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Mahyar EstekiWould you like to use or contribute to an open project whose analysis is freely available to users and developers?This is how we work at the Horizon Research Project. Follow and support us.<a href="https://github.com/mahyaresteki/Horizon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/mahyaresteki/Horizon</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HorizonProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HorizonProject</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthicalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicalTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a>

Anselmo Lucio<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Alemania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alemania</a> | Markus <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Beckedahl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beckedahl</a> funda el Centro para los Derechos Digitales y la Democracia - El fundador de netzpolitik.org quiere responder rápidamente a las comunicaciones de las grandes tecnológicas con una nueva ONG que defienda los derechos digitales fundamentales, dando así voz a la sociedad civil. <a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/zivilgesellschaft-markus-beckedahl-gruendet-zentrum-fuer-digitalrechte-und-demokratie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netzpolitik.org/2025/zivilgesellschaft-markus-beckedahl-gruendet-zentrum-fuer-digitalrechte-und-demokratie/</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalrights</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/activismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activismo</a>

disconnectcollective6/6 💡 "Campaigning enables survivors to regain control where it's been taken from them." Supporting organizations working for digital accountability. Technology isn't neutral - it's designed. We can demand better design. Transforming digital noise into meaningful dialogue <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineHarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineHarms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisconnectCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisconnectCollective</a>

FlokiNETIf “I have nothing to hide” is your whole privacy strategy... we need to talk.<a href="https://flokinet.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillancecapitalism</a> <a href="https://flokinet.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalrights</a>

WinbuzzerMeta Says it Halved Takedown Errors After Moderation-Policy Shift<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContentModeration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransparencyReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransparencyReport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlatformSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlatformSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/30/meta-says-it-halved-takedown-errors-after-moderation-policy-shift-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/30/meta-says-it-halved-takedown-errors-after-moderation-policy-shift-xcxwbn/</a>

Digital Intelligence CongressOfficial Digital Intelligence Congress website is live! <a href="https://dicongress.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dicongress.org</a> Legislation, ethics, education, DI registry, publications and full TOP-DID – all open source. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalintelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openscience</a>

Akshay“An AI version of Gayanne Potter's voice is being used on Scotland’s trains – but she has told Sky News she had no idea until a friend called her”Is this even legal? <a href="https://news.sky.com/video/womans-voice-used-as-artificial-intelligence-train-announcer-without-her-knowing-13375688" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.sky.com/video/womans-voice-used-as-artificial-intelligence-train-announcer-without-her-knowing-13375688</a><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a>

WinbuzzerAI Experts Demand UK Action on Facial Recognition Governance<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FacialRecognition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIethics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Regulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIgovernance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/29/ai-experts-demand-uk-action-on-facial-recognition-governance-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/29/ai-experts-demand-uk-action-on-facial-recognition-governance-xcxwbn/</a>

Mahyar EstekiHave you ever thought about resolving the conflict between increasing productivity and improving employee satisfaction in technology companies?We are focused on this issue at the Horizon Research Project. Support and follow us.<a href="https://github.com/mahyaresteki/Horizon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/mahyaresteki/Horizon</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HorizonProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HorizonProject</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthicalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicalTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a>

disconnectcollective⚠️ Reality check: Despite Spain's efforts, only 36% believe EU protects digital rights (-13% from 2023). Technical sovereignty ≠ citizen agency. Need tech serving people, not states. <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/spain-2024-digital-decade-country-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/spain-2024-digital-decade-country-report</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisconnectCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisconnectCollective</a>

Michaël | HouseStationLive.comTHE INCREDIBLE REASON HOUSE STATION LIVE CHANGED SERVERS Or a survival guide for e-businesses facing bans or legal disputes with a platformFor nearly two years, we watched our entire platform become invisible. Not because of bad content, policy violations, or lack of effort... but because of a silent algorithmic shadowban. We had no warnings, no appeals, and no answers. Worse: under YouTube’s terms of service, any legal dispute must be handled in a U.S. court (even if you're based in France and pay taxes there). This is how global platforms sidestep national laws... and why creators are left legally unprotected in their own countries. ¯_ PART ONE – WHEN A SHADOWBAN SHUTS DOWN YOUR BUSINESS ¯_ Two years ago, we left Dedibox, a French hosting company we judged incapable of meeting even our most basic expectations in terms of customer service. In a field as critical as data hosting, the professionalism of the technical support team cannot be optional... it must be the company's showcase, the reassuring human face you turn to when something goes wrong. This pursuit of reliability led us to GoDaddy, based in Arizona, whose configuration tools, WordPress diagnostics, interface design, and especially their technically skilled support team had earned our trust... far beyond the empty promises of typical commercial discourse. But everything collapsed suddenly, swept away by a digital catastrophe we didn’t see coming. A brutal, invisible blow: the shadowban. House Station Live was ghosted (to use the terminology of our virtual assistant, GPT). Disappeared from search results, ignored by YouTube recommendations, erased from the Android Play Store. For eighteen months, despite heavy investments and extensive testing in formats, lengths, languages, thumbnails, titles, even hosts, nothing changed. Every video was locked between 20 and 30 views. We were trapped in that narrow range, with no human contact, no way to file a complaint, and no hope of improvement.Facing this algorithmic wall, we made the only logical decision: open an investigation and build a legal case. Not to prove a “perfect crime” but to demonstrate that even the most opaque algorithms leave traces. During this inquiry, we came across a particularly disturbing fact: according to YouTube’s terms of use, any dispute must be brought before a U.S. judge. It doesn’t matter that you are based in France, targeting a French audience, or that French law requires foreign companies to have a legal presence in the country... Google circumvents this by distinguishing between headquarters, local offices, and legal jurisdiction. The result is clear: you are automatically excluded from the protection of your own legal system. This system is so airtight that very few individuals or businesses attempt legal action against Google. The GAFAM is protected by a lethal triad: algorithmic opacity, extraterritorial legal shielding, and the complicity of a U.S. government that views tech giants as national pride (even strategic weapons in the global information war). While France leaves its citizens exposed and helpless against digital abuse, the United States has conquered the Internet on a global scale by imposing its law as if it were sovereign territory.To illustrate just how absurd and dangerous this has become, let’s take the example of music licensing. Every month, House Station Live pays royalties to SACEM, the French government’s music rights agency. In return, we are legally authorized to broadcast commercial works, provided we submit monthly playlists so that royalties can be fairly distributed to artists. In theory, everything is legal and in order. But the United States has its own system: the DMCA. And if you stream House Station Live through any platform based in the U.S. (like GoDaddy, YouTube, etc.), you are automatically subject to U.S. law, even if your legal entity is based in France. France, in turn, declares itself incompetent in such cases because the “crime scene” is legally located on American soil, where the servers are hosted. So the SACEM fee we pay offers zero protection, neither domestically nor abroad... where we’re treated like pirates. Imagine buying a product from a foreign website: you pay the foreign VAT, a currency conversion fee, and then the French customs tax. Three layers of taxation. A 30 € item ends up costing you 150 €. That’s digital over-taxation. And the same applies to our royalties.Worse still, the U.S. considers you to be operating on their soil the moment your server is physically located there... regardless of where you are based, where your company is registered, or what contracts you’ve signed with your local rights agencies. Even if your SACEM contract is supposedly international, it offers you no protection in this skewed legal context. The U.S. has simply annexed the Internet, claimed it as their jurisdiction, and imposed their extraterritorial laws on the rest of the world (without any international mandate or global consent). ¯_ ||<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLdiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HSLdiary</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HSLpartners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HSLpartners</a><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Shadowban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shadowban</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DMCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMCA</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FrenchTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchTech</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AlgorithmBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlgorithmBias</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/GoogleAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoogleAbuse</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/PlatformAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlatformAbuse</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a>

TEDICFirst Approval of the Personal Data Protection Law in ParaguayThe bill identified as file D-2162170, titled “Protection of Personal Data in Paraguay”, was introduced on May 5, 2021, by a group of national deputies. This legislative initiative is the result of an extensive collaborative process led by the Personal Data C<a href="https://www.tedic.org/en/first-approval-of-the-personal-data-protection-law-in-paraguay/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tedic.org/en/first-approval-of-the-personal-data-protection-law-in-paraguay/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PersonalData</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paraguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paraguay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PersonalData</a>

APC>>> Weaponization of data and AI has fueled widespread job precarity, misinformation, war crimes and environmental crises. Our autonomy, shared humanity and the well-being of the planet are under siege.We need Digital Justice, Now!----> Our call to action: <a href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/digital-justice-now-call-action-wsis20-and-beyond" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/digital-justice-now-call-action-wsis20-and-beyond</a> This statement is also available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean and Bulgarian. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalJustice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSIS20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WSIS20</a>

Electronic Frontiers AustraliaRegulator and lawmakers around the world are finally targeting organisations that use <a href="https://aus.social/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkpatterns</a> to manipulate consumers into using products or services.Chandni Gupta, Deputy CEO of the Consumer Policy Research Centre (and friend of EFA) has wrapped up some fantastic research on this issue. Chandni met with scores of regulators, enforcement agencies, consumer advocacy groups and choice architecture experts in the US, UK, Singapore and India about dark patterns and how they regulate them.Case in point is Amazon's Project Iliad, a process designed to make it harder for customers to cancel their Prime membership. How? By making the process so needlessly complex that many users would give up and abandon the form.Chandni writes that Australia is falling behind on protecting citizens from dark patterns. Legislating consumer potections against dark patterns is vital to protect us from manipulation of our behaviour and choices online.Read the CPRC report: <a href="https://cprc.org.au/report/made-to-manipulate-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cprc.org.au/report/made-to-manipulate-report</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amazon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/iliad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iliad</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalrights</a>

Lojie"The EU is once again trying to erode citizens' right to digital privacy" - but the proposal is open to feedbackfrom us European citizens here: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-_en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-_en</a> Current status is that 2808 people have added their comments so far. Go ahead, leave yours!"Impact assessment on retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings" Feedback period: 21 May 2025 - 18 June 2025(You may use your own native language.)Thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Devijand" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Devijand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/dataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataPrivacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataprotection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Datenschutz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Privatsphaere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privatsphaere</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a>

Hacker NewsCory Doctorow on how we lost the internet<a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1021871/4bec46993258f6b7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1021871/4bec46993258f6b7/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LostTheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LostTheInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnologyDiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnologyDiscussion</a>

FreezenetCanada’s Throne Speech Leaves Digital Innovation BehindCanada's digital innovators have taken numerous hits. Canada's throne speech appears to have further shafted them.<a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/canadas-throne-speech-leaves-digital-innovation-behind/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freezenet.ca/canadas-throne-speech-leaves-digital-innovation-behind/</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Business</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ThroneSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThroneSpeech</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Syria was once described as “one of the most dangerous places to use the internet in the world.” Under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, every online step carried risk: deep-packet inspection to facilitate surveillance and “analyze and control the activities of Syrian Internet users,” blocked websites to control the flow of information, and detention of activists, journalists, and even ordinary citizens for their online speech and activities.With the regime’s fall in late 2024, Syrians see an opportunity for a free, safe, and open web: a virtual space for civil society, entrepreneurs, students, and families long torn apart by war. Yet there are significant challenges ahead. Half of Syria’s infrastructure is “destroyed or rendered dysfunctional,” including its communication networks. This destruction is compounded by decades-long stifling sanctions that not only choke Syrians and hinder humanitarian assistance, but also bar reconstruction and economic recovery, including the export of telecom and dual-use equipment. Last week, the new U.S. administration suddenly announced its intention to lift its sanctions on Syria, and earlier this week, the EU followed suit, announcing that it would remove all economic sanctions. These welcome developments are critical first steps toward letting Syrians reclaim their digital future. Connectivity underpins humanitarian assistance, open and connected spaces, economy, governance, and people’s ability to enjoy their human, social, and economic rights. (...) However, rebuilding Syria’s internet requires not only hardware restoration and sanctions relief, but also policy overhaul. In this blog post, we outline the legacy of Syria’s digital repression and highlight some of the technical and legal challenges the transitional government must overcome to cut ties with the past, and deliver a free and open internet for all Syrians."<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/syria-sanctions-digital-future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/syria-sanctions-digital-future/</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalRepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRepression</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>

Mika @ Barking Justice MusicGrateful to be featured by Fourth Wave for our exposé on digital censorship and women’s reproductive freedom. In a post-Roe era, what isn’t said is just as dangerous as what is.🔗 Read: <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/how-digital-censorship-is-destroying-womens-reproductive-lifelines-db716bfcf748" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/fourth-wave/how-digital-censorship-is-destroying-womens-reproductive-lifelines-db716bfcf748</a>Let’s talk about why this matters. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReproJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproJustice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BarkingJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BarkingJustice</a>

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