Tag: Censorship
Hate Speech on Facebook Is Pushing Ethiopia Dangerously Close to a Genocide
Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change.
Have questions about internet shutdowns? Kill Switch has answers
Why aren’t internet shutdowns illegal? Are there ways to bypass them? Can we fight internet shutdowns in court? Does anyone see a way to end shutdowns, once and for all? Kill Switch podcast has the answers.
Myanmar: drop charges against activist poet Maung Saungkha
The Myanmar authorities should immediately drop the charge against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha.
Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
Lawmakers must reject a bill to give the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones — a lifeline of information, communication, and documentation — from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention.
Myanmar: dismiss all charges against activists for challenging year-long internet shutdown
Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing “unlawful” protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states.
Egypt grapples with women’s freedoms online as #MeToo re-emerges
A TikTok criminal? See if your internet activity would risk jail in Egypt
In Egypt, simply posting a TikTok video can be dangerous. Take this quiz to learn how Egyptian authorities are criminalizing ordinary online activities.
Young and having harmless fun: Egypt must drop charges against women TikTok influencers
Amplifying its clampdown on freedom of expression online, the Egyptian government is on a campaign to arrest and prosecute women influencers on the emerging social media platform TikTok.
