Chile

DW: Tote bei Protesten in Chile

taz: Weg frei für neue Verfassung

DW: Was die neue Verfassung Chile bringen - und nehmen - könnte

teleSURtv.net: Propuestas para la nueva Constitución de Chile

Convención Constitutional: Pleno Citaciones Acta

bbcl: Una Constitución para Chile

elciudadano.com: Presentan proyecto de norma constitucional para consagrar derechos digitales y protección de datos en la nueva Carta Magna

Golfstaaten

SMEX: The Digital ID Landscape in the GCC: A Mapping of Programs, Regulations, and Human Rights Risks

Somalia

Somali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country’s privatised knowledge economy

Roskilde University: Tobias Hagmann

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China

Sixth Tone: Weibo Shuts Down User Accounts for ‘Gender Opposition’

Sixth Tone: Hygiene Product Donation Drive Puts Frontline Females First

Sixth 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, Turkmenistan

Access Now: What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central Asia

Eurasianet: Standoff in eastern Tajikistan ends peacefully

Eurasianet: Tajikistan: Testy demonstrations in the Pamirs drag into third day

Asia-Plus: Lack of Internet access causes serious problems for residents of GBAO

Eurasianet: Uzbekistan: Outraged netizens win partial victory over social media blocks

Turkmen.news: Цифровое усиление. В Туркменистане более недели не работают сервисы VPN

Nigeria

Quartz Africa: A founder who’s been pivotal to the Nigerian startup scene will sell her company for $320 million

TechCrunch: MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right price

Arise News: Funke Opeke, Judith Gardiner Throw Light on Equinix Acquisition of MainOne

Zypern

Balkan Insights: Data Dominance: In Cyprus, a Chinese Outpost inside the EU

Al Jazeera: The Cyprus Papers Undercover

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Ghana

Fairwork Foundation: Out now! First round of fairness ratings for the Ghanaian platform economy

Macau

Biometric Update: Macau expands facial recognition on surveillance system used in one-third of investigations

Biometric Update: Macau to collect biometric data from all visitors to fight identity fraud

Biometric Update: Facial recognition systems for police advance in Dubai, Macau, but not Birmingham, AL

Macau Business: ‘Eyes in the Sky’ surveillance system used in more than a third of criminal investigations – Secretary for Security

GGRAsia: Macau govt wants to gather visitor biometric, hotel info

China et al.

Committee to Protect Journalists: How China’s Huawei technology is being used to censor news halfway across the world

Top10VPN: China's Surveillance State: A Global Project

Uganda

Unwanted Witness: Privacy Scorecard Report 2021

Unwanted Witness: Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport System

National Information Technology Authority Uganda: Investigation report

Privacy International: A win for Unwanted Witness: Uganda’s data protection authority finds ride sharing app unlawfully disclosed personal data to third parties

techcabal: Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data?

Quartz Africa: Uganda’s banks have been plunged into chaos by a mobile money fraud hack

PML Daily: Billions go missing as hackers break into mobile money system; Airtel, MTN, Stanbic, and several financial institutions affected

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Brasilien

Observacom: Brasil: Coalición Derechos en la Red apoya proyecto de ley que obliga a transparencia y debido proceso a plataformas digitales

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Brazil’s Fake News Bill: Perils and Flaws of Expanding Existent Data Retention Obligations

veja: ONG pede urgência em votação do PL das Fake News na Câmara

teletime: Novo relatório do PL das Fake News garante composição multissetorial do CGI

telesintese: Orlando Silva faz alterações na proposta do PL das Fake News

Indien

Coda Story: Kashmir’s vanishing newspaper archives

Namibia

Association for Progressive Communications: Connecting the Unconnected: Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives

Association for Progressive Communications: Seeding change: Creating a digital community network with the Ju|’hoan people in Namibia

Association for Progressive Communications: Kenya adopts community networks licensing framework

OpenNet Africa: Bridging Africa’s Digital Divide: The Rise of Community Internet

Nicola J. Bildwell, Masbulele Jay Siya: Situating Asynchronous Voice in Rural Africa

Türkei

Statewatch: Algorithmic persecution in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown: The FETÖ-Meter system

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Philippinen

Nikkei Asia: Philippines cracks down on 'text blaster' sales as election looms

Business Mirror: Comelec bans online microtargeting of voters in 2022 elections

Manila Bulletin: Academics launch network vs disinformation, fraud amid election season

Inquirer.net: Educators to fact-check candidates and supporters, flaf revisionists

Kambodscha

Rest of World: Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here’s why

Khmer Times: PM Hun Sen expresses his annoyance over his leaked voice message

Datareportal: Digital 2021 Cambodia

Asiafoundation.org: Mobile Phones and Internet Use in Cambodia 2016

Kamerun

Osiris: Présente à la réunion des Régulateurs télécoms à Douala, l’ARPCE s’engage aussi à supprimer les tarifs de roaming en zone CEMAC

Agence d'Information d'Afrique centrale: Téléphonie mobile : les opérateurs congolais tenus de supprimer des frais de roaming

Digital 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 training

Kuba

Rest of World: Mailchimp temporarily banned Cuban media outlets

Internet Archive: Mailchimp Terms of Use

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Indonesien

Association for Progressive Communications: Of social discipline and control: The impact of fake news and disinformation on minorities in Indonesia

Kenia

Global Voices: Behind the success of the Kenyan Twitter disinformation campaign to discredit the Pandora Papers

BBC: Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family's secret assets exposed by leak

africanews: Did Kenya's press go mute after Pandora exposé on Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta?

Äthiopien

Quartz Africa: Twitter and Facebook are getting caught up in Ethiopia’s conflict

Developing Telecoms: Safaricom employee exit adds to Ethiopian telecoms uncertainty

Developing Telecoms: Second attempt to sell second licence begins in Ethiopia

Developing Telecoms: Partial privatisation of Ethio Telecom gets under way

Chile

emol: Presentan primera política de Inteligencia Artificial: Busca impulsar y beneficiar el desarrollo sostenible

Derechos Digitales: La política nacional de Inteligencia Artificial chilena y su proceso de participación ciudadana

Derechos Digitales: Consideraciones críticas sobre el borrador de la Política Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial

Chilenisches Wissenschaftsministerium: Consulta Pública de Inteligencia Artificial

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Pakistan

Pakistan Press Foundation: The Islamabad High Court terms TikTok ban as violation of constitutional rights

Digital Rights Monitor: Ban on TikTok is apparently a violation of constitutional law, says Islamabad High Court

Dawn: 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 platforms

Bangladesch

Global Voices: Bangladesh’s upcoming Data Protection Act may suppress, not protect, citizens rights

UNB: Draft of data privacy and localization law is prepared: Palak

The Daily Star: With a new data protection act on the cards, time for a reality check

New Age: TIB concerned over draft law to protect personal data

Iran

Peivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهد

Peivast: طرح صیانت، وزارت ارتباطات و سازمان تنظیم مقررات را بی‌‌اختیار می‌کند

Peivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهد

Peivast: رضا تقی‌پور رئیس کمیسیون مشترک بررسی طرح صیانت شد

Sudan

Netblocks: Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt

Quartz: Sudan shuts down the internet after a military coup

Middle East Eye: Sudan coup 2021: Internet 'severely disrupted' after military takeover

DFR Lab: Sudanese Facebook network promoting paramilitary group removed month before coup

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Argentinien

Derechos Digitales: No bombardeen Buenos Aires: reconocimiento facial en CABA hoy

Fundación Vía Libre: Vía libre se presenta como amigo del tribunal contra el reconocimiento facial en Buenos Aires

Kenia

Business Daily: High Court declares Huduma Namba illegal 

The Standard: Courts declare Huduma Namba invalid

Medianama: Landmark ruling finds Kenya’s government illegally rolled out Aadhaar-like biometric ID

techweez: Huduma Number Ruled lllegal, This Is What Should Be Done

Biometric Update: Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warns

Indien

Medianama: Swiggy will give female delivery workers paid period time-off, but gig workers still have little flexibility

New Indian Express: Swiggy introduces two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for female delivery partners

Trak.in: Swiggy Gives 2-Day Paid Period Leave To Female Delivery Partners Every Month

Iran, China, Kuba, Usbekistan

OONI: How countries attempt to block Signal Private Messenger App around the world

Al Jazeera: Iran blocks Signal messaging app after WhatsApp exodus

NBC: Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in China

NBC: As Cubans protest, government cracks down on internet access and messaging apps

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Indien

Medianama: Urban Company cedes some ground to workers pushing for better pay and working conditions

All India Gig Workers Union: On the issues and demands of Urban Company Partners in Delhi NCR

Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers: Press Release

Urban Company: Empowering Service Partners to become Micro-Entrepreneurs

Economic Times: Urban Company, hit by protests, promises to enhance partners’ earnings

NDTV: Urban Company Hikes Service Prices, Cuts Commissions To Improve Partner Earnings

Togo

Amnesty International: Togo: Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: Activist in Togo attacked with Indian-made spyware

OpenNet Africa: Togo: Prominent Activist Targeted With Indian-made Spyware Linked to Notorious Hacker Group

OSIRIS: Togo : Des cybermercenaires ont tenté d’espionner un défenseur des droits humains, selon Amnesty

Somalia

Data Rights Africa: Digital data in Somalia: capture, usage, and protection

Somali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country’s privatised knowledge economy

Griechenland

PRIN: A victorious workers’ struggle in Greece

PRIN: E-food: Κόκκινο ποτάμι πλημμύρισε την Αθήνα (φωτό-βίντεο)

Greek Reporter: Greek Delivery Giant Efood Faces Major Backlash Over Worker’s Rights

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Kolumbien

R3D: Consejo Asesor de Facebook ordena a la red social restaurar un vídeo con insultos al presidente de Colombia

Hiperderecho: 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 actualización

Nigeria

Sahara Reporters: Twitter Has Apologised To Buhari Regime With A Promise To Follow Orders – Attorney-General Tells Court

TechCabal: Nigeria’s President gives conditions to be met before lifting Twitter ban

Sahara Reporters: Group Rejects Conditional Lifting Of Twitter Ban By Buhari

Sahara Reporters: Breaking: Buhari Orders Conditional Lifting Of Twitter Ban

Netblocks: Cost of Shutdown Tool

Sahara Reporters: ECOWAS Court Adjourns Judgment On Nigeria's Twitter Ban To January 2022

Punch: Ban a win-win for Nigeria and Twitter, says presidential aide

Russland

The Moscow Times: Russia Develops Tech for Monitoring 'Deviant' Behavior

The Moscow Times: Rare Campus Massacre Shakes Russian City

RT: Inspiration for Perm massacre? Music of rapper Morgenshtern encourages teenagers to ‘commit violent acts,’ Russian official claimsiolent Acts

Rumänien

Balkan Insight: In ‘Echo-Chambers’ of Nationalist Romanian Party, Russia’s Favourite Narratives

recorder: Cum a ajuns AUR a patra forță politică din România

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Türkei

Nordic Monitor: Turkey uses facial recognition to spy on millions, secretly investigates unsuspecting citizens

Nordic Monitor: Secure messaging app Signal has been effectively criminalized in Turkey

European 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: violation

of the Convention

Venezuela

Global Voices: Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?

United Nations Human Rights Council: Ending Internet shutdowns: a path forward

HispanTV: Venezuela y China optan por profundizar su asociación estratégica

TalCual: EEUU sanciona a empresa china por el «bloqueo» a internet en Venezuela

CiudadCCS: Venezuela y China revisan aspectos clave de cooperación entre ambas naciones

La Gran Aldea: ¿Apunta Nicolás Maduro al Estado Vigilante?

Transparencia Venezuela: Vendata: Opacidad privó en acuerdos suscritos entre Venezuela y China

Reuters: Como ZTE ayuda a Venezuela a implementar un control social al estilo chino

Afrika

CIPESA: How State Surveillance is Stifling Democratic Participation in Africa: State of Internet Freedom in Africa Study Findings

Thailand

Bangkok Post: Green light for red lights

Bengkok Post: Let’s Talk About Porn

Bangkok Post: Warning for young Thais over porn clips

The Thaiger: Police raid pornography shoot at Pattaya home, 5 people arrested

Thai Examiner: Government reviewing prostitution laws, public consultations expected in 2021 amid reform calls from workers

Devdiscourse: Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution

Bangkok Jack: New calls to legalise prostitution in Thailand

Pattaya Today: Calls in Thailand to give sex workers one official legal status are getting stronger

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Namibia

Africa Freedom of Information Centre: Namibia: Access to Information Bill Resubmitted

ACTION Namibia Coalition: What would an ATI law mean for Namibia?

Namibia Fact Check: TIMELINE: Namibia’s journey to an access to information law

Centre for Law and Democracy: Namibia. Analysis of the Access to Information Bill

The Herald: Namibia tables Bill on access to information

AllAfrica: Namibia: Media Want Enactment of Access to Information Law

AllAfrica: Namibia: Access to Information Bill Resubmitted

China

Wikimedia: Regarding a series of serious office actions

Hong Kong Free Press: Wikipedia wars: How Hongkongers and mainland Chinese are battling to set the narrative

Hong Kong Free Press: Exclusive: Wikipedia bans 7 mainland Chinese power users over ‘infiltration and exploitation’ in unprecedented clampdown

BBC: Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bans

Global Times: Wikipedia’s neutrality ‘hugely impaired’ after ban on Chinese mainland users: WMC insider

Global Voices: Behind Chinese Wikipedia user ban: threats, verbal attacks and election canvassing

Thailand

Nikkei Asia: Thailand's cybersecurity negligence causes personal data breaches

The Register: Database containing personal info on 106m people who traveled to Thailand found open to the internet – report

Reuters: Thailand passes internet security law decried as 'cyber martial law'

Bangkok Post: NT, GBDi join hands to launch national healthcare database

Bangkok Post: The great data robbery

Thai Post: NT จับมือ GBDi เปิดตัวระบบ Health Link วางเป้าเชื่อมข้อมูลประวัติการรักษาจากโรงพยาบาล 100 แห่ง

Bangkok Post: Thailand climbs in digital index

Manushya Foundation: Release: Internet Freedom Remained Under Threat in Thailand

China

China Digital Times: Error 20021: Crowdsourced Report on the Varied Methods of Weibo Censorship

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Myanmar

Reuters: Norway's Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta's pressure on surveillance tech

Nikkei Asia: Telenor's Myanmar sell-off mired in uncertainty

Frontier Myanmar: Stay or go? Telenor’s Myanmar dilemma

The Diplomat: Norway’s Telenor Sells Myanmar Telecoms Operation to Lebanese Firm

Reuters: Telenor quits Myanmar with $105 mln sale to Lebanon's M1 Group

The Irrawaddy: Scores of Rights, Media Groups Urge Telenor to Halt Sale of Myanmar Business

The Irrawaddy: More Than 400 Myanmar Civil Groups Say Telenor Sale Breaks OECD Rules

Access Now: Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup

Südkorea

Medianama: South Korea’s latest decision on Google frees rival companies to modify Android OS

Bloomberg: South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance

Russland

Global Voices: Russia blocks popular website for worker complaints

Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam: Interview with the team behind antijob.net

Global Voices: Ahead of September elections, Russia tightens grip on remaining online freedoms

meduza.io: ‘We know this stuff is complicated, but’ Apple and Google cave to Russian state officials, disabling access to Navalny’s voting initiative

Reuters: Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content

The Moscow Times: Russia Starts Blocking Google Docs After Navalny Shares Anti-Kremlin Vote Strategy – Monitor

Hongkong

The Diplomat: The Downfall of Hong Kong’s Privacy Law

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Taiwan

New Bloom Magazine: Discriminatory Policies Target Migrant Workers in Wake of Miaoli Clusters

Nikkei Asia: Taiwan's army of migrant workers keep its chip economy running

Financial Times: Taiwan’s Covid-19 outbreak spreads to chip companies

South China Morning Post: Taiwan’s coronavirus outbreak, drought and power cuts force semiconductor makers to ramp up contingency plans

Nigeria

techcabal: Nigerian lawmakers summon Lai Mohammed for questioning over Twitter ban

Sahara Reporters: Ignore Buhari's Twitter Ban, Find Ways To Tweet—Opposition Lawmakers Tell Nigerians

Sahara Reporters: Prominent Nigerians, Groups That Have Bravely Defied Buhari Regime's Twitter Ban

Sahara Reporters: Twitter Ban: Human Rights Lawyers Drag Buhari To ECOWAS Court

Paradigm Initiative: Press Statement: Nigeria Twitter shutdown, a brazen abuse of fundamental human rights

Sahara Reporters: Groups Slam Buhari, Call For Reversal Of Twitter Suspension In Nigeria

techpoint.africa: #TwitterBan: Exploring the legal intricacies of Nigeria’s decision

Sahara 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 Aide

Sahara Reporters: Twitter Ban Will Be Lifted Under This Condition—Nigerian Government

CIPESA: CIPESA, AIRA Stand Against Twitter Ban In Nigeria

MFWA: MFWA condemns Twitter ban in Nigeria, calls for immediate restoration

Medianama: Twitter operations suspended in Nigeria days after President’s post removed

Bangkok Post: Nigeria blocks Twitter after president's tweet deleted

Sahara Reporters: "We Are Disappointed"—Canada, Ireland, EU, UK, US Release Joint Statement On Twitter Ban In Nigeria

Sahara Reporters: Buhari's Government Summons US, UK, EU Envoys, Others Over Their Reactions To Twitter Ban

Punch: US, UK, EU envoys meet FG, insist Twitter ban violates freedom of expression

Uganda

Unwanted Witness: ‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion

Myanmar

South-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

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Nigeria

Punch: Anger as Buhari threats to deal with promoters of insurrection

Sahara Reporters: Suspend Buhari's Account Now, Trump Was Suspended For Lesser Issue — Nigerians Tell Twitter Boss

The Guardian: Nigerians slam Buhari over ‘unpleasant’ tweets

Punch: Biafra: Twitter deletes Buhari’s controversial ‘civil war’ post

The Guardian: Twitter deletes President Buhari’s post for violating rules

Sahara Reporters: Why We Won't Ban Buhari For Threat Message Like We Banned Trump—Twitter

The Guardian: Nigerian government reacts after Twitter deleted Buhari’s tweet

Punch: Biafra: FG accuses Twitter of double standards

Punch: Twitter’s action, warning signal to Buhari – Ohanaeze

Kolumbien

Fundación Karisma: Tecnología, manifestación social y control de la protesta en Colombia

La Silla Llena: Internet no tiene quien la cuide y menos en protesta

Global Voices: Colombians ‘save the evidence’ as they denounce social media censorship of protests

Meedan: Censorship in Colombia's national strike #paronacional

Laos

Radio Free Asia: Laos Creates Task Force to Monitor ‘Misuse’ of Social Media

The Diplomat: Laos Establishes Task Force to Police Social Media Platforms

The Laotian Times: Laos Forms Special Taskforce to Combat Fake News

Union of Catholic Asian News: Lao authorities tighten screws on social media users

Manushya Foundation: #StopDigitalDictatorship in Laos!

SAFEnet: [Joint-Statement] The Lao Government Must Stop Online Surveillance and Mandatory Registration for Social Media Platforms

Access Now: Laos directs surveillance of social media platforms, further throttling expression online

Internationale Steuern

Nikkei Asia: US to India and 5 others: You tax Big Tech, we tariff you

Times of India: Digital service tax: US suspends proposed tariffs against India, others

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Myanmar

Nikkei Asia: Myanmar allows Tinder but axes dissent havens Twitter, Facebook

The Diplomat: Internet ‘Whitelist’ Highlights Myanmar Military’s Wishful Economic Thinking

KrASIA: Burmese authorities want to wall off the internet, but can they succeed?

ASEAN Today: The Myanmar military’s planned “intranet” is likely to fail

International Crisis Group: Myanmar’s Military Struggles to Control the Virtual Battlefield

Nigeria

Punch: Nigerians to submit phone IDs in three months, says NCC

Sahara Reporters: Nigerians To Submit Phones' Tracking ID Numbers To NCC From July

Punch: Nigerians kick against NCC plan for phone ID warehouse

Sahara Reporters: 'We Would Rather Trek To Togo, Others Than Submit Our Phones' IMEI Numbers To Pantami' —Nigerians Vow

Punch: Requesting Nigerians’ IMEI illegal, says SERAP

Sahara Reporters: SERAP Gives Buhari Government 48 Hours To Withdraw Directive Asking Nigerians For Phone IMEI Numbers

Punch: IMEI: We will capture subscribers’ phone IDs automatically —NCC

Sahara Reporters: BREAKING: Nigerian Communications Commission Denies Asking Subscribers To Submit Phone IDs From July

Brasilien

OBSERVACOM: Gobierno de Bolsonaro planea un decreto para modificar el Marco Civil de Internet

Gizmodo Brasil: Quais os problemas da proposta de Bolsonaro para impedir moderação de conteúdo nas redes sociais

teletime: Bolsonaro quer decreto para regulamentar punições no Marco Civil da Internet

Poder360: Bolsonaro copia lei de governador trumpista para jogar seus apoiadores contra o Supremo

Osteuropa

ILO: Digital Work in Eastern Europe: Overview of Trends, Outcomes, and Policy Responses

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Peru

Hiperderecho: Autoridad Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales: partidos políticos están obligados a cumplir la Ley de Protección de Datos Personales

Dirección 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/ONPE

Vietnam

The Diplomat: Ahead of Vietnam’s One-Party Elections, the State Punishes Online Calls for Democracy

thevietnamese.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 dissent

Reuters: Vietnam says Facebook should adhere by local laws

Reuters: Exclusive: Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests - source

Amnesty International: Big Tech's censorship shame in Viet Nam

Amnesty International: Viet Nam: Fresh crackdown as National Assembly election looms

Voice of America: Vietnam Detains Man Over Facebook Posts on Politics, Human Rights

Indonesien

TEMPO.CO: Squeezed by Digital Giants

Bangkok Post: Gojek to merge with Tokopedia to create Indonesia tech giant

WHBL: Indonesian govt agency to scrutinise Gojek-Tokopedia merger to avoid tech monopoly

Techwire Asia: How will the Gojek-Tokopedia merger rival Grab in SEA?

Afrika

Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale: Digital Africa : fiasco d’un projet numérique entre la France et l’Afrique

digitalbusiness.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 ?

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Kolumbien

Fundacíon Karisma: Useless and Dangerous: A Critical Exploration of Covid Applications and Their Human Rights Impacts in Colombia

Indonesien

Tempo.co: Undersea Cable Break: Papuans Urged Not to Believe Sabotage Rumors

Tempo.co: Internet Down in Papua Due to Maintenance; Businesses Suffer

Tempo.co: Internet in Papua Disrupted Due to Disconnection at Submarine Cable

RNZ: Internet cut in Papua as military operations intensify

Antara News: Internet services gradually made available for Papua's government

The Jakarta Post: Internet ban during Papua antiracist unrest ruled unlawful

The Diplomat: Indonesia Deploys Forces to Troubled Papua Region

Afrika

Paradigm Initiative: Groundbreaking new tool empowers African citizens to call out digital rights violations.

Lateinamerika

ADC: Manifestación de Al Sur y organizaciones de la sociedad civil latinoamericana sobre la nueva política de datos de WhatsApp

digitaltrends.es: WhatsApp explica cómo ejercer el derecho a la privacidad

Milenio: ¿Ya aceptaste las políticas de WhatsApp? Así puedes hacer valer tus derechos de privacidad

Serbien

Balkan Insight: ‘Invisible’ Balkan Freelancers Fight for Fair Taxation in a Digital Age

N1: Serbian government agrees to freelancer, Internet workers’ demands on taxes

Radio Free Europe: Serbian Freelancers Protest Retroactive Taxes

Global Voices: Serbian freelancers protest new taxation law that threatens to push thousands into poverty

Emerging Europe: Freelancers in Serbia renew protest over status, tax burden

Peoples Dispatch: What’s behind the internet workers’ protest in Serbia?

N1: Internet Workers Association protest order to pay back taxes

European Social Policy Network Flash Report: Debates about the legal status of platform workers in Serbia

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Senegal

statewatch: Senegal: Biometric population database will facilitate deportations, restricted EU document confirms

statewatch: EU moves ahead with plans to use visa policy as "leverage" to increase deportations

Privacy International: Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds

Privacy International: Challenging the Drivers of Surveillance: EU Access to Documents Requests EUTF for Africa Disclosures

Bloomberg: EU Funds Biometric Tech Used for Returning African Migrants

Al Jazeera: Activists sound alarm over African biometric ID projects

Mexiko

El País: La Fiscalía de México ha contratado en los dos últimos años programas para el espionaje masivo de teléfonos móviles

R3D: #FiscalíaEspía: la FGR adquirió equipo capaz de espiar ilegalmente a todos los usuarios de Internet en México

Zorayda 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 cartels

Brasilien

Coding Rights: Threats in the usage of facial recognition technologies for authenticating transgender identities

R3D: La adopción del reconocimiento facial por el gobierno brasileño amenaza los derechos de la comunidad trans

Convergência Digital: Serpro e Dataprev atuam juntos para incluir biometria facial do INSS no GOV.br

Peru

OBSERVACOM: Preocupación en Perú por proceso del debate y contenidos de proyectos de Ley sobre regulación de Internet

Hiperderecho: Un nuevo Proyecto de Ley sobre bloqueo de páginas en Internet

rpp.pe: Proyecto de Ley de Acción Popular busca limitar el uso de redes sociales en niños y adolescentes

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Chile

OBSERVACOM: Senado chileno aprueba en segundo debate proyecto para declarar Internet como servicio público. La discusión pasa a Diputados

OBSERVACOM: Senado aprueba proyecto para regular el acceso a Internet como servicio público de telecomunicaciones en Chile

TeleSemana: La Cámara de Senadores de Chile aprobó el acceso a internet como servicio público

Senat der Republik Chile: Internet como servicio público: el desafío del acceso equitativo y la cobertura

proceso: Internet: derecho fundamental

La Tercera: Suprema envía al Senado informe sobre proyecto que establece acceso a Internet como servicio público: “Se aprecia como positiva la propuesta”

Albanien

Balkan Insight: Albania Prosecutors Investigate Socialists’ Big-Brother-Style Database

Transparency International: Albania: Alarm over indications of personal data breach, election campaign violations

Opinion.al: Akuzat e PD për e-albania, reagon AKSH: Të dhënat nuk mund të përdoren

exit news: AKSH mohon përdorimin e të dhënave personale për qëllime elektorale

Balkan Insight: Seizure Order Against Albanian News Portal Condemned

Balkan Insight: Police, Soldiers among Albanian Ruling Party’s Voter Tracking ‘Army’

Nigeria

TechCabal: 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 Monday

Bloomberg: Uber, Bolt Drivers in Africa Protest High Cost of Operations

Technext: ‘We want Workers Status’ -Nigerian e-Hailing Drivers to Institute Class Action Suite Against Uber and Bolt

Russland

TorrentFreak: Russia Wants Instagram to Stop Blocking Its Anthem over Copyright Issues

Kuban 24: Instagram заблокировал видео депутата из Анапы из-за российского гимна

PDM News: Instagram удалил видео, на котором анапский депутат поёт гимн России

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China

Global Voices: For stateless and scattered Tibetans, a new online tool helps voters make an informed choice

Voice of Tibet: Smart Vote Tibet: In conversation with the people behind the project

phayul.com: SmartVote Tibet updates website ahead of final elections

Südafrika

ITWeb: WhatsApp ‘disappointed’ after it’s blocked from off-boarding GovChat

Tech Central: Facebook interdicted in fight with South Africa’s GovChat

ITWeb: WhatsApp slams GovChat for ‘breaking’ terms of use

ITWeb: WhatsApp off-boarding would curtail its existence, says GovChat

MyBroadband: Brutal battle between WhatsApp and South Africa’s GovChat

iAfrikan: Facebook is looking to de-platform GovChat from WhatsApp

MyBroadband: Facebook accused of trying to kick South Africa’s GovChat off WhatsApp

Peru

Hiperderecho: Identidad Digital en Perú: DNI electrónico y plataformas

Pressperu.com: Identidad digital descentralizada, un gran cambio en el paradigma sobre la propiedad de datos personales

LexLatin: Inicia la primera fase de la automatización legal en Perú

Malaysia

SAFENet: [Joint-Statement] Anachronistic and and Anti-democratic Malaysia Anti-Fake News Ordinance must be repealed

Open Net Association: Malaysia: Repeal ‘fake news’ emergency ordinance

Article 19: Malaysia: Repeal ‘fake news’ emergency ordinance

Human Rights Watch: Malaysia: Revoke ‘Fake News’ Ordinance

The Straits Times: Malaysian government criticised for 'draconian' use of emergency powers to outlaw fake news

The Diplomat: Malaysia Under Fire for COVID-19 ‘Fake News’ Ordinance

Malaysiakini: MP SPEAKS | Why seek public feedback on fake news law after implementation?

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Ecuador

Fairwork: Fairwork Ecuador Ratings 2021: Labour Standards in the Gig Economy

Südafrika

OpenNet Africa: Countdown to South Africa’s New Data Laws – What to Expect

ITWeb: No extension to POPI Act grace period, says info regulator

MyBroadband: South African WhatsApp users cannot be forced to accept new privacy policy – Regulator

Business Insider South Africa: Less than 100 days before SA's strict new privacy rules. Here's how it will affect you

Gambia

Global Voices: The Gambia’s missed opportunity for digital rights reform

Global Voices: ‘A day without internet is a day in the dark’: The Gambia's growing digital divide

Constitutional Review Commission: 2020 Draft Constitution

RFI: Widespread disappointment in Gambia after new constitution voted down

The Trumpet: GIVE 1 Gambia Chapter Holds a Day Long Consultation on Access to Information Bill

The Fatu Network: Internet Outage: Impact on the financial services and general economy

OCCRP: The Gambian Government Continues Controversial Contract

The Point: Semlex resumes operations after paying D390, 000 tax

The Fatu Network: President Barrow MISSES ECOWAS summit, triggered by internet outage

Mexiko

Observacom: Empresas de Internet amenazan con denunciar violación al T-MEC de México si se aprueba cuota de catálogo de obras nacionales

El Heraldo de México: ALAI ve arbitraje en contra de México dentro del T-MEC

Reuters: Mexican Senate to vote on proposal to compel Netflix, Amazon to boost local content

BN Americas: Mexico set to oblige online platforms to stream 30% local content

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Indien

Medianama: BJP allegedly accessed voter Aadhaar details for targeted campaigning

Times of India: BJP's unauthorised access to Aadhaar data: Madras high court asks why Puducherry election must not be deferred

NDTV: "Can Puducherry Polls Be Deferred?": High Court On Complaint Against BJP

New Indian Express: Did BJP use Aadhaar details for targeted election campaign? Madras HC takes serious view

Medianama: UPI apps are allegedly being used to bribe voters in Tamil Nadu elections

The Hindu: Money transfer facility comes under scanner

The Hindu: Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | Police book AIADMK candidate Natham R. Viswanathan on bribery charges

Lesotho, Benin, Guinea

CIPESA: How Telecom Companies in Africa Can Respond Better to Internet Disruptions

MENAFN: The vile 'Big Brother' law

Jeune 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 annoncés

El Salvador

Derechos Digitales: Ley de datos personales: sin pausa, pero sin prisa y de cara a la sociedad

ContraPunto: El Salvador continúa en el análisis de propuesta para evitar mal uso de información ciudadana

La Prensa Grafica: Avanza proyecto de Ley de Protección de Datos Personales en El Salvador

Sierra Leone

Global Voices: Sierra Leone’s new cybercrime bill could turn a phone into a crime scene 

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Jamaika

Jamaicans for Justice: The New NIDS: An Opportunity to Do Things Differently

Access Now: Civil society speaks out on Jamaica’s dubious new digital ID bill

Jamaica Information Service: National Identification System Secure

Loop News: J'cans may hesitate to sign up for NIDS after JAMCOVID breach - Graham

TechCrunch: Jamaica’s immigration website exposed thousands of travelers’ data

Libanon

SMEX: Internet Censorship in Lebanon: The Case of Currency Exchange Rate Online Platforms

The New Arab: Lebanon 'requests FBI help' to shut down black market currency exchange apps: officials

Coda Story: Lebanon’s currency is collapsing. The government’s solution? Ban exchange rate apps

SMEX: Lebanon Blocks Unofficial Exchange Rate Apps, Threatening Right to Access Information

Belarus

Kharon: Used by Repressive Governments, Belarusian Facial Recognition Software Tracks Dissidents

Euro Radio FM: Big Brother is unwell: Why Synesis was hit by European sanctions

Euro Radio FM: Рестораторов заставляют подключиться к системе тотального видеонаблюдения Kipod

Synesis: Why tech company could get into EU sanction list, or how fakenews in business affects political decisions

China

China Digital Times: Translation: Developer Discontinues Support for Ideological App Automation Tool

Association for Computing Machinery: "Learning for the Rise of China": Exploring Uses and Gratifications of State-Owned Online Platform

Hong Kong Free Press: ‘The party will go wherever the people are.’: Xi Jinping ‘cult’ app is China’s red hot hit

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Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine: Center for Countering Disinformation to start operating next week – Yermak

Interfax Ukraine: Center for Countering Disinformation to start operating on March 16 – Danilov

BBC: Олександр Ткаченко: Лагідна українізація триватиме

Ukrinform: Information policy ministry to create online museum of Russian propaganda in Ukraine

112.international: Culture Minister reveals details of Center for Counteraction Disinformation in Ukraine

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Doctrine of Information Security of the Russian Federation

Kyiv Post: Facebook shuts down accounts of Russian trolls that targeted Ukraine

Euractiv: Ukraine is a valuable ally in defeating Russian disinformation

Vietnam

The Vietnamese: 9 Takeaways From Vietnam’s Draft Decree On Personal Data Protection

Conventus Law: Vietnam Issues New Draft Decree On Personal Data Protection

Global Compliance News: Vietnam: New developments as regards the draft decree on personal data protection

Philippinen

ILO: Homeworking in the Philippines: Bad job? Good job?

Sudan

Global Voices: Sudan's revised cybercrime law falls short on its promise

Committee to Protect Journalists: Sudan tightens cybercrime law as army pursues “fake news”

Human Rights Watch: Sudan’s Army Threatens Activists, Journalists with Lawsuits

Voice of America: Sudan Army’s Plan Is to Return to 'Dark Days,' Journalists Say

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Ghana

Media Foundation for West Africa: MFWA Calls on Media to Reject Autocratic Order from Judicial Service of Ghana

Graphic Online: GJA reacts to Judicial Service statement to media houses

Graphic Online: Accept Supreme Court verdict on election petition - CSOs urge Ghanaians

My 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 Media

China

China Digital Times: Translation: Detention of Takeout Driver Advocate Highlights Digital-era Labor Abuses

Radio 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 unresolved

China 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 activist

Simbabwe

MISA 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 media

Bangladesch

Dhaka Tribune: Law Minister: Government to amend Digital Security Act 

Dhaka Tribune: BNP describes Mushtaq’s death as state-sponsored murder

bdnews24.com: Bangladesh writer Mushtaq Ahmed, arrested in digital security case, dies in jail

The Daily Star: Mushtaq: DSA’s First ‘Martyr’

bdnews24.com: Mushtaq died of ‘natural causes’, says probe panel

The Daily Star: 66 writers demand justice for Mushtaq, abolition of DSA

Al Jazeera Investigations: All The Prime Minister’s Men

The Daily Star: Our take on the Al Jazeera Report

The Daily Star: Make sure it’s taken down: HC to BTRC

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