IFEX

@ifex
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IFEX is a nexus for freedom of expression expertise contributed by over 120 member organisations, spanning 90 countries, and committed to collaboration and transformative advocacy.

#FreedomOfExpression, #HumanRights, #Journalism, #Media, #PressFreedom, #NGO, #DigitalRights #CivilSociety #CivicSpace #AccessToInformation #InfoIntegrity #RightToProtest #Privacy #Surveillance #Propaganda #Democracy

Websitehttps://ifex.org/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/IFEX

➡️ Desde apagones de Internet, medidas enérgicas contra la expresión y pactos a puerta cerrada hasta intentos de restringir el anonimato y el cifrado de extremo a extremo, en muchos lugares los derechos digitales están amenazados.
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Original tweet : https://twitter.com/derechosdigital/status/1624453287679299585

2022 en resumen: La situación de la libertad de expresión en Internet en el mundo - IFEX

Desde apagones de Internet, medidas enérgicas contra la expresión y pactos a puerta cerrada hasta intentos de restringir el anonimato y el cifrado de extremo a extremo, en muchos lugares los derechos digitales están amenazados.

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⚠️ Update: Metrics confirm that YouTube has now also been restricted in #Ethiopia. The incident comes as authorities cut access to social media amid protests and deaths over an apparent state attempt to divide the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-and-messaging-apps-restricted-in-ethiopia-amid-religious-tensions-DA3RJz8W

We believe that people should be able to attend peaceful protests without the police using sophisticated surveillance tools to monitor, track and identify protestors indiscriminately.

Visit our Free to Protest guide to learn more: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/freetoprotest

Free to Protest | Privacy International

We all need to understand the range of surveillance tools that police forces around the world can use to monitor and identify you if you attend a protest, and how you can better protect yourself from protest surveillance. Our partners and us have devised guides to educate people on the surveillance capacities police forces across the globe can use.

🇵🇸 #Palestine: From the use of #surveillance technology to violate #privacy rights, to #censorship of online content — A new report by 7amleh examines the state of Palestinian digital freedoms and the most prominent violations in 2022: 👉 https://ifex.org/palestine-online-free-expression-battles-escalated-censorship-in-2022/ #Spyware
Palestine: Online free expression battles escalated censorship in 2022 - IFEX

A new report examines the state of Palestinian digital freedoms, and the most prominent violations last year.

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🇵🇰 #Pakistan: Before the ban was lifted, civil society groups warned about how the order would disproportionately impact students and information workers. https://ifex.org/civil-society-groups-condemn-wikipedia-ban-in-pakistan/
#SaveWikipedia #Wikipedia #AccessToInformation
Civil society groups condemn Wikipedia ban in Pakistan - IFEX

UPDATE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority restored Wikipedia services in the country on Monday after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the ban on the online encyclopedia be lifted "immediately".

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This was a great conversation about the threat that malicious surveillance technology poses to press freedom around the world.

Featuring:
Carlos Dada, El Faro
Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker
Sheila Coronel, Columbia Journalism School
Carrie DeCell, Knight First Amendment Institute
Host: @jameeljaffer, Knight First Amendment Institute

Thanks @knightcolumbia for bringing up this important topic.

#PressFreedom #spyware

ℹ Note: YouTube is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #YouTubeDown
ℹ️ Note: Twitter is experiencing international outages affecting website, mobile app and features including posting and retweeting; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

A new @adcderechos report highlights the lack of safeguards and transparency in the use of MPE tools in Argentina. This may infringe the right to a fair trial and privacy for those affected 👇

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5031/use-mobile-phone-extraction-tools-law-enforcement-argentina

Use of mobile phone extraction tools by law enforcement in Argentina

Our mobile phones contain all kinds of data that ranges from photos, videos and emails to information about our health, the places we visit and our leisure time. This data is often relied upon by law enforcement authorities in criminal investigations.

Privacy International
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