Law enforcement access to data is in the middle of a profound shake-up across the globe. States are pushing to get quicker, deeper, and more invasive access to personal data stored on the global Internet, and are looking to water… Read More ›
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Brazil in 2019: Free Speech and Privacy in the Crosshairs. What Are the Threats?
Last year’s Brazilian elections were a victory for Jair Bolsonaro—a politician with highly controversial positions on the country’s past military dictatorship and civil rights. Bolsonaro’s ascent to power and the beginning of his administration in January has attracted international attention… Read More ›
Article 13 and 11 Update: Even The Compromises are Compromised In This Copyright Trainwreck
Update, January 18: EU ministers have failed to approve the compromise text—with Germany, Belgium, Poland, Sweden, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland and Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, and Portugal all voting against the current Article 13/11 proposal. Keep up the pressure! If you’re… Read More ›
UN Report Sets Forth Strong Recommendations for Companies to Protect Free Expression
“YouTube keeps deleting evidence of Syrian chemical weapon attacks” “Azerbaijani faces terrorist propaganda charge in Georgia for anti-Armenian Facebook post” “Medium Just Took Down A Post It Says Doxed ICE Employees” These are just a sampling of recent headlines relating… Read More ›
70+ Internet Luminaries Ring the Alarm on EU Copyright Filtering Proposal
Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, and Dozens of Other Computing Experts Oppose Article 13 As Europe’s latest copyright proposal heads to a critical vote on June 20-21, more than 70 Internet and computing luminaries have spoken out against a dangerous provision,… Read More ›
The EU’s Copyright Proposal is Extremely Bad News for Everyone, Even (Especially!) Wikipedia
The pending update to the EU Copyright Directive is coming up for a committee vote on June 20 or 21 and a parliamentary vote either in early July or late September. While the directive fixes some longstanding problems with EU… Read More ›
Egyptian Blogger and Activist Wael Abbas Detained
When we wrote of award-winning journalist Wael Abbas being silenced by social media platforms in February, we never suspected that those suspensions would reach beyond the internet to help silence him in real life. But, following Abbas’s detention on Wednesday by… Read More ›
Why Am I Getting All These Terms of Service Update Emails?
Anyone looking at their inbox in the last few months might think that the Internet companies have collectively returned from a term-of-service writers’ retreat. Company after company seem to have simultaneously decided that your privacy is tremendously important to them,… Read More ›
The Fate of Text and Data Mining in the European Copyright Overhaul
The current European Digital Single Market copyright negotiations involve more than just the terrible upload filter and link tax proposals that have caused so much concern—and not all of the other provisions under negotiation are harmful. We haven’t said much about the text… Read More ›
Stop Egypt’s Sweeping Ridesharing Surveillance Bill
The Egyptian government is currently debating a bill which would compel all ride-sharing companies to store any Egyptian user data within Egypt. It would also create a system that would let the authorities have real-time access to their passenger and… Read More ›