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Stories about Advox from July, 2019

Pro-China forum's plan to troll Hong Kong protesters foiled after doxxing retaliation

Pro-China forum members quickly halted their plan to troll Hong Kong anti-extradition protesters after their personal information, including identity card number and bank record was exposed online.

Written by Oiwan Lam

31 July 2019

Twitter campaign by Pakistani ruling party warns media against anti-state criticism

A series of tweets asked journalists to “Be responsible"

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

25 July 2019

What do Zimbabwe’s internet disruptions say about the state of digital rights in the country?

Unexpected internet disruptions can happen on a whim

Written by Kudzai Chimhangwa

19 July 2019

Netizen Report: In Nigeria and Russia, laws against online ‘insult’ put internet activists on thin ice

A roundup of digital rights news from across the globe.

Written by Netizen Report Team

19 July 2019

How Nigeria uses the law to repress free speech: The case of journalist Jones Abiri

Nigeria’s wavering commitment to free speech and press freedom.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

17 July 2019

Kremlin's new law against ‘online disrespect’ proves hard to implement

In recent months even government officials have criticised the new law

Written by Maxim Edwards

16 July 2019

Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun still detained by Beijing after six months

Yang Hengjun's wife is now blocked from leaving China

Written by Kevin Rennie

15 July 2019

Nigerian students face cybercrime charges for criticising their university online

If convicted, the #Madonna7 risk imprisonment, a fine or both.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

11 July 2019

‘A dangerous trend': Pakistani journalists critical of the government and military targeted in Twitter campaign

The aim of these campaigns is to suppress critical voices

Written by Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman

9 July 2019

China’s censored histories: The struggle to carry memories of the Tiananmen Massacre into the future

Despite pervasive censorship, there is a continued effort to remember.

Written by Citizen Lab, Weiboscope HKU

9 July 2019

Post-election crackdown in Mauritania: Internet shutdown lifted, journalist remains in detention

Al-Wadea is detained in an undisclosed location

Written by Afef Abrougui

8 July 2019

Netizen Report: Preventing bias or protecting extremism? Debunking the new US Senate proposal for Silicon Valley

Cuba bans citizens from using foreign web hosts, Iran's internet falters and The Guardian shows that even tourists are subject to targeted surveillance in western China.

Written by Netizen Report Team

5 July 2019

Is Cuba trying to outlaw independent media? A new decree will prohibit foreign web hosting

It is also illegal to host "news media" sites locally.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle

5 July 2019

Iran’s Draft Data Protection Act: Too little but not too late

The draft law fails to live up to international standards.

Written by Mahsa Alimardani

5 July 2019

Interview with former Pakistani president taken off air, journalists and activists decry censorship

There are conflicting statements from the authorities about the censorship

Written by Waleed Tariq

4 July 2019

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