Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

The international community’s response to the current charges leveled against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab has been monumental in denouncing the Criminal Investigations Department and the Bahraini government for their actions.

Introducing information sharing proposals with broad liability protections, increasing penalties under the already draconian Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and potentially decreasing the protections granted to consumers under state data breach law are both unnecessary and unwelcome.

On 9 January 2015, the Saudi government began carrying out a public flogging against blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 10 years in jail for his online political activism.

By leaping so confidently into a surveillance state, Latin America’s pioneers of drone and CCTV technology risk the civil liberties of their citizens, and are setting a terrible precedent for their neighbours.

Online harassment is a digital rights issue. At its worst, it causes real and lasting harms to its targets, a fact that must be central to any discussion of harassment.

Paraguay’s ex-dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, maintained his grip on power with the help of “pyragues”, informers who monitored the civilian population on his behalf. That’s why so many in the country recognise the dangers in its new proposed data retention bill.

Join the global campaign for Alaa Abd El Fattah, Bassel Khartabil and so many others who have been unjustly imprisoned because of their activism. Sign this statement demanding their release, and send a tweet using the hashtags #FreeAlaa and #FreeBassel to show your support.

If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is U.S. law, how can governments around the world use it to censor speech?