What's the status of digital rights in India? ICYMI, Access Now examined actions in Parliament over the past 5 years. As we prepare analysis of the current session, take a look back: accessnow.org/review-of-acti…

China's repressive regime cracks down even harder on anonymous Internet use and free speech: qz.com/1720832/china-… I have taken Germany's mandatory SIM identification policy to court to defend our right to anonymous speech (case 50001/12).

Machine learning can't flag false news, new studies show axios.com/machine-learni…

‘Digital welfare state’: Big Tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN warns theguardian.com/technology/201…

#Malta must establish accountability for murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Two years later, Agnes Callamard, David Kaye and Council of Europe & OSCE experts say authorities have failed to fully investigate the killing. Learn more: ow.ly/ddml50wMH4t

Internet censorship in #Sudan: Rethinking laws and tactics that served an authoritarian regime advox.globalvoices.org/2019/10/15/int… via Advox #NetFreedom

IT'S HERE!!! The biggest story I’ve ever worked on. MIT Technology Review's very first interactive ever, which walks through a concrete example of AI bias, and why it’s so much more complicated than initially meets the eye. technologyreview.com/s/613508/ai-fa… 1/

NEW! We are launching a series on surveillance and welfare systems. Read our press release: privacyinternational.org/press-release/… Exclusive research on the Aspen card: privacyinternational.org/long-read/3259… Our research framework: privacyinternational.org/researching-so…

"We must ban facial recognition in both public and private sectors, before we grow so dependent on it that we accept its inevitable harms as necessary for 'progress,'" write Evan Selinger and Woodrow Hartzog nyti.ms/2MSM09B

Terrified parents are sold this algorithmic snake oil on the promise it will keep their kids safe. It won’t. like the “miracle tonics” of old, school #FacialRecognition is proven to only do one thing: cost a fortune. We don’t need balance, we need a ban. wired.com/story/delicate…

A technical look at mobile phone extraction privacyinternational.org/long-read/3256… #mobileForensics (1/3)

Speaking one's language is a human right. But 40% of the world’s 6,700 spoken languages are in danger of disappearing, and many of them belong to indigenous peoples. Learn how this trend can be reversed. ow.ly/wIfg50wOvum

People have a basic right to understand & help shape any digital identity program they are being enrolled into. As governments implement biometric identifiers around the world, we must first ask #WhyID? accessnow.org/whyid-statemen… #WorldBank #ID4D

EU #copyright dialogues: The next battleground to prevent #UploadFilters edri.org/eu-copyright-d… #FixCopyright #Article17 #StakeholderDialogues Ella Jakubowska

Much of this 'assistance' involves using aid money to fund surveillance, including wiretapping tech, IMSI Catchers, phone forensics, predictive policing, biometrics, drones etc. See our analysis from earlier this year privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/…

If you have trouble connecting to the internet in #HongKong, here’s a list of #VPN tools that can help. You can also contact our Digital Security Helpline for assistance. accessnow.org/help/ #KeepItOn

Internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year. What was once a liberating technology has become a conduit for surveillance & electoral manipulation. Read now 👉 "Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media" freedomonthenet.org/report/freedom… #FreedomOnTheNet

Governments claim they hack people to prevent "crime and terrorism," but @NYTimes finds even democracies are now routinely hacking "human rights activists, journalists, religious leaders and dissidents." An important story, and perhaps a final warning: nytimes.com/2019/11/09/tec…

If you're a tech journalist, you should be digging into the story behind what's going on behind the curtain here. This is not appropriate for a company claiming to provide a secure messenger -- claims a large number of human rights defenders relied on -- and we need facts.

Pegasus is a spyware created for mobile devices which transforms a cellphone into a mobile surveillance station. It's very hard to detect, but if you think you've been targeted, here's what to do ow.ly/Bfdt30pSedm SEENPM Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) PEN International Netizen Rights