“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/

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

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

Digital barriers like captchas hinder environmental data access. #EnvironmentalData #InformationAccess #DigitalBarriers

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/national-parks-negative-history-trump-20343308.php

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