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Watch out: bad regulation of OTT services can risk your rights

11 May 2017

Force-fitting telecom-style rules onto internet content and services can have profoundly negative implications for users’ rights.

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Watch out: bad regulation of OTT services can risk your rights
11 May 2017
Watch out: bad regulation of OTT services can risk your rights
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Bloqueos de aplicaciones: una práctica abusiva en Latinoamérica

10 May 2017

Este tipo de decisiones tomadas por legisladores y jueces sin el correspondiente análisis, ponen en riesgo el ejercicio de los derechos digitales de los usuarios.

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Bloqueos de aplicaciones: una práctica abusiva en Latinoamérica
10 May 2017
Bloqueos de aplicaciones: una práctica abusiva en Latinoamérica

A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work

2 May 2017

A “bypass” operation for MLATs won’t save the patient (or protect human rights).

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A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work
2 May 2017
A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work
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Don’t miss RightsCon Brussels on March 29-31 2017

8 Mar 2017

It’s not too late to join us for the best RightsCon Summit to date.

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Don’t miss RightsCon Brussels on March 29-31 2017
8 Mar 2017
Don’t miss RightsCon Brussels on March 29-31 2017
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Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us

24 Jan 2017

We hope the troubling tale told by draft proposals for e-Privacy reform does not portend doom for the right to privacy.

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Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us
24 Jan 2017
Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us

Judge orders block of Facebook throughout Brazil over parody account

10 Oct 2016

Brazil’s economy has already lost more than $100 million dollars due to the blocking of WhatsApp. This won’t help.

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Judge orders block of Facebook throughout Brazil over parody account
10 Oct 2016
Judge orders block of Facebook throughout Brazil over parody account
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What do a fisherman, a soccer fan, and missing cattle have to do with free expression?

28 Jun 2016

From Malaysia, to Uganda, to Tanzania, there are worrying laws that can send people to jail for what they post online. Here’s how activists are pushing back.

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What do a fisherman, a soccer fan, and missing cattle have to do with free expression?
28 Jun 2016
What do a fisherman, a soccer fan, and missing cattle have to do with free expression?

Diga aos legisladores brasileiros, rejeitem o bloqueio de sites e #KeepitOn!

3 May 2016

Pela segunda vez em seis meses, um juiz brasileiro ordenou aos provedores de internet do país a bloquear o WhatsApp, cortando o acesso de 100 milhões de usuários em uma só canetada.

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Diga aos legisladores brasileiros, rejeitem o bloqueio de sites e #KeepitOn!
3 May 2016
Diga aos legisladores brasileiros, rejeitem o bloqueio de sites e #KeepitOn!

Tell Brazilian lawmakers to leave the internet alone and #KeepitOn!

3 May 2016

Brazil just shut off access to WhatsApp for 100 million users. Tell Brazilian lawmakers to drop its dangerous cybercrime bills and keep the internet on!

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Tell Brazilian lawmakers to leave the internet alone and #KeepitOn!
3 May 2016
Tell Brazilian lawmakers to leave the internet alone and #KeepitOn!

Brazil moves to block WhatsApp (again)

2 May 2016

For the second time, a judge in Brazil ordered the blocking of WhatsApp during a criminal investigation, instantly shutting off access for 100 million users.

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Brazil moves to block WhatsApp (again)
2 May 2016
Brazil moves to block WhatsApp (again)