Digital Rights

Digital Rights:

The right to online expression, free from restrictions posed by surveillance, Internet censorship and laws silencing dissent.

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Pakistan Internet Landscape Report 2018

The Bytes For All report highlights key topics including internet access, censorship and privacy, cybercrime and hacking, blasphemy, and fake news.

Bytes for All (B4A) 12 April 2019
#ashtag Palestine 2018

An Overview of Digital Rights Abuses of Palestinians

7amleh - Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media 26 March 2019
TU CONTENIDO HA SIDO ELIMINADO

Autorregulación privada y su impacto en la libertad de expresión

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) 20 March 2019

Despots and Disruptions: Five Dimensions of Internet Shutdowns in Africa

In regards to internet freedom, Africa got off to an awful start in 2019. Internet disruptions were registered in five countries (Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sudan and Zimbabwe) within the first three weeks of the year. The disruptions were related to elections, protests against government policies, and, what seemed like a coup attempt.

Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) 18 March 2019

Pakistan: Challenges to media and digital freedoms in 2018

Media Matters for Democracy has launched its 2018 publication assessing the challenges to media and digital freedoms in Pakistan

Media Matters for Democracy 18 March 2019

TRUTH ON THE BALLOT Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

In this report, PEN America examines the steps taken by technology companies, government actors, and po- litical parties to curb the influence of fraudulent news in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.

PEN America 13 March 2019

MISA Zimbabwe State of the Media Report 2018

In his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017 following Mugabe’s ouster, President Mnangagwa, said he would strengthen and ensure the pillars of democracy are respected in Zimbabwe. This raised hope that he would move with speed and implement outstanding socio-economic and political reforms ahead of the 2018 elections. It is common cause that the elections came without implementation of the envisaged reforms.

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) 12 March 2019

Connection Interrupted: Israel's control of the Palestinian ICT infrastructure

7amleh - Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media 29 January 2019

How Apps on Android share data with Facebook (even if you don't have a Facebook account)

Previous research has shown how 42.55 percent of free apps on the Google Play store could share data with Facebook, making Facebook the second most prevalent third-party tracker after Google’s parent company Alphabet.1 In this report, Privacy International illustrates what this data sharing looks like in practice, particularly for people who do not have a Facebook account.

Privacy International 29 December 2018

From Oppression to Liberation: Reclaiming the Right to Privacy

Our series of interviews with privacy and gender rights activists across the world reflect nuanced and context specific experiences of the right to privacy.

Privacy International 28 November 2018

Gender-Based Violence Against Palestinian: Women in Virtual Space

7amleh - Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media 23 November 2018

Freedom on the Net 2018: The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism

The internet is growing less free around the world, and democracy itself is withering under its influence.

Freedom House 1 November 2018

Freedom on the Net 2018: China

The level of internet freedom declined due to the new cybersecurity law which strengthened repressive restrictions on online activities.

Freedom House 1 November 2018

The humanitarian metadata problem: "Doing no harm" in the digital era

New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement appropriate data protection standards, including robust risk assessments.

Privacy International 30 October 2018

«Жесткое подавление свободы слова в России в 2012-2018 гг.»

PEN International 10 October 2018

Russia's Strident Stifling of Free Speech 2012-2018

Laws passed since Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in May 2012 have dramatically strengthened the Russian authorities’ control over the flow of information online and offline. Much of this crackdown has been fuelled by Russia’s foreign policy, in particular its role in the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine and its armed intervention in Syria.

PEN International 10 October 2018

PROPUESTA DE ESTÁNDARES LEGALES PARA LA VIGILANCIA EN CHILE

La regulación de la vigilancia estatal constituye uno de los desafíos más significativos plan- teados por la irrupción de las tecnologías de comunicación: aunque esperamos que el apara- to estatal mantenga la seguridad, su capacidad de buscar esos fines infringiendo la privaci- dad crece sin una respuesta normativa.

Derechos Digitales 10 October 2018

Online attacks on journalists in Poland

In June 2018, IPI visited Poland as part of its Ontheline project, which aims to identify best newsroom practices for preventing and better responding to online harassment of journalists.

International Press Institute (IPI) 1 October 2018

Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack

In this report RSF sheds light on the latest danger for journalists – threats and insults on social networks that are designed to intimidate them into silence.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 26 July 2018

Measuring Pakistani women's experiences of online violence

A quantitative research study on online gender-based harassment in Pakistan

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Online violence against women in Pakistan - Submission to UNSR on violence against women

This report will explore the laws and institutions that are in place within Pakistan to deal with issues of online violence against women.

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Cyber Harassment Helpline - One year report, December '16 to November '17

The Cyber Harassment Helpline was launched after the successful completion of the Hamara Internet (translates as “Our Internet”) project, and based on its findings in the “Measuring Pakistani Women's Experience of Online Violence” report

Digital Rights Foundation 19 July 2018

Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain

Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Privacy International 11 July 2018

Mapping Cybercrime Laws and Violations of Digital Rights in the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries

Digital rights and freedoms have been severely compromised by national cybercrime legislation and prosecution, and now judicially.

Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) 26 June 2018

No Place for Criticism: Bangladesh Crackdown on Social Media Commentary

This report documents abuses under section 57 of the ICT Act to warn that any new law should protect rights, not be used to crack down on critics.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) 10 May 2018

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

While AI impacts a plethora of rights, ARTICLE 19 and Privacy International are particularly concerned about the impact it will have on the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression and information.

ARTICLE 19, Privacy International 25 April 2018

Issues in Frameworks, Freedom of Expression and Internet Rights in Nigeria

A Baseline Research by the Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI)

International Press Centre (IPC) 2 April 2018

Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China.

Based on extensive interviews with writers, poets, artists, activists, and others personally affected by the government’s grip on online expression, as well as interviews with anonymous employees at Chinese social media companies, the report lays bare the destructive impact of the Chinese government’s vision of “cyber sovereignty” on netizens who dare to dissent.

PEN American Center 13 March 2018