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Kazakhstan pauses interception of encrypted traffic, but for how long?

President Tokayev has called off the controversial “national security certificates”

Written by Yevgeniya Plakhina

30 August 2019

Netizen Report: Critic calls Indonesia’s provincial internet shutdown ‘racist’

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

29 August 2019

Months after pledge to open internet, Ethiopia disrupts connectivity amidst communal violence, tension

Three major shutdowns were documented in June 2019 alone

Written by Endalkachew Chala

29 August 2019

Contrary to Serbian government's claims, fact-checking initiative shows that journalists are far from being ‘all safe’

Journalists in Serbia are subjected to online threats including death threats

Written by Istinomer

29 August 2019

The case for reforming the Sudanese Access to Information Act

The current law restricts and blocks access to information

Written by Mohamed Suliman

28 August 2019

Human rights advocates petition the UN and AU over the detention of Nigerian protest leader

Sowore's detention is a threat to press freedom in Nigeria

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

23 August 2019

Netizen Report: The shutdown in Kashmir continues

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

22 August 2019

Mozambique pushes for SIM card registration, raising privacy concerns

SIM card registration 'facilitates surveillance'

Written by Dércio Tsandzana Translated by Dércio Tsandzana

20 August 2019

Tonga threatens to ban Facebook over anti-monarchy posts

"By trying to impose a ban the government will simply make itself look foolish or ineffective."

Written by Mong Palatino

20 August 2019

Mainland Chinese netizens face ‘pink terror’ of patriotic trolls amid Hong Kong protests

Those who do not toe the official party line are identified and subjected to doxxing

Written by Oiwan Lam

19 August 2019

Indian government asks Twitter to remove accounts ‘spreading rumours’ about Kashmir

Four accounts remained accessible, while two were suspended by Twitter

Written by Rezwan

16 August 2019

Apprehension rises over the abduction of a Nigerian government critic

Was Abubakar Idris Dadiyata kidnapped or arrested?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

16 August 2019

Withheld in Turkey: How the government exploits removal requests to silence critical and independent voices

Twitter and other platforms '[do] not want to anger the Turkish government'

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

12 August 2019

Nigerian activist arrested for calling for a nationwide #RevolutionNow protest movement

'His arrest is a travesty and violation of fundamental rights'

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

9 August 2019

Netizen Report: Journalists are under fire from Cambodia to Cuba — and beyond

Technology and human rights news from around the world.

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle, Netizen Report Team

9 August 2019

Who turned off Moscow’s internet during recent protests?

Evidence suggests that law enforcement agencies pressured mobile network operators

Written by Maxim Edwards

9 August 2019

UAE frees activist Osama al-Najjar after 5 years in detention

Al-Najjar was jailed for denouncing his imprisoned father's torture

Written by Afef Abrougui

9 August 2019

In Ethiopia, disinformation spreads through Facebook live as political tensions rise

Online conspiracy theories, political rants and rumors shape current discourse

Written by Endalkachew Chala

7 August 2019

Tanzanian journalist faces trumped-up charges after abduction and detention

Erick Kabendera remains in jail with no bail

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

7 August 2019

Sentencing of Turkish social media influencer sparks debate on free speech

A Turkish Twitter celebrity is being sued for allegedly advocating drug consumption, reigniting the debate about online freedom of expression

Written by Sevgi Yagmur Bulut

6 August 2019

Netflix's ‘The Great Hack’ highlights Cambridge Analytica's role in Trinidad & Tobago elections

The political party that allegedly hired the company denies it

Written by Jada Steuart

5 August 2019

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