Tag: COVID-19
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What is Tunisia’s unique identifier, and why is it being pushed now?
Tunisia plans to set up a unique identifier system as part of its “Digital Tunisia 2020” plan. Through this initiative, the government hopes to create jobs, promote socio-economic development, and make the country an international digital “destination.” Now, in the…
14 July 2020
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Les Applications de traçage numérique pour la lutte contre le COVID-19 dans la région MENA: un cauchemar pour les données personnelles
Lire l’article en Anglais. Lire l’article en Arabe. En réponse à la pandémie mondiale de COVID-19, un certain nombre de pays de la région MENA ont fait appel à la technologie dans le but de détecter et limiter la propagation…
26 June 2020
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COVID-19 contact-tracing apps in MENA: a privacy nightmare
At the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a number of countries in the MENA region turned to technology to help track and prevent the spread of the virus, using apps, drones, and even robots to monitor the movement of citizens under quarantine.…
18 June 2020
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Court rules the internet shutdowns in Papua and West Papua were illegal
A coalition of civil society groups working on freedom of expression issues in Southeast Asia has successfully sued the government for purposely shutting down the internet in Papua and West Papua during protests in 2019.…
3 June 2020
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Tecnologías de vigilancia para controlar el COVID-19 en América Latina
A más de dos meses de la llegada del COVID-19 a América Latina, ya existen diversas respuestas de los gobiernos que buscan controlar no sólo la propagación del virus sino a sus propios ciudadanos/as a través de distintas tecnologías. Hoy,…
29 May 2020
