Malaysia presents itself as "Truly Asia," but the reality is a dystopia built on exploitation and unfair federalism. The new repressive amendments to the CMA 1998 are designed to silence those who expose how the wealth of the elites is stolen from the people.

https://www.article19.org/resources/repressive-amendments-communications-multimedia-act/

#Malaysia #TrulyAsia #Dystopia #CMA1998 #Article19 #FreedomOfExpression #Censorship #Madani #Reformasi #DigitalRights #Sabah #Sarawak #Exploitation #Activism #MCMC #HumanRights #Law #Politics #Freedom

Once, the #internet was a decentralized, free, Independent network of networks.
Now, the world depends on basically 4 companies: #Cisco, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Google.

ā€œDr Corinne Cath-Speth, the head of digital at human rights organisation #ARTICLE19, said the
outage underlined the dangers of placing too much digital infrastructure in a small number of hands. She said: ā€œWe urgently need diversification in #cloud computing. The infrastructure underpinning democratic discourse, independent journalism, and secure communications cannot be dependent on a handful of companies.ā€

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#Article19 condena campaña de desprestigio contra #periodista que denunció presunta #corrupción | Proceso

#Article19 condena campaña de desprestigio contra #periodista que denunció presunta #corrupción | Proceso

EfraĆ­n MartĆ­nez Figueroa | EMF ConsultorĆ­a PolĆ­tica
Learn how the internet REALLY works with this comic book-style guide by ARTICLE 19! 🌐🐱 "How the Internet Really Works" breaks down complex topics like protocols, privacy, & governance with fun illustrations. A must-read for digital citizens! šŸ‘‰ https://catnip.article19.org/ #DigitalRights #InternetLiteracy #Privacy #ARTICLE19
How the internet really works - An illustrated guide to protocols, privacy, censorship, and governance

A comic book-like guide to how the internet works, designed to give people a basic understanding of the technical aspects of the Internet that they need to advocate for digital rights. Available in English, German, Polish, and French, the book is part of Github's Arctic Code Vault.

How the internet really works

Breton: stop politicising the Digital Services Act
PUBLISHED: 19 AUG2024

#accessnow #article19 and Electronic Frontier Foundation (#EFF ) are calling on the EU Commissioner Thierry Breton to stop politicising the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (#DSA). The joint civil society statement is in response to Commissioner Breton’s recent letter to X on the far-right riots in the UK and the live-streamed conversation between the U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk.

#SaveTheDate #Event

Mark your calendars for 26th July 2024!

SFLC.in is thrilled to announce the launch of its #FreeSpeechTracker 2.0- a platform designed to track and document instances of free speech violations across India for citizens, researchers, and policymakers to defend free speech.

Curious about the #FST 2.0?

#StayTuned for more updates!

#SFLCin #FreeSpeech #India #FreeSpeechMatters #Tracker #RightToFreeSpeech #Article19 #NewProject #X #WordsOnTrial #Online #DigitalRights

ARTICLE 19: Learning platform - ARTICLE 19

Test your knowledge and learn about freedom of expression and journalists' rights and their safety across the world

ARTICLE 19

Internet Standards Almanac | …pretty and interesting/ish, but I find it clumsy to explore & lacking in opinionation

…for instance, ITU-T and the description of this project:

The elements proposed in the ā€œNew IPā€ model may undermine the interoperability, security, and governance of existing IP-based networks.

… I’d like to see far more strongly phrased.

Nonetheless, the website is worth a look.

The Internet Standards Almanac is a guide for engaging in the standardisation of internet infrastructure. Which groups and committees are developing standards that have human rights implications? How do these standards impact human rights?

https://almanac.article19.org/

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109047

#article19 #humanRights #internetStandards #webStandards

Study Group 13 on Future networks

This Study Group develops standards for future network technologies, including cloud computing, 5G mobile communications, and quantum key distribution networks addressing the requirements, architectures, functional capabilities and application programming future networks.

Internet Standards Almanac