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Published in: HomeJurisdiction: the taboo topic at ICANNThe issue of jurisdiction seems to be dead-on-arrival, having been killed by the US government. Meet the new boss:...
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Published in: HomeFear of surveillance is forcing activists to hide from public life in Belarus
A visitor to Minsk might conclude from its calm appearance that the human rights situation had changed. But beneath...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy – a call to armsDavid Bernet’s profoundly European film, Democracy, is that rare thing, a documentary about the complex system that...
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Published in: HomeThe right to online anonymity
Human rights should be considered proportionally in any governmental policy related to the Internet, in a way which...
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Published in: HomeMobilisation for digital rights
Post-ACTA, decision-making has been adapted to avoid decision-moments. Of course, individual grassroots campaigns...
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Published in: HomeInternet governance as seen from the Right to DevelopmentParticipatory democracy has been hijacked by business-led multistakeholderism, and 'presence and power' are replaced...
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Published in: HomeWe must understand threats in the technology we use every day
Like everyone else, human rights activists use mobile phones, email and social networks to connect. Unlike most...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesAfter Snowden, can technology save our digital liberties?In this wide-ranging interview with human rights lawyer and former Privacy International head of advocacy Carly...
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Published in: HomeWhose data is it anyway?Collection, categorisation, and experimentation on people’s data are presented as legitimate because online...
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Published in: HomeWith one bound he was free!
The Internet organisation ICANN’s charismatic CEO, Fadi Chehade has moved on. Did he achieve what he set out to do?...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesBrazil's Internet Bill of Rights not to blame for takedown of WhatsAppIt was a tough job to get the Marco Civil da Internet approved. But it seems the work is far from done. Português
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Published in: HomeAs Poles shift right, democracy runs scarce
While the Law and Justice party insists that local disputes are best settled at home, Polish opposition and fearful...
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Published in: HomeHuman rights and the internet from a curatorial perspective
How can we build a visual literacy that strengthens the movement for human rights on the internet? First, understand...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesHuman rights in Europe should not buckle under mass surveillancePrivacy is a fundamental human right essential for living in dignity and security. This is why it is necessary that...
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Published in: HomeChampioning human rights on the internet — Part Six: Summing up, too much or not enough?
The hard work is only just beginning, that is the drip, drip, drip of legal, political and intellectual labour to...
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Published in: HomeChampioning human rights on the internet – Part five: Why bother then?
What have yet to get going are more informed discussions in local (schools, universities, hospitals, town halls) and...
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Published in: HomeChampioning human rights for the internet - why bother? Part four: Stepping up the tempo
Staying visible, not being drowned out by hostile agendas, or captured and then defused by lobbies of every ilk, is...
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Published in: HomeChampioning human rights for the internet - why bother? Part two: "Ground control to Major Tom"Corporate actors play no small part in setting this agenda as well, in kind rather than by international treaty,...
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Published in: HomeChampioning human rights for the internet – why bother? Part one: coming in from the coldArguments about why indeed human rights matter for our online lives, and who is responsible for taking action - the...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDefending human rights in a digital age (II)Are our rights online under threat by our own governments? What real and imagined dangers face citizens at the...
