“The country's {deleted} rulers have dramatically rolled back the rights of women and girls, detained journalists, and cracked down on public dissent since retaking power.”

Does the above seem familiar?
#authoritarianism #dictator #repression #theocracy #US #USA #misogyny #womensrights #internet #informationaccess #maga #taliban

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-taliban-internet-crackdown/

Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown

A local Taliban spokesperson in northern Afghanistan said that the Taliban leader had ordered the ban "to prevent immoral activities."

Controlled Chaos is a #zine that highlights the lives of #incarcerated #library workers through their own writing and illustrations. Jarrod “Deuce” Williams, Knight, and George Coles-El, Mesro the Human Sun tell stories about their work that illuminate the similarities–and the differences–between #InformationAccess inside and outside the walls.

https://www.libraryfutures.net/publications/controlled-chaos

A Library Futures 2024 Research Network Cohort project. There's more to come from this fantastic network 🌹

Controlled Chaos

Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Library Futures

Since this day, #Turkey started using IP-based blocklists to block access to various different services and websites, among them #Signal and unprivate messengers like #Snapchat, #Facebook messenger and #Telegram

Here is how you can host a #SignalProxy. Use this hashtag to advertize one.

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-proxy-signal-server

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-TLS-Proxy

As it will only be used for Signal, abuse is very unlikely.

#censorship #freespeech #InformationAccess #FreeMedia

How to set up and run a proxy Signal server

The unblocker

Android Central

Sculptors of Reality: Advertising and Disinformation

The work “Sculptors of Reality: The Structural Role of Advertising Agencies in the Disinformation Ecosystem” takes a deep look at the power of advertising in shaping public discourse. Drawing on more than 15 years of industry experience, the author offers a critical perspe

https://www.tedic.org/en/sculptors-of-reality-advertising-and-disinformation/

#InformationAccess #Research #advertising #disinformation #InformadasYResilientes

Justice slowly moves toward transparency and access to information in Paraguay

During February 2025, we were notified of the partial approval of a precautionary measure in favor of TEDIC. This development represents an important step forward in the protection of fundamental rights and access to public information in

https://www.tedic.org/en/justice-slowly-moves-toward-transparency-and-access-to-information-in-paraguay/

#Blog #InformationAccess #FacialRecognition #Privacy #statement

News publishers successfully killed 12ft.io, the paywall ladder that helped users when "8 of top 10 Google links were paywalled" 🪜

Same publishers calling Google's AI "theft" while creating their own access barriers. Nothing says "healthy information ecosystem" like... walls everywhere? 🤔

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/2029207/news-publishers-take-paywall-blocker-12ftio-offline

#Paywall #Journalism #InformationAccess

News Publishers Take Paywall-Blocker 12ft.io Offline - Slashdot

The Verge's Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has "successfully secured" the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io's webhost took down the site on July ...

🚫😂 Oh no, you might have an imaginary IT worker invasion from North Korea, but The Register's site is too busy being paranoid about your clicks. 🤖 Blocking your access to enlightenment—because who needs information when you have error messages? 💼
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/13/fake_it_worker_problem/ #imaginaryITworkers #NorthKorea #TheRegister #errormessages #informationaccess #HackerNews #ngated
You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem – here's how to stop it

: Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another

The Register

Truth Suppressed? - Glenn Greenwald on Tucker Carlson

#informationaccess #mediacensorship #censorship

Our First Victory Against This Trump Administration

https://earthjustice.org/brief/2025/were-suing-to-stop-the-trump-admins-climate-censorship-that-threatens-farmers-and-our-food-supply

The Trump administration agreed to restore climate-related information to government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

#USA #Farmers #FightBack #InformationAccess #Censorship #Trump #PublicEducation #Courts #EnvironmentalProtection #Production