Global Voices Advox

Legislators in Trinidad and Tobago are taking aim at a spate of pernicious issues online – ranging from hate to phishing and fraud – with a draft cybercrime law, following in the footsteps of many governments around the world that have passed comprehensive legislation addressing online crimes.

Critics warn that the sweeping new law could increase online censorship, undermine privacy, worsen attacks on free expression, and damage Vietnam’s tech sector.

Hamidreza had created a Telegram channel where anyone could post her/his views; the IRGC held him responsible for everything others had written.

On June 5, Egypt’s parliament approved a cybercrime law that will dictate what is and is not permissible in the realms of online censorship, data privacy, hacking, fraud and messages.

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 8 June 2018. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY 3.0. Papua New Guinea’s reported plan to ban Facebook for a month has raised concerns about government suppression of free speech. On 29 May 2018, the Post-Courier newspaper reported on a proposal of the Communications […]

The Fiji Times, its three executives, and an opinion columnist have been cleared by a High Court judge of the sedition charges filed by Fiji’s government.

Impunity for abuses committed by security forces and police unions “is almost becoming a norm,” according to the syndicate of Tunisian journalists.

It took just a few hours for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise the mistake he made while speaking to the members of his party in Ankara on 8 May – #Tamam quickly went viral.