Turkish Trans Doctor Sacked Again for ‘Shameful Morals’ Despite Court Ruling

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/03/25/turkish-trans-doctor-sacked-again-for-shameful-morals-despite-court-ruling/bi/

⏰ TOMORROW!

Don’t miss Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron discussing LAW AND TECHNOLOGY & how we can navigate legal challenges in emerging tech while defending digital rights 📖

Sponsored by @internetarchive and @AuthorsAlliance .

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

@daniellecitron #DigitalRights #TechPolicy

The FCC has banned the sale of new Wi-Fi routers not made in the US, citing national security concerns about foreign supply chain vulnerabilities. Exemptions may be granted by the Pentagon or Homeland Security for specific models. 🛑📶

🔗 https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-just-banned-the-sale-of-new-wi-router-models-made-outside-us

#TechNews #FCC #WiFi #Router #Cybersecurity #NationalSecurity #Privacy #SupplyChain #FOSS #Openness #Transparency #UserControl #Security #InternetFreedom #PrivacyFirst #DigitalRights

✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org

“When lawmakers and advocacy groups frame queer existence itself as a threat to young people, age-verification laws become ideological enforcement instead of regulatory policy. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/re...”

https://mastodon.social/@eff/116274356726829741

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We'll be at #ATmosphereConf 2026 this week in Vancouver!

We’re keen to connect with folks working on:
• accountable AI
• digital trust
• civic tech + public infrastructure

Superbloom’s Philliph Drummond will be there. If you’re attending, come say hi 👋or reach out in advance!

More info on the event here 👇 https://atmosphereconf.org/

#ATmosphereConf #ResponsibleTech #DigitalRights #CivicTech #PublicInterestTech

In 2026, artificial intelligence has become the primary instrument of censorship and surveillance. This is not a future prediction. It is the present reality.

Meta has deployed new AI moderation systems that systematically fail to understand context, language nuance, and cultural difference. Legitimate political discourse is removed as hate speech. Genuine threats remain undetected. Satire is flagged as dangerous content. The system is not protecting users. It is enforcing algorithmic censorship.

Simultaneously, the US Congress is advancing KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. Under the banner of child protection, this bill effectively ends anonymity online. Age verification mandates tie every comment, every post, every discussion to a verified identity.

The implications are severe:

Governments gain full access to citizens' online activity

Self-censorship becomes the default mode of communication

Political opposition becomes trackable and suppressible

Corporations expand their data extraction capabilities

When every word is tied to your real identity, you stop speaking freely. That is precisely the objective.

Meta has also patented AI systems that allow deceased users to continue posting. Digital corpses repurposed for corporate objectives. The ethical implications alone should trigger global debate. Instead, these technologies are being deployed without public discussion.

The only meaningful resistance is decentralization. Encrypted platforms. User-controlled infrastructure. Digital rights legislation that protects anonymity as a fundamental freedom.

This is not about technology. It is about whether free thought remains possible.
https://newsgroup.site/ai-tsenzura-2026-meta-uriady-kontrol-informatsiya/
#censorship #AI #privacy #KOSA #digitalrights

Moldova Legislates Against Online Abuse, But Threat Keeps Growing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/03/25/moldova-legislates-against-online-abuse-but-threat-keeps-growing/bi/

Strange how a document from 1215 still feels unresolved.

Because the question never changed:
Who limits power when power claims necessity?

Today it’s not just kings.
It’s states, platforms, crises - all bending the line between protection and control.

Rights don’t vanish.
They blur.

And the “exception” risks quietly becoming the rule.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/introducing-the-right-chronicles?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #DigitalRights #PowerAndAccountability #MagnaCarta#Governance

“There is a certain level of tiredness in #Brussels when it comes to responding to these talking points from #Washington,” German center-right MEP Andreas #Schwab told POLITICO in response to the U.S. ambassador to the #EU's latest threats against Europe's digital laws.

Very diplomatically put, this is true.

#DSA #DMA #AIAct #DigitalRights