Ongoing #Internet #disruption in #Nepal started at 9:50 UTC/15:35 local time due to reported payment default. Disruption is visible across more than 25 ISPs.

Follow connectivity signals in Nepal in near real-time:
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Interested in learning about protest repression, digital surveillance, border control? Join us TOMORROW at Transnational Institute's Digital Capitalism Course (free and online)! With
Ben Hayes from AWO and Marwa Fatafta مروة فطافطة
from Access Now, moderated by Chris from Statewatch

Saudi Arabia must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison because of her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights. theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

Thanks to everyone who attended the book launch online today and in person at Institute of Development Studies. You can download the electronic version free here from Bloomsbury Collections. #DigitalRights bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

With the escalating crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses + around the world, check out our digital resilience tipsheet we compiled with SMEX for protestors and activists to stay safe online.

Protect yourself + your online information:
accessnow.org/guide/staying-…

Are you passionate about documenting research on #DigitalID in Africa? Contribute a chapter to the sixth title in African Digital Rights Network's series of #DigitalAfrica books published by Zed Books. Tony Roberts and I look forward to receiving your expression of interest before June 14, 2024!

Catch us at the g0v Summit 2024!

We’ll discuss all things digital: rights, harms, resilience, and more, so mark your calendars + join our experts in Taipei.

Find more about the g0v.tw | 台灣零時政府 Summit + where to find us. ⬇️ #g0vSummit2024
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It is long overdue: stop exam-related internet shutdowns across MENA for good!

Every year, millions are affected by exam-related internet shutdowns, and as the 2024 exam season approaches, we, along with SMEX + @Internetsociety, demand #NoExamShutdown !

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.Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday that the Burkinabe authorities should immediately lift the suspension of BBC Africa and Voice of America and reverse the directive seeking to control local outlets’ coverage. #BurkinaFaso
cpj.org/?p=382888 BBC News Afrique VOA Africa

Set a new standard in Togo, President Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBÉ! Implementing internet shutdowns during national events violates human rights!

As people head to the polls for elections, we demand unhindered internet access + respect for human rights. #KeepItOn
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We have finished the transcript of our 3rd book 'Digital Surveillance in Africa: power, agency & rights' and we're busy drafting two others books: 'Internet Shutdowns in Africa' with Felicia Anthonio from #KeepItOn Access Now & 'Feminist Digital Citizenship in Africa' w/Tanja Bosch

Internet disruptions during elections must not become the norm in Pakistan!

Yesterday, authorities switched off internet access on election day for the second time in 2024, despite local + international criticism of the shutdown imposed by PTA during the Feb 8 polls.

#AfricTivistes appelle le président Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBÉ à ne pas promulguer cette Constitution adoptée après une confiscation du droit de vote.

Nous restons solidaires du peuple togolais et condamnons fermement toute action visant à entraver la souveraineté populaire et les libertés…

Unimaginable loss. Our world in 2023. Our world in 2024.

mohammed jad salem from @reuters photo wins World Press Photo of the Year.

It shows Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradling the body of her niece Saly (5) who was killed, along with her mother and sister, when an Israeli missile struck…

Where to find Access Now at #DRIF24 ! ⬇️