက်အပြင် ဒေသတချို့ ဖုန်းလိုင်းဖြတ်တောက်ခံထားရ
Gabon's election internet access

India’s G20 opportunity: Internet shutdowns hamper Digital India promise – it’s time to commit to ending them

7 Sep 2023
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India’s G20 opportunity: Internet shutdowns hamper Digital India promise – it’s time to commit to ending them
The Indian Express ↗
7 Sep 2023
India’s G20 opportunity: Internet shutdowns hamper Digital India promise – it’s time to commit to ending them
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Stop mass surveillance in India: the government must be held accountable

31 Aug 2023

Access Now demands that the Indian government’s surveillance impunity ends now.

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Stop mass surveillance in India: the government must be held accountable
31 Aug 2023
Stop mass surveillance in India: the government must be held accountable
Indonesia MR5 Amicus Brief

Cambodia: Meta refuses to block Hun Sen’s accounts, implicitly encouraging incitement to violence

30 Aug 2023

By refusing to suspend Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta has missed a crucial opportunity to oppose incitement to violence and hate speech online.

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Cambodia: Meta refuses to block Hun Sen’s accounts, implicitly encouraging incitement to violence
30 Aug 2023
Cambodia: Meta refuses to block Hun Sen’s accounts, implicitly encouraging incitement to violence