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• Digital Rights are Human Rights

  By torblog on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Digital Rights are Human Rights Gus December 10, 2019 In honor of the United Nations’ proclamation and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, December 10 is Human Rights Day. Unlike a linear and accumulative process,… Read More ›

• U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Iran to Tighten Its Grip on Iraq

  By theintercept on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Massive, sustained protests in Baghdad and Tehran that have been met with violent responses from security forces throughout the fall and winter have rapidly altered the political dynamics in both Iraq and Iran. But it is still uncertain whether the… Read More ›

• New Release: Tor 0.4.2.5 (also 0.4.1.7, 0.4.0.6, and 0.3.5.9)

  By torblog on December 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  New Release: Tor 0.4.2.5 (also 0.4.1.7, 0.4.0.6, and 0.3.5.9) nickm December 09, 2019 Ater months of work, we have a new stable release series! If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.2.5 on the… Read More ›

• Speaking Freely: An Interview With Rima Sghaier

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Around the globe, freedom of expression (or free speech) varies wildly in definition, scope, and level of access. The impact of the digital age on perceptions and censorship of speech has been felt across the political spectrum on a worldwide… Read More ›

• U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize “Historic Opportunity” in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices

  By theintercept on December 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Boris Johnson’s election on December 12 hinges on the British prime minister’s promise to leave the European Union. Johnson has remade the Conservative Party, pushing out longtime party members wary of a firm break from the EU, to cast the election as a… Read More ›

• Pipeline Giant Energy Transfer and Its Private Security Contractors Face Bribery Charges in Pennsylvania

  By theintercept on December 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Security personnel working for Energy Transfer, one of the largest and most controversial oil and gas pipeline companies in the U.S., have been charged with bribery and criminal conspiracy for allegedly recruiting, hiring, and hiding payments to Pennsylvania state constables…. Read More ›

• Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don’t You Care?

  By theintercept on December 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2019. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Dear Mark Zuckerberg, What happened to you? Back in December… Read More ›

• Under Left and Right-Wing Leaders, the Amazon Has Burned. Can Latin America Reject Oil, Ranching, and Mining?

  By theintercept on December 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The chapter in Latin American history that opened in 1998 with celebrations in Venezuela has ended with a coup and violence in Bolivia. As with all tidal waves, the “pink tide” recedes to reveal a terrain transformed. The left movement… Read More ›

• Strengthen California’s Consumer Data Privacy Regulations

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  EFF and a coalition of privacy advocates have filed comments with the California Attorney General seeking strong regulations to protect consumer data privacy. The draft regulations are a good step forward, but the final regulations should go further. The California… Read More ›

• We Need To Save .ORG From Arbitrary Censorship By Halting the Private Equity Buy-Out

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The .ORG top-level domain and all of the nonprofit organizations that depend on it are at risk if a private equity firm is allowed to buy control of it. EFF has joined with over 250 respected nonprofits to oppose the… Read More ›

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