Senegal set to replace data protection law
Senegal has just introduced a new law to replace the 2008 Personal Data Protection Law which was one of the first data protection laws enacted on the continent.
A border tale, rap on trial, goodbye Newseum, and more
December in the Americas: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
Get out of my face! The activists who took action against face recognition in 2019
In 2019, governments were quick to adopt face recognition technologies for use in public spaces; read about how activists worldwide have responded, demanding transparency and winning moratoria and bans on the use of this powerful technology.
China’s internet freedom hit a new low in 2019, and the world could follow
Freedom House identified the Chinese government as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom.
Are deepfakes the next big threat for women rights defenders in the Middle East?
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights looks at how the evolving technology could be maliciously used to target vocal women rights defenders in the region.
Disinformation, elections, fact-checking and beyond: the view from Latin America
Journalist Vanina Berghella considers the impact of disinformation during elections and other political events in Latin America, and the work of global, regional and local groups and alliances to counter it.
UN HRC42: Action to protect privacy and address artificial intelligence among key priorities
States must call for, among other things, a UN workshop and OHCHR report on the human rights impacts of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on discrimination and bias.
A global right to privacy in public spaces?
We depend on a degree of privacy in public. But increasingly invasive digital surveillance combined with artificial intelligence has put that “public” privacy in jeopardy.
‘Envision a new war’: The Syrian Archive, corporate censorship and the struggle to preserve public history online
Social media companies are censoring images of war. The Syrian Archive is working to preserve them.
Reclaiming privacy: a feminist manifesto
As Privacy International highlights in their latest report From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy – privacy has not always been on the side of women.
Massive crackdown on Turkic Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region
This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 9 September 2018. The Chinese government is conducting a mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in northwestern China. The 117-page report, “‘Eradicating Ideological Viruses’: China’s Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang’s Muslims,” presents new evidence of the Chinese government’s mass arbitrary detention, […]
China’s ever-expanding surveillance state
China is taking systematic steps to expand its surveillance of people and communication channels within and outside the country.
New report shows how AI tools threaten right to privacy and freedom of expression
ARTICLE 19 and Privacy International’s new report examines how one particular AI technique, machine learning, impacts these rights, the implications we can expect, and how these must be addressed.
Key points for the democratic regulation of “Over-the-Top” services so as to ensure a free and open Internet
The growing importance of “Over-the-Top” (OTT) services in the global economy and the fundamental role they play in the exercise of human rights such as freedom of expression and the right to information is undeniable.