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Stories about Advox from January, 2025

Indonesian court acquits worker over defamation charges filed by prominent entrepreneur

Private actor litigation against workers’ rights advocacy looms large in Indonesia

Written by Ramzy Muliawan

28 January 2025

ToTok, Baz and others: The UAE and KSA promote unsafe communication apps

Some states in the region preferred to invest in spyware rather than communications while seeking out data collection rather than innovation.

Written by SMEX

27 January 2025

Bangladesh interim government’s ‘right’ to uninterrupted internet access is a sham

The draft Cyber Security Ordinance 2024 has come under fire due to definitional ambiguity and other concerns

Written by Samaya Anjum

24 January 2025

Can the media be trusted again? Journalist and human rights defender Aidan White reveals the path to redemption

Media can adopt mechanisms to prove their credibility, such as self-assessment and independent certification

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

23 January 2025

Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship

By the end of 2023, over 92 percent of Russian population used the internet. The government has other plans for them now.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 January 2025

Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy

His cumulative prison sentence is now 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days

Written by Mong Palatino

21 January 2025

What lies behind the raid on the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute by the city's national security police?

The raid came weeks after police issued an arrest warrant for Chung Kim-wah, the Institute's ex-deputy CEO.

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

21 January 2025

At what cost are we bridging Africa’s digital divide?

Challenges about foreign control, environmental impact, data exploitation, and limited digital sovereignty.

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

18 January 2025

In Azerbaijan authorities remain on track to keep critics silenced and locked up

At least six people have been sentenced to lengthy jail times since December 2024

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

17 January 2025

Can US TikTok refugees find a home in Chinese social media Xiaohongshu?

The exchange between people in the US and China is ice-breaking but biased as users are self-censoring

Written by Oiwan Lam

16 January 2025

From Russia to the EU: The high stakes of Meta’s content moderation shift

The solution is to support legacy media rooted in fact-checking

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 January 2025

Pressure vs. principles: Lebanon's extradition of Abdel-Rahman al-Qaradawi to UAE sparks outrage

Lebanon extradites Abdel-Rahman al-Qaradawi to UAE despite human rights warnings

Written by Walid El Houri

11 January 2025

Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

Written by Gayle Pescud

10 January 2025

Where is Carlos Correa? Unidentified men take Venezuelan activist away from the middle of Caracas

Prominent Venezuelan human rights activist went missing on January 7

Written by Estefanía Salazar

9 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Can the multi-stakeholder model, which has safeguarded an open, inclusive internet, survive?

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

Vietnam strengthens control of internet and civil society through new decrees

Tech companies are now required to verify users, while strict rules are imposed on associations

Written by Mong Palatino

7 January 2025

Fifteen times Hong Kong made international headlines in 2024

From the introduction of Article 19 to media and entertainment censorship

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

6 January 2025

India's internet shutdown crisis: A growing threat to digital rights

India’s internet shutdowns are undermining digital rights, economic development, and the fundamental freedoms of its people.

Written by Kanav Narayan Sahgal

6 January 2025

Internet outages and blocks in Latin America in 2024

Latin America between power outages and internet blockages

Written by Jacobo Nájera Translated by Dalia Tarek

3 January 2025

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