Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

This is the first time Malaysia has publicly acknowledged blocking a political website, and it is particularly notable because the case strikes at the heart of political corruption within the country.

Instead of addressing the flaws or postponing deployment of a controversial e-voting system, the Buenos Aires authorities have chosen instead to silence and intimidate critics of the system’s unfixed problems.

From private disagreements to a viral video of police brutality, a whistleblower’s leak or a heartfelt political call to arms: if the full spectrum of human expression happens to be expressed online, the HDC Act applies.

EFF, Derechos Digitales and their colleagues in the region have issued a statement to Latin American governments, demanding more transparency on how Latin American states are using — or misusing — spyware like that sold by Hacking Team.

EFF spoke to researcher Anita Gohde about the implications of her findings, which suggest that Internet shutdowns are becoming part of a toolkit for more violent repression in Syria.

As Hassan Rouhani approaches the second anniversary of his election to the presidency on August 4, the promise of future reform remains unfulfilled.

Australia’s new Internet censorship law provides an accelerated process for rightsholders to obtain court orders for ISPs to block sites that have the primary purpose of infringing copyright, or “facilitating” its infringement – a term that the law does not define.

Google, Facebook, Amazon and beyond… The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s fifth annual report looks at online service providers’ privacy and transparency practices.