@netizenrights

A project tracking human rights related issues in the digital world: access, diversity, free speech, innovation, privacy, security.

 Fribourg, Switzerland
Joined January 2010
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden12 Nov 2019
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.
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IFEX@IFEX13 Nov 2019
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_org @FLIP_org @pen_int @netizenrights
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Edward Snowden
@Snowden9 Nov 2019
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/techn…

Spyware Maker NSO Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping (Published 2019)

Recent revelations in India show that the threat from the company’s spyware to activists and journalists isn’t limited to autocratic regimes.

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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/f… #FreedomOnTheNet
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Access Now@accessnow2 Nov 2019
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
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Access Now@accessnow21 Oct 2019
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
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EDRi@edri21 Oct 2019
EU #copyright dialogues: The next battleground to prevent #UploadFilters edri.org/eu-copyright-dialog… #FixCopyright #Article17 #StakeholderDialogues @ellajakubowska1
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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/new…

Here’s the Surveillance the US Exports to Central America as Aid - And it’s Surviving Trump’s Cuts

Picture Credit: US AID

privacyinternational.org
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump16 Oct 2019
Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador have all signed historic Asylum Cooperation Agreements and are working to end the scourge of human smuggling. To further accelerate this progress, the U.S. will shortly be approving targeted assistance in the areas of law enforcement & security.
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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-eth…

The Delicate Ethics of Using Facial Recognition in Schools

A growing number of districts are deploying cameras and software to prevent attacks. But the systems are also used to monitor students—and adult critics.

wired.com
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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
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A technical look at mobile phone extraction privacyinternational.org/lon… #mobileForensics (1/3)
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"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 @EvanSelinger and @hartzog nyti.ms/2MSM09B
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Karen Hao
@_KarenHao17 Oct 2019
IT'S HERE!!! The biggest story I’ve ever worked on. @techreview'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/61350… 1/

Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game

The US criminal legal system uses predictive algorithms to try to make the judicial process less biased. But there’s a deeper problem.

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NEW! We are launching a series on surveillance and welfare systems. Read our press release: privacyinternational.org/pre… Exclusive research on the Aspen card: privacyinternational.org/lon… Our research framework: privacyinternational.org/res…
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Access Now@accessnow16 Oct 2019
What's the status of digital rights in India? ICYMI, @accessnow 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…
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Internet censorship in #Sudan: Rethinking laws and tactics that served an authoritarian regime advox.globalvoices.org/2019/… via @Advox #NetFreedom

Internet censorship in Sudan: Rethinking laws and tactics that served an authoritarian regime

Sudan's transitional authorities have taken small steps toward improving the climate for internet freedom in the country— but these remain inadequate.

advox.globalvoices.org
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Machine learning can't flag false news, new studies show axios.com/machine-learning-c…
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Guardian news
@guardiannews16 Oct 2019
‘Digital welfare state’: Big Tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN warns theguardian.com/technology/2…

‘Digital welfare state’: big tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN is warned

UN’s rapporteur on extreme poverty says in devastating account big tech companies are being allowed to go unregulated in ‘human rights free-zones’

theguardian.com
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#Malta must establish accountability for murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Two years later, @AgnesCallamard, @davidakaye and @coe & @OSCE experts say authorities have failed to fully investigate the killing. Learn more: ow.ly/ddml50wMH4t
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China's repressive regime cracks down even harder on anonymous Internet use and free speech: qz.com/1720832/china-introdu… I have taken Germany's mandatory SIM identification policy to court to defend our right to anonymous speech (case 50001/12).
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