Tag: MENA
Op-ed: Egypt’s rising digital authoritarianism
Al Jazeera: Dangerously vague and overly broad legislation forms part of the wide toolkit for digital authoritarianism that violates internationally-recognised human rights principles in Egypt. They are putting women and members of feminist and LGBTQ communities at a growing risk of persecution.
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.
Open letter from Mona Seif, Egyptian human rights defender
This is an open letter from me asking for your solidarity and support. It is long, bear with me please. My name is Mona Seif, I am an Egyptian HRD.
Tunisian ISPs violate customers’ privacy
Internet service providers in Tunisia fail to protect customers’ privacy, retaining and sharing personal data with third parties without their prior knowledge or explicit consent, finds ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies and Access Now.
Harcèlement en ligne : le projet d’Access Now pour appuyer les victimes
Facebook has been bending to the will of Arab despots
Digital Security Helpline: In 2020, LGBTQ groups are facing more online harassment than ever
According to our stats so far in 2020, LGBTQ people are experiencing more incidents of online harassment, attacks on their accounts, and censorship.
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Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor-General’s office by plainclothes security forces
Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor General’s office by plainclothes security forces.
Rights groups to Facebook on Tunisia’s “disappeared” accounts: we’re still waiting for answers
After Facebook disabled 60+ accounts of Tunisian users, we and our partners wrote the company to ask why. We’re still waiting for a full and public response.