Tag: Digital media platforms
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
4 Dec 2024
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Colonial-era laws and a global anti-rights movement are fueling LGBTQ+ repression across Africa. Access Now documented 214 threats on platforms like TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp, underscoring widespread risks.
Human rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to cease restrictions on internet freedoms and digital rights
19 May 2020
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In a joint statement, rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to lift restrictions on the right to free expression and stop curtailing free use of the internet — especially during COVID-19, when such restrictions risk human health.