Tag: Whatsapp
Watch out: bad regulation of OTT services can risk your rights
Force-fitting telecom-style rules onto internet content and services can have profoundly negative implications for users’ rights.
Bloqueos de aplicaciones: una práctica abusiva en Latinoamérica
Este tipo de decisiones tomadas por legisladores y jueces sin el correspondiente análisis, ponen en riesgo el ejercicio de los derechos digitales de los usuarios.
A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work
A “bypass” operation for MLATs won’t save the patient (or protect human rights).
Don’t miss RightsCon Brussels on March 29-31 2017
It’s not too late to join us for the best RightsCon Summit to date.
Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us
We hope the troubling tale told by draft proposals for e-Privacy reform does not portend doom for the right to privacy.
Judge orders block of Facebook throughout Brazil over parody account
Brazil’s economy has already lost more than $100 million dollars due to the blocking of WhatsApp. This won’t help.
What do a fisherman, a soccer fan, and missing cattle have to do with free expression?
From Malaysia, to Uganda, to Tanzania, there are worrying laws that can send people to jail for what they post online. Here’s how activists are pushing back.
Diga aos legisladores brasileiros, rejeitem o bloqueio de sites e #KeepitOn!
Pela segunda vez em seis meses, um juiz brasileiro ordenou aos provedores de internet do país a bloquear o WhatsApp, cortando o acesso de 100 milhões de usuários em uma só canetada.
Tell Brazilian lawmakers to leave the internet alone and #KeepitOn!
Brazil just shut off access to WhatsApp for 100 million users. Tell Brazilian lawmakers to drop its dangerous cybercrime bills and keep the internet on!
Brazil moves to block WhatsApp (again)
For the second time, a judge in Brazil ordered the blocking of WhatsApp during a criminal investigation, instantly shutting off access for 100 million users.