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Digitale Rechte in Chiles neuer VerfassungDigitale Auweise & Datenschutz in Staaten am persischen GolfInterview mit Professor Tobias Hagmann zu Daten in SomaliaChileDW: Tote bei Protesten in Chiletaz: Weg frei für neue VerfassungDW: Was die neue Verfassung Chile bringen - und nehmen - könnteteleSURtv.net: Propuestas para la nueva Constitución de ChileConvención Constitutional: Pleno Citaciones Actabbcl: Una Constitución para Chileelciudadano.com: Presentan proyecto de norma constitucional para consagrar derechos digitales y protección de datos en la nueva Carta MagnaGolfstaatenSMEX: The Digital ID Landscape in the GCC: A Mapping of Programs, Regulations, and Human Rights RisksSomaliaSomali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country's privatised knowledge economyRoskilde University: Tobias Hagmann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shutdowns & Sperren in ZentralasienGründerin verkauft nigerianisches Unternehmen für InternetkabelDie Rolle chinesischer Firmen beim 5G-Bau in ZypernChinaSixth Tone: Weibo Shuts Down User Accounts for ‘Gender Opposition'Sixth Tone: Hygiene Product Donation Drive Puts Frontline Females FirstSixth Tone: Netizen Outrage Sparks Sexual Harassment Investigation雷斯林: 她们为什么对墨茶打拳China Central Television: 西安发布关于对“地铁保安拖拽女乘客”调查处理的通报Tadschikistan, Usbekistan, TurkmenistanAccess Now: What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central AsiaEurasianet: Standoff in eastern Tajikistan ends peacefullyEurasianet: Tajikistan: Testy demonstrations in the Pamirs drag into third dayAsia-Plus: Lack of Internet access causes serious problems for residents of GBAOEurasianet: Uzbekistan: Outraged netizens win partial victory over social media blocksTurkmen.news: Цифровое усиление. В Туркменистане более недели не работают сервисы VPNNigeriaQuartz Africa: A founder who's been pivotal to the Nigerian startup scene will sell her company for $320 millionTechCrunch: MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right priceArise News: Funke Opeke, Judith Gardiner Throw Light on Equinix Acquisition of MainOneZypernBalkan Insights: Data Dominance: In Cyprus, a Chinese Outpost inside the EUAl Jazeera: The Cyprus Papers Undercover Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gesichtserkennung in MacauHuawei-Middleboxes und wofür sie genutzt werdenDatenschutz in UgandaGhanaFairwork Foundation: Out now! First round of fairness ratings for the Ghanaian platform economyMacauBiometric Update: Macau expands facial recognition on surveillance system used in one-third of investigationsBiometric Update: Macau to collect biometric data from all visitors to fight identity fraudBiometric Update: Facial recognition systems for police advance in Dubai, Macau, but not Birmingham, ALMacau Business: ‘Eyes in the Sky' surveillance system used in more than a third of criminal investigations – Secretary for SecurityGGRAsia: Macau govt wants to gather visitor biometric, hotel infoChina et al.Committee to Protect Journalists: How China's Huawei technology is being used to censor news halfway across the worldTop10VPN: China's Surveillance State: A Global ProjectUgandaUnwanted Witness: Privacy Scorecard Report 2021Unwanted Witness: Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport SystemNational Information Technology Authority Uganda: Investigation reportPrivacy International: A win for Unwanted Witness: Uganda's data protection authority finds ride sharing app unlawfully disclosed personal data to third partiestechcabal: Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data?Quartz Africa: Uganda's banks have been plunged into chaos by a mobile money fraud hackPML Daily: Billions go missing as hackers break into mobile money system; Airtel, MTN, Stanbic, and several financial institutions affected Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Verschwindende Zeitungsartikel in KaschmirCommunity-Netzwerke in NamibiaEine Excel-Funktion des türkischen MilitärsBrasilienObservacom: Brasil: Coalición Derechos en la Red apoya proyecto de ley que obliga a transparencia y debido proceso a plataformas digitalesElectronic Frontier Foundation: Brazil's Fake News Bill: Perils and Flaws of Expanding Existent Data Retention Obligationsveja: ONG pede urgência em votação do PL das Fake News na Câmarateletime: Novo relatório do PL das Fake News garante composição multissetorial do CGItelesintese: Orlando Silva faz alterações na proposta do PL das Fake NewsIndienCoda Story: Kashmir's vanishing newspaper archivesNamibiaAssociation for Progressive Communications: Connecting the Unconnected: Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiativesAssociation for Progressive Communications: Seeding change: Creating a digital community network with the Ju|'hoan people in NamibiaAssociation for Progressive Communications: Kenya adopts community networks licensing frameworkOpenNet Africa: Bridging Africa's Digital Divide: The Rise of Community InternetNicola J. Bildwell, Masbulele Jay Siya: Situating Asynchronous Voice in Rural AfricaTürkeiStatewatch: Algorithmic persecution in Turkey's post-coup crackdown: The FETÖ-Meter system Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

50% des Facebook-Messenger Traffics kommt aus KambodschaRoaminggebühren und Cloud-Training in KamerunMailchimp sperrte vorübergehend kubanische MedienaccountsPhilippinenNikkei Asia: Philippines cracks down on 'text blaster' sales as election loomsBusiness Mirror: Comelec bans online microtargeting of voters in 2022 electionsManila Bulletin: Academics launch network vs disinformation, fraud amid election seasonInquirer.net: Educators to fact-check candidates and supporters, flaf revisionistsKambodschaRest of World: Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger's total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here's whyKhmer Times: PM Hun Sen expresses his annoyance over his leaked voice messageDatareportal: Digital 2021 CambodiaAsiafoundation.org: Mobile Phones and Internet Use in Cambodia 2016KamerunOsiris: Présente à la réunion des Régulateurs télécoms à Douala, l'ARPCE s'engage aussi à supprimer les tarifs de roaming en zone CEMACAgence d'Information d'Afrique centrale: Téléphonie mobile : les opérateurs congolais tenus de supprimer des frais de roamingDigital Business: Alphonse Nafack : « J'ai fait en sorte que le Cameroun soit le premier pays africain à signer un partenariat avec Google »Tech_HQ: Beware the one-way street of Big Cloud trainingKubaRest of World: Mailchimp temporarily banned Cuban media outletsInternet Archive: Mailchimp Terms of Use Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Und Desinformation in KeniaKeine Twitter-Trends und noch kein zweiter Internet-Anbieter in ÄthiopienChile beteiligt Bürger*innen bei Strategie für Künstliche IntelligenzIndonesienAssociation for Progressive Communications: Of social discipline and control: The impact of fake news and disinformation on minorities in IndonesiaKeniaGlobal Voices: Behind the success of the Kenyan Twitter disinformation campaign to discredit the Pandora PapersBBC: Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family's secret assets exposed by leakafricanews: Did Kenya's press go mute after Pandora exposé on Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta?ÄthiopienQuartz Africa: Twitter and Facebook are getting caught up in Ethiopia's conflictDeveloping Telecoms: Safaricom employee exit adds to Ethiopian telecoms uncertaintyDeveloping Telecoms: Second attempt to sell second licence begins in EthiopiaDeveloping Telecoms: Partial privatisation of Ethio Telecom gets under wayChileemol: Presentan primera política de Inteligencia Artificial: Busca impulsar y beneficiar el desarrollo sostenibleDerechos Digitales: La política nacional de Inteligencia Artificial chilena y su proceso de participación ciudadanaDerechos Digitales: Consideraciones críticas sobre el borrador de la Política Nacional de Inteligencia ArtificialChilenisches Wissenschaftsministerium: Consulta Pública de Inteligencia Artificial Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bangladesch arbeitet an DatenschutzgesetzIran organisiert Verwaltung des Internets neuInternet-Shutdown im SudanPakistanPakistan Press Foundation: The Islamabad High Court terms TikTok ban as violation of constitutional rightsDigital Rights Monitor: Ban on TikTok is apparently a violation of constitutional law, says Islamabad High CourtDawn: PTA again blocks TikTok, says action taken over failure to remove 'inappropriate content'Pakistan Press Foundation: Information Technology Ministry notifies rules to regulate social media platformsBangladeschGlobal Voices: Bangladesh's upcoming Data Protection Act may suppress, not protect, citizens rightsUNB: Draft of data privacy and localization law is prepared: PalakThe Daily Star: With a new data protection act on the cards, time for a reality checkNew Age: TIB concerned over draft law to protect personal dataIranPeivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهدPeivast: طرح صیانت، وزارت ارتباطات و سازمان تنظیم مقررات را بی‌‌اختیار می‌کندPeivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهدPeivast: رضا تقی‌پور رئیس کمیسیون مشترک بررسی طرح صیانت شدSudanNetblocks: Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attemptQuartz: Sudan shuts down the internet after a military coupMiddle East Eye: Sudan coup 2021: Internet 'severely disrupted' after military takeoverDFR Lab: Sudanese Facebook network promoting paramilitary group removed month before coup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fehlender Datenschutz bei digitalem Ausweis in KeniaBezahlter Menstruationsurlaub für Gig-Arbeiterinnen in IndienWelche Länder Signal sperrenArgentinienDerechos Digitales: No bombardeen Buenos Aires: reconocimiento facial en CABA hoyFundación Vía Libre: Vía libre se presenta como amigo del tribunal contra el reconocimiento facial en Buenos AiresKeniaBusiness Daily: High Court declares Huduma Namba illegal The Standard: Courts declare Huduma Namba invalidMedianama: Landmark ruling finds Kenya's government illegally rolled out Aadhaar-like biometric IDtechweez: Huduma Number Ruled lllegal, This Is What Should Be DoneBiometric Update: Kenya's Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warnsIndienMedianama: Swiggy will give female delivery workers paid period time-off, but gig workers still have little flexibilityNew Indian Express: Swiggy introduces two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for female delivery partnersTrak.in: Swiggy Gives 2-Day Paid Period Leave To Female Delivery Partners Every MonthIran, China, Kuba, UsbekistanOONI: How countries attempt to block Signal Private Messenger App around the worldAl Jazeera: Iran blocks Signal messaging app after WhatsApp exodusNBC: Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in ChinaNBC: As Cubans protest, government cracks down on internet access and messaging apps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phishing-Angriff auf Menschenrechtler in TogoWem gehören Daten in Somalia?Griechische Lieferfahrer*innen verhindern ScheinselbstständigkeitPhishing-Angriff auf Menschenrechtler in TogoWem gehören Daten in Somalia?Griechische Lieferfahrer*innen verhindern ScheinselbstständigkeitIndienMedianama: Urban Company cedes some ground to workers pushing for better pay and working conditionsAll India Gig Workers Union: On the issues and demands of Urban Company Partners in Delhi NCRIndian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers: Press ReleaseUrban Company: Empowering Service Partners to become Micro-EntrepreneursEconomic Times: Urban Company, hit by protests, promises to enhance partners' earningsNDTV: Urban Company Hikes Service Prices, Cuts Commissions To Improve Partner EarningsTogoAmnesty International: Togo: Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: Activist in Togo attacked with Indian-made spywareOpenNet Africa: Togo: Prominent Activist Targeted With Indian-made Spyware Linked to Notorious Hacker GroupOSIRIS: Togo : Des cybermercenaires ont tenté d'espionner un défenseur des droits humains, selon AmnestySomaliaData Rights Africa: Digital data in Somalia: capture, usage, and protectionSomali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country's privatised knowledge economyGriechenlandPRIN: A victorious workers' struggle in GreecePRIN: E-food: Κόκκινο ποτάμι πλημμύρισε την Αθήνα (φωτό-βίντεο)Greek Reporter: Greek Delivery Giant Efood Faces Major Backlash Over Worker's Rights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigerias Twitter-Sperre könnte bald vorbei sein, mal wiederRussland will seine Jugend schützenPartei in Rumänien betreibt Fake-NachrichtenseitenKolumbienR3D: Consejo Asesor de Facebook ordena a la red social restaurar un vídeo con insultos al presidente de ColombiaHiperderecho: Normas comunitarias e interés público: ¿qué ha dicho el Consejo Asesor de Contenido de Facebook?R3D: Instagram atribuye eliminación de publicaciones sobre protestas en Colombia a fallo en actualizaciónNigeriaSahara Reporters: Twitter Has Apologised To Buhari Regime With A Promise To Follow Orders – Attorney-General Tells CourtTechCabal: Nigeria's President gives conditions to be met before lifting Twitter banSahara Reporters: Group Rejects Conditional Lifting Of Twitter Ban By BuhariSahara Reporters: Breaking: Buhari Orders Conditional Lifting Of Twitter BanNetblocks: Cost of Shutdown ToolSahara Reporters: ECOWAS Court Adjourns Judgment On Nigeria's Twitter Ban To January 2022Punch: Ban a win-win for Nigeria and Twitter, says presidential aideRusslandThe Moscow Times: Russia Develops Tech for Monitoring 'Deviant' BehaviorThe Moscow Times: Rare Campus Massacre Shakes Russian CityRT: Inspiration for Perm massacre? Music of rapper Morgenshtern encourages teenagers to ‘commit violent acts,' Russian official claimsiolent ActsRumänienBalkan Insight: In ‘Echo-Chambers' of Nationalist Romanian Party, Russia's Favourite Narrativesrecorder: Cum a ajuns AUR a patra forță politică din România Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinesische Verträge mit VenezuelaÜberwachung und ihre Konsequenzen in AfrikaDie Diskussion um Sexarbeit in ThailandTürkeiNordic Monitor: Turkey uses facial recognition to spy on millions, secretly investigates unsuspecting citizensNordic Monitor: Secure messaging app Signal has been effectively criminalized in TurkeyEuropean Court of Human Rights: Pre-trial detention of an applicant suspected of belonging to the organisation FETÖ/PDY on account of his use of the ByLock messaging application: violationof the ConventionVenezuelaGlobal Voices: Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?United Nations Human Rights Council: Ending Internet shutdowns: a path forwardHispanTV: Venezuela y China optan por profundizar su asociación estratégicaTalCual: EEUU sanciona a empresa china por el «bloqueo» a internet en VenezuelaCiudadCCS: Venezuela y China revisan aspectos clave de cooperación entre ambas nacionesLa Gran Aldea: ¿Apunta Nicolás Maduro al Estado Vigilante?Transparencia Venezuela: Vendata: Opacidad privó en acuerdos suscritos entre Venezuela y ChinaReuters: Como ZTE ayuda a Venezuela a implementar un control social al estilo chinoAfrikaCIPESA: How State Surveillance is Stifling Democratic Participation in Africa: State of Internet Freedom in Africa Study FindingsThailandBangkok Post: Green light for red lightsBengkok Post: Let's Talk About PornBangkok Post: Warning for young Thais over porn clipsThe Thaiger: Police raid pornography shoot at Pattaya home, 5 people arrestedThai Examiner: Government reviewing prostitution laws, public consultations expected in 2021 amid reform calls from workersDevdiscourse: Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitutionBangkok Jack: New calls to legalise prostitution in ThailandPattaya Today: Calls in Thailand to give sex workers one official legal status are getting stronger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wikipedia sperrt chinesische Administrator*innenViele, viele Datenlecks in ThailandWas Weibo Dir sagt, wenn es Dich zensiertNamibiaAfrica Freedom of Information Centre: Namibia: Access to Information Bill ResubmittedACTION Namibia Coalition: What would an ATI law mean for Namibia?Namibia Fact Check: TIMELINE: Namibia's journey to an access to information lawCentre for Law and Democracy: Namibia. Analysis of the Access to Information BillThe Herald: Namibia tables Bill on access to informationAllAfrica: Namibia: Media Want Enactment of Access to Information LawAllAfrica: Namibia: Access to Information Bill ResubmittedChinaWikimedia: Regarding a series of serious office actionsHong Kong Free Press: Wikipedia wars: How Hongkongers and mainland Chinese are battling to set the narrativeHong Kong Free Press: Exclusive: Wikipedia bans 7 mainland Chinese power users over ‘infiltration and exploitation' in unprecedented clampdownBBC: Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bansGlobal Times: Wikipedia's neutrality ‘hugely impaired' after ban on Chinese mainland users: WMC insiderGlobal Voices: Behind Chinese Wikipedia user ban: threats, verbal attacks and election canvassingThailandNikkei Asia: Thailand's cybersecurity negligence causes personal data breachesThe Register: Database containing personal info on 106m people who traveled to Thailand found open to the internet – reportReuters: Thailand passes internet security law decried as 'cyber martial law'Bangkok Post: NT, GBDi join hands to launch national healthcare databaseBangkok Post: The great data robberyThai Post: NT จับมือ GBDi เปิดตัวระบบ Health Link วางเป้าเชื่อมข้อมูลประวัติการรักษาจากโรงพยาบาล 100 แห่งBangkok Post: Thailand climbs in digital indexManushya Foundation: Release: Internet Freedom Remained Under Threat in ThailandChinaChina Digital Times: Error 20021: Crowdsourced Report on the Varied Methods of Weibo Censorship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kartellstrafe gegen Google in SüdkoreaRussland sperrt Seite gegen JobsAnti-Doxxing-Gesetz in HongkongMyanmarReuters: Norway's Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta's pressure on surveillance techNikkei Asia: Telenor's Myanmar sell-off mired in uncertaintyFrontier Myanmar: Stay or go? Telenor's Myanmar dilemmaThe Diplomat: Norway's Telenor Sells Myanmar Telecoms Operation to Lebanese FirmReuters: Telenor quits Myanmar with $105 mln sale to Lebanon's M1 GroupThe Irrawaddy: Scores of Rights, Media Groups Urge Telenor to Halt Sale of Myanmar BusinessThe Irrawaddy: More Than 400 Myanmar Civil Groups Say Telenor Sale Breaks OECD RulesAccess Now: Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coupSüdkoreaMedianama: South Korea's latest decision on Google frees rival companies to modify Android OSBloomberg: South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone DominanceRusslandGlobal Voices: Russia blocks popular website for worker complaintsAnarchistische Groep Amsterdam: Interview with the team behind antijob.netGlobal Voices: Ahead of September elections, Russia tightens grip on remaining online freedomsmeduza.io: ‘We know this stuff is complicated, but' Apple and Google cave to Russian state officials, disabling access to Navalny's voting initiativeReuters: Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned contentThe Moscow Times: Russia Starts Blocking Google Docs After Navalny Shares Anti-Kremlin Vote Strategy – MonitorHongkongThe Diplomat: The Downfall of Hong Kong's Privacy Law Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reaktionen auf Sperre von Twitter in NigeriaProbleme mit digitalem Pass in UgandaÜberwachungssoftware in MyanmarTaiwanNew Bloom Magazine: Discriminatory Policies Target Migrant Workers in Wake of Miaoli ClustersNikkei Asia: Taiwan's army of migrant workers keep its chip economy runningFinancial Times: Taiwan's Covid-19 outbreak spreads to chip companiesSouth China Morning Post: Taiwan's coronavirus outbreak, drought and power cuts force semiconductor makers to ramp up contingency plansNigeriatechcabal: Nigerian lawmakers summon Lai Mohammed for questioning over Twitter banSahara Reporters: Ignore Buhari's Twitter Ban, Find Ways To Tweet—Opposition Lawmakers Tell NigeriansSahara Reporters: Prominent Nigerians, Groups That Have Bravely Defied Buhari Regime's Twitter BanSahara Reporters: Twitter Ban: Human Rights Lawyers Drag Buhari To ECOWAS CourtParadigm Initiative: Press Statement: Nigeria Twitter shutdown, a brazen abuse of fundamental human rightsSahara Reporters: Groups Slam Buhari, Call For Reversal Of Twitter Suspension In Nigeriatechpoint.africa: #TwitterBan: Exploring the legal intricacies of Nigeria's decisionSahara Reporters: Like Twitter, Facebook Deletes President Buhari's 'Genocidal Comments'Sahara Reporters: I'm Not Happy I Can't Tweet, I Hope There's A Resolution—Buhari's AideSahara Reporters: Twitter Ban Will Be Lifted Under This Condition—Nigerian GovernmentCIPESA: CIPESA, AIRA Stand Against Twitter Ban In NigeriaMFWA: MFWA condemns Twitter ban in Nigeria, calls for immediate restorationMedianama: Twitter operations suspended in Nigeria days after President's post removedBangkok Post: Nigeria blocks Twitter after president's tweet deletedSahara Reporters: "We Are Disappointed"—Canada, Ireland, EU, UK, US Release Joint Statement On Twitter Ban In NigeriaSahara Reporters: Buhari's Government Summons US, UK, EU Envoys, Others Over Their Reactions To Twitter BanPunch: US, UK, EU envoys meet FG, insist Twitter ban violates freedom of expressionUgandaUnwanted Witness: ‘Chased Away and Left to Die': New human rights report finds that Uganda's national digital ID system leads to mass exclusionMyanmarSouth-East Asia Globe: The Tatmadaw has mass surveillance technology, but how well is it used?International Crisis Group: Myanmar's Military Struggles to Control the Virtual Battlefield Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unabhängige Social-Media-Archive in KolumbienMehr Online-Überwachung in LaosViele Steuern auf amerikanische Tech-UnternehmenNigeriaPunch: Anger as Buhari threats to deal with promoters of insurrectionSahara Reporters: Suspend Buhari's Account Now, Trump Was Suspended For Lesser Issue — Nigerians Tell Twitter BossThe Guardian: Nigerians slam Buhari over ‘unpleasant' tweetsPunch: Biafra: Twitter deletes Buhari's controversial ‘civil war' postThe Guardian: Twitter deletes President Buhari's post for violating rulesSahara Reporters: Why We Won't Ban Buhari For Threat Message Like We Banned Trump—TwitterThe Guardian: Nigerian government reacts after Twitter deleted Buhari's tweetPunch: Biafra: FG accuses Twitter of double standardsPunch: Twitter's action, warning signal to Buhari – OhanaezeKolumbienFundación Karisma: Tecnología, manifestación social y control de la protesta en ColombiaLa Silla Llena: Internet no tiene quien la cuide y menos en protestaGlobal Voices: Colombians ‘save the evidence' as they denounce social media censorship of protestsMeedan: Censorship in Colombia's national strike #paronacionalLaosRadio Free Asia: Laos Creates Task Force to Monitor ‘Misuse' of Social MediaThe Diplomat: Laos Establishes Task Force to Police Social Media PlatformsThe Laotian Times: Laos Forms Special Taskforce to Combat Fake NewsUnion of Catholic Asian News: Lao authorities tighten screws on social media usersManushya Foundation: #StopDigitalDictatorship in Laos!SAFEnet: [Joint-Statement] The Lao Government Must Stop Online Surveillance and Mandatory Registration for Social Media PlatformsAccess Now: Laos directs surveillance of social media platforms, further throttling expression onlineInternationale SteuernNikkei Asia: US to India and 5 others: You tax Big Tech, we tariff youTimes of India: Digital service tax: US suspends proposed tariffs against India, others Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigeria sammelt IMEI-NummernBrasilien will entscheiden, wann soziale Medien löschen dürfenStudie zu digitaler Arbeit in OsteuropaMyanmarNikkei Asia: Myanmar allows Tinder but axes dissent havens Twitter, FacebookThe Diplomat: Internet ‘Whitelist' Highlights Myanmar Military's Wishful Economic ThinkingKrASIA: Burmese authorities want to wall off the internet, but can they succeed?ASEAN Today: The Myanmar military's planned “intranet” is likely to failInternational Crisis Group: Myanmar's Military Struggles to Control the Virtual BattlefieldNigeriaPunch: Nigerians to submit phone IDs in three months, says NCCSahara Reporters: Nigerians To Submit Phones' Tracking ID Numbers To NCC From JulyPunch: Nigerians kick against NCC plan for phone ID warehouseSahara Reporters: 'We Would Rather Trek To Togo, Others Than Submit Our Phones' IMEI Numbers To Pantami' —Nigerians VowPunch: Requesting Nigerians' IMEI illegal, says SERAPSahara Reporters: SERAP Gives Buhari Government 48 Hours To Withdraw Directive Asking Nigerians For Phone IMEI NumbersPunch: IMEI: We will capture subscribers' phone IDs automatically —NCCSahara Reporters: BREAKING: Nigerian Communications Commission Denies Asking Subscribers To Submit Phone IDs From JulyBrasilienOBSERVACOM: Gobierno de Bolsonaro planea un decreto para modificar el Marco Civil de InternetGizmodo Brasil: Quais os problemas da proposta de Bolsonaro para impedir moderação de conteúdo nas redes sociaisteletime: Bolsonaro quer decreto para regulamentar punições no Marco Civil da InternetPoder360: Bolsonaro copia lei de governador trumpista para jogar seus apoiadores contra o SupremoOsteuropaILO: Digital Work in Eastern Europe: Overview of Trends, Outcomes, and Policy Responses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Digitale Repression in VietnamZwei indonesische Tech-Giganten fusionierenKrise in französisch-afrikanischem DigitalprojektPeruHiperderecho: Autoridad Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales: partidos políticos están obligados a cumplir la Ley de Protección de Datos PersonalesDirección General de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales: Consulta sobre las obligaciones de los partidos políticos respecto a la Ley de Protección de Datos Personales y su reglamento.El Peruano: RESOLUCIÓN JEFATURAL N° 000001-2021-JN/ONPEVietnamThe Diplomat: Ahead of Vietnam's One-Party Elections, the State Punishes Online Calls for Democracythevietnamese.org: The Odds Against Your Favor: How Does The National Assembly Election In Vietnam Work?Al Jazeera: Vietnam's battalions of ‘cyber-armies' silencing online dissentReuters: Vietnam says Facebook should adhere by local lawsReuters: Exclusive: Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests - sourceAmnesty International: Big Tech's censorship shame in Viet NamAmnesty International: Viet Nam: Fresh crackdown as National Assembly election loomsVoice of America: Vietnam Detains Man Over Facebook Posts on Politics, Human RightsIndonesienTEMPO.CO: Squeezed by Digital GiantsBangkok Post: Gojek to merge with Tokopedia to create Indonesia tech giantWHBL: Indonesian govt agency to scrutinise Gojek-Tokopedia merger to avoid tech monopolyTechwire Asia: How will the Gojek-Tokopedia merger rival Grab in SEA?AfrikaAgence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale: Digital Africa : fiasco d'un projet numérique entre la France et l'Afriquedigitalbusiness.africa: Après le Sénégalais Karim Sy, le Nigérian Kizito Okechukwu démissionne de son poste de président de Digital Africa pour cause de « mauvaise gouvernance de l'AFD »digitalbusiness.africa: Kizito Okechukwu [Sur sa démission de Digital Africa] : « Beaucoup de choses étaient signées et je n'étais pas au courant » [Exclusif]digitalbusiness.africa: « Nous, salariés de Digital Africa, tenons à nous exprimer publiquement pour rétablir les faits qui ont conduit au blocage actuel » [Lettre ouverte*]Cio Mag: Vers la dissolution effective de Digital Africa ? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Internetausfall in WestpapuaAfrikanische Seite zum Melden von Verstößen gegen digitale RechteLateinamerikanische Kritik an neuen WhatsApp-AGBsProteste gegen Besteuerung von Online-Freelancern in SerbienKolumbienFundacíon Karisma: Useless and Dangerous: A Critical Exploration of Covid Applications and Their Human Rights Impacts in ColombiaIndonesienTempo.co: Undersea Cable Break: Papuans Urged Not to Believe Sabotage RumorsTempo.co: Internet Down in Papua Due to Maintenance; Businesses SufferTempo.co: Internet in Papua Disrupted Due to Disconnection at Submarine CableRNZ: Internet cut in Papua as military operations intensifyAntara News: Internet services gradually made available for Papua's governmentThe Jakarta Post: Internet ban during Papua antiracist unrest ruled unlawfulThe Diplomat: Indonesia Deploys Forces to Troubled Papua RegionAfrikaParadigm Initiative: Groundbreaking new tool empowers African citizens to call out digital rights violations.LateinamerikaADC: Manifestación de Al Sur y organizaciones de la sociedad civil latinoamericana sobre la nueva política de datos de WhatsAppdigitaltrends.es: WhatsApp explica cómo ejercer el derecho a la privacidadMilenio: ¿Ya aceptaste las políticas de WhatsApp? Así puedes hacer valer tus derechos de privacidadSerbienBalkan Insight: ‘Invisible' Balkan Freelancers Fight for Fair Taxation in a Digital AgeN1: Serbian government agrees to freelancer, Internet workers' demands on taxesRadio Free Europe: Serbian Freelancers Protest Retroactive TaxesGlobal Voices: Serbian freelancers protest new taxation law that threatens to push thousands into povertyEmerging Europe: Freelancers in Serbia renew protest over status, tax burdenPeoples Dispatch: What's behind the internet workers' protest in Serbia?N1: Internet Workers Association protest order to pay back taxesEuropean Social Policy Network Flash Report: Debates about the legal status of platform workers in Serbia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mexikanische Behörden kaufen SpionagesoftwareDiskriminierung von trans Menschen durch Gesichtserkennung in BrasilienPeruanische Regierung denkt mal wieder über Filter gegen Pornografie nachSenegalstatewatch: Senegal: Biometric population database will facilitate deportations, restricted EU document confirmsstatewatch: EU moves ahead with plans to use visa policy as "leverage" to increase deportationsPrivacy International: Here's how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid fundsPrivacy International: Challenging the Drivers of Surveillance: EU Access to Documents Requests EUTF for Africa DisclosuresBloomberg: EU Funds Biometric Tech Used for Returning African MigrantsAl Jazeera: Activists sound alarm over African biometric ID projectsMexikoEl País: La Fiscalía de México ha contratado en los dos últimos años programas para el espionaje masivo de teléfonos móvilesR3D: #FiscalíaEspía: la FGR adquirió equipo capaz de espiar ilegalmente a todos los usuarios de Internet en MéxicoZorayda Gallegos auf Twitter: La actual Fiscalía General de la República compró programas de inteligencia para la geolocalización de celulares y análisis de datos masivos [...]The Guardian: 'It's a free-for-all': how hi-tech spyware ends up in the hands of Mexico's cartelsBrasilienCoding Rights: Threats in the usage of facial recognition technologies for authenticating transgender identitiesR3D: La adopción del reconocimiento facial por el gobierno brasileño amenaza los derechos de la comunidad transConvergência Digital: Serpro e Dataprev atuam juntos para incluir biometria facial do INSS no GOV.brPeruOBSERVACOM: Preocupación en Perú por proceso del debate y contenidos de proyectos de Ley sobre regulación de InternetHiperderecho: Un nuevo Proyecto de Ley sobre bloqueo de páginas en Internetrpp.pe: Proyecto de Ley de Acción Popular busca limitar el uso de redes sociales en niños y adolescentes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geleakte Patronage-Datenbank in AlbanienApp-Fahrer*innen in Nigeria streikenDie Verschwörung hinter Alles was zähltChileOBSERVACOM: Senado chileno aprueba en segundo debate proyecto para declarar Internet como servicio público. La discusión pasa a DiputadosOBSERVACOM: Senado aprueba proyecto para regular el acceso a Internet como servicio público de telecomunicaciones en ChileTeleSemana: La Cámara de Senadores de Chile aprobó el acceso a internet como servicio públicoSenat der Republik Chile: Internet como servicio público: el desafío del acceso equitativo y la coberturaproceso: Internet: derecho fundamentalLa Tercera: Suprema envía al Senado informe sobre proyecto que establece acceso a Internet como servicio público: “Se aprecia como positiva la propuesta”AlbanienBalkan Insight: Albania Prosecutors Investigate Socialists' Big-Brother-Style DatabaseTransparency International: Albania: Alarm over indications of personal data breach, election campaign violationsOpinion.al: Akuzat e PD për e-albania, reagon AKSH: Të dhënat nuk mund të përdorenexit news: AKSH mohon përdorimin e të dhënave personale për qëllime elektoraleBalkan Insight: Seizure Order Against Albanian News Portal CondemnedBalkan Insight: Police, Soldiers among Albanian Ruling Party's Voter Tracking ‘Army'NigeriaTechCabal: Uber and Bolt drivers in Lagos begin strike action today to protest “systemic slavery”ICIR Nigeria: Bolt, Uber drivers to embark on nationwide strike on Monday over ‘low fares'Punch: Uber, Bolt drivers threaten strike MondayBloomberg: Uber, Bolt Drivers in Africa Protest High Cost of OperationsTechnext: ‘We want Workers Status' -Nigerian e-Hailing Drivers to Institute Class Action Suite Against Uber and BoltRusslandTorrentFreak: Russia Wants Instagram to Stop Blocking Its Anthem over Copyright IssuesKuban 24: Instagram заблокировал видео депутата из Анапы из-за российского гимнаPDM News: Instagram удалил видео, на котором анапский депутат поёт гимн России Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wettbewerbsverfahren gegen Facebook in SüdafrikaDigitale Identifikation bei peruanischen BehördenMalaysias neues und altes Gesetz zu FalschinformationenChinaGlobal Voices: For stateless and scattered Tibetans, a new online tool helps voters make an informed choiceVoice of Tibet: Smart Vote Tibet: In conversation with the people behind the projectphayul.com: SmartVote Tibet updates website ahead of final electionsSüdafrikaITWeb: WhatsApp ‘disappointed' after it's blocked from off-boarding GovChatTech Central: Facebook interdicted in fight with South Africa's GovChatITWeb: WhatsApp slams GovChat for ‘breaking' terms of useITWeb: WhatsApp off-boarding would curtail its existence, says GovChatMyBroadband: Brutal battle between WhatsApp and South Africa's GovChatiAfrikan: Facebook is looking to de-platform GovChat from WhatsAppMyBroadband: Facebook accused of trying to kick South Africa's GovChat off WhatsAppPeruHiperderecho: Identidad Digital en Perú: DNI electrónico y plataformasPressperu.com: Identidad digital descentralizada, un gran cambio en el paradigma sobre la propiedad de datos personalesLexLatin: Inicia la primera fase de la automatización legal en PerúMalaysiaSAFENet: [Joint-Statement] Anachronistic and and Anti-democratic Malaysia Anti-Fake News Ordinance must be repealedOpen Net Association: Malaysia: Repeal ‘fake news' emergency ordinanceArticle 19: Malaysia: Repeal ‘fake news' emergency ordinanceHuman Rights Watch: Malaysia: Revoke ‘Fake News' OrdinanceThe Straits Times: Malaysian government criticised for 'draconian' use of emergency powers to outlaw fake newsThe Diplomat: Malaysia Under Fire for COVID-19 ‘Fake News' OrdinanceMalaysiakini: MP SPEAKS | Why seek public feedback on fake news law after implementation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Südafrikas Datenschutzgesetz tritt bald in KraftStillstand bei Internetreformen in GambiaMexiko will mehr Mexiko bei Netflix & Co.EcuadorFairwork: Fairwork Ecuador Ratings 2021: Labour Standards in the Gig EconomySüdafrikaOpenNet Africa: Countdown to South Africa's New Data Laws – What to ExpectITWeb: No extension to POPI Act grace period, says info regulatorMyBroadband: South African WhatsApp users cannot be forced to accept new privacy policy – RegulatorBusiness Insider South Africa: Less than 100 days before SA's strict new privacy rules. Here's how it will affect youGambiaGlobal Voices: The Gambia's missed opportunity for digital rights reformGlobal Voices: ‘A day without internet is a day in the dark': The Gambia's growing digital divideConstitutional Review Commission: 2020 Draft ConstitutionRFI: Widespread disappointment in Gambia after new constitution voted downThe Trumpet: GIVE 1 Gambia Chapter Holds a Day Long Consultation on Access to Information BillThe Fatu Network: Internet Outage: Impact on the financial services and general economyOCCRP: The Gambian Government Continues Controversial ContractThe Point: Semlex resumes operations after paying D390, 000 taxThe Fatu Network: President Barrow MISSES ECOWAS summit, triggered by internet outageMexikoObservacom: Empresas de Internet amenazan con denunciar violación al T-MEC de México si se aprueba cuota de catálogo de obras nacionalesEl Heraldo de México: ALAI ve arbitraje en contra de México dentro del T-MECReuters: Mexican Senate to vote on proposal to compel Netflix, Amazon to boost local contentBN Americas: Mexico set to oblige online platforms to stream 30% local content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Telekomunternehmen gegen Befehle zu Internetsperren tun könnenEntwurf für ein Datenschutzgesetz in El SalvadorHass und Meinungsfreiheit in Sierra LeoneIndienMedianama: BJP allegedly accessed voter Aadhaar details for targeted campaigningTimes of India: BJP's unauthorised access to Aadhaar data: Madras high court asks why Puducherry election must not be deferredNDTV: "Can Puducherry Polls Be Deferred?": High Court On Complaint Against BJPNew Indian Express: Did BJP use Aadhaar details for targeted election campaign? Madras HC takes serious viewMedianama: UPI apps are allegedly being used to bribe voters in Tamil Nadu electionsThe Hindu: Money transfer facility comes under scannerThe Hindu: Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | Police book AIADMK candidate Natham R. Viswanathan on bribery chargesLesotho, Benin, GuineaCIPESA: How Telecom Companies in Africa Can Respond Better to Internet DisruptionsMENAFN: The vile 'Big Brother' lawJeune Afrique: Qui a vraiment décidé de couper internet en Guinée ?Bénin Web TV: Coupure d'Internet au Bénin : MTN sort de sa réserve, des remboursements annoncésEl SalvadorDerechos Digitales: Ley de datos personales: sin pausa, pero sin prisa y de cara a la sociedadContraPunto: El Salvador continúa en el análisis de propuesta para evitar mal uso de información ciudadanaLa Prensa Grafica: Avanza proyecto de Ley de Protección de Datos Personales en El SalvadorSierra LeoneGlobal Voices: Sierra Leone's new cybercrime bill could turn a phone into a crime scene Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Libanon sperrt Online-Portale zu WechselkursenBelarussische Sicherheitsbehörden nutzen GesichtserkennungChines*innen automatisieren das Lernen von IdeologieJamaikaJamaicans for Justice: The New NIDS: An Opportunity to Do Things DifferentlyAccess Now: Civil society speaks out on Jamaica's dubious new digital ID billJamaica Information Service: National Identification System SecureLoop News: J'cans may hesitate to sign up for NIDS after JAMCOVID breach - GrahamTechCrunch: Jamaica's immigration website exposed thousands of travelers' dataLibanonSMEX: Internet Censorship in Lebanon: The Case of Currency Exchange Rate Online PlatformsThe New Arab: Lebanon 'requests FBI help' to shut down black market currency exchange apps: officialsCoda Story: Lebanon's currency is collapsing. The government's solution? Ban exchange rate appsSMEX: Lebanon Blocks Unofficial Exchange Rate Apps, Threatening Right to Access InformationBelarusKharon: Used by Repressive Governments, Belarusian Facial Recognition Software Tracks DissidentsEuro Radio FM: Big Brother is unwell: Why Synesis was hit by European sanctionsEuro Radio FM: Рестораторов заставляют подключиться к системе тотального видеонаблюдения KipodSynesis: Why tech company could get into EU sanction list, or how fakenews in business affects political decisionsChinaChina Digital Times: Translation: Developer Discontinues Support for Ideological App Automation ToolAssociation for Computing Machinery: "Learning for the Rise of China": Exploring Uses and Gratifications of State-Owned Online PlatformHong Kong Free Press: ‘The party will go wherever the people are.': Xi Jinping ‘cult' app is China's red hot hit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Entwurf für Datenschutzgesetz in VietnamOnline-Freelancer und ihre Probleme auf den PhilippinenEine umstrittene Klage im SudanUkraineInterfax Ukraine: Center for Countering Disinformation to start operating next week – YermakInterfax Ukraine: Center for Countering Disinformation to start operating on March 16 – DanilovBBC: Олександр Ткаченко: Лагідна українізація триватимеUkrinform: Information policy ministry to create online museum of Russian propaganda in Ukraine112.international: Culture Minister reveals details of Center for Counteraction Disinformation in UkraineMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Doctrine of Information Security of the Russian FederationKyiv Post: Facebook shuts down accounts of Russian trolls that targeted UkraineEuractiv: Ukraine is a valuable ally in defeating Russian disinformationVietnamThe Vietnamese: 9 Takeaways From Vietnam's Draft Decree On Personal Data ProtectionConventus Law: Vietnam Issues New Draft Decree On Personal Data ProtectionGlobal Compliance News: Vietnam: New developments as regards the draft decree on personal data protectionPhilippinenILO: Homeworking in the Philippines: Bad job? Good job?SudanGlobal Voices: Sudan's revised cybercrime law falls short on its promiseCommittee to Protect Journalists: Sudan tightens cybercrime law as army pursues “fake news”Human Rights Watch: Sudan's Army Threatens Activists, Journalists with LawsuitsVoice of America: Sudan Army's Plan Is to Return to 'Dark Days,' Journalists Say Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lieferfahrer-Gewerkschafter verschwindet in ChinaSimbabwe und seine Gesetze zur InformationsfreiheitBangladescher stirbt nach Festnahme für Facebook-Post im GefängnisGhanaMedia Foundation for West Africa: MFWA Calls on Media to Reject Autocratic Order from Judicial Service of GhanaGraphic Online: GJA reacts to Judicial Service statement to media housesGraphic Online: Accept Supreme Court verdict on election petition - CSOs urge GhanaiansMy Joy Online: Desist from publishing hateful and offensive statements against judges – Lawyers of Ghana Judicial Service caution press Media Ghana: Not every speech is permitted under Ghana's democracy – Thaddeus Sory justifies Judicial Service order to MediaChinaChina Digital Times: Translation: Detention of Takeout Driver Advocate Highlights Digital-era Labor AbusesRadio Free Asia: Food Delivery App Riders Take Action in China After Leader 'Disappears'新浪科技: 外卖骑手盟主消失多日，饿了么确认其被抓：他已被平台拉黑China Labour Bulletin: Collective protests decline but worker grievances remain unresolvedChina Labour Bulletin: Meituan food delivery workers go on strike to protest against lower rates in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Sixth Tone: Can Delivery Drivers Break Their Silence? Protocol: Arrested: Chinese delivery activistSimbabweMISA Zimbabwe: State of the Media 2020 report now available!Maverick Citizen: Who will defend and protect Zimbabwe's human rights defenders?MISA Zimbabwe: Protecting privacy in the digital age, is Zimbabwe ready?Anadolu Agency: Zimbabwean regime shifts oppression to social mediaBangladeschDhaka Tribune: Law Minister: Government to amend Digital Security Act Dhaka Tribune: BNP describes Mushtaq's death as state-sponsored murderbdnews24.com: Bangladesh writer Mushtaq Ahmed, arrested in digital security case, dies in jailThe Daily Star: Mushtaq: DSA's First ‘Martyr'bdnews24.com: Mushtaq died of ‘natural causes', says probe panelThe Daily Star: 66 writers demand justice for Mushtaq, abolition of DSAAl Jazeera Investigations: All The Prime Minister's MenThe Daily Star: Our take on the Al Jazeera ReportThe Daily Star: Make sure it's taken down: HC to BTRC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.