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According to an Iraqi government spokeswoman, on 8 August, The Communications and Media Commission (CMC) of Iraq instructed every media organisation and social media company operating in the country to use the accurate word sexual deviance rather tha...
A report capturing network data by the Netblocks Internet observatory confirms a significant disruption of Internet access in Belarus on 9 August 2020, the day of the country's presidential elections. The report noted further that the outage lasted t...
Several international and regional human rights organisations havecalled uponSpecial Envoy on Media Freedom, Amal Clooney, to spur on the UK government to pressure its ally Bahrain to protect freedom of expression and freedom of the press. The reques...
According to a news report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined other human rights and technology organizations to write a letter to the Zambian president with a call on him to ensure that internet services are not disrupted during ...
In the context of growing tensions between the US and China, Google has deleted more than 2500 YouTube channels linked to Chinese disinformation campaigns. Google did not disclose much information about the specific channels that were eliminate...
Bianetreportedthat the Ankara court has ordered the blocking of 136 websites on 16 July, including news outlets Bianet, ETHA news agency, Halk?n Sesi TV, ?zg
In ajoint submissionfor Turkey'sUniversal Periodic Review (UPR), human rights organisations havecondemnedthe crackdown on digital space by the Turkish authorities. In particular, the review pinpoints the mass blockings of websites and platforms. It n...
Turkish Twitter celebrity P?nar Karag?z (also known as Pucca) was accusedby the government of advocating drug consumption and attempting to use social media to overthrow the government. In 2018, Pucca tweeted, 'hundreds of poor people are able to ear...
Reuters' Rich McKay reports that Apple, YouTube, and others drop conspiracy theorist Alex Jones because the Infowars author 'had broken community standards'. McKay quoted Facebook as saying it removed Alex Jones' pages 'for glorifying...
The 'Cyberspace Users Rights Protection and Regulation of Key Online Services' dubbed as the 'Protection Bill' or Tarh-e Sianat (??? ?????) in Persian will be endorsed by the Iranian parliament in the following two months. The bill was criticised by ...
A group of digital rights organisations from five Arab countries launched the Arab Alliance for Digital Rights (AADR) to advocate for digital rights and freedoms of internet users across the Arab region. The Alliance will be working with different lo...
The cybersecurity and domain name registrar companies Cloudflare and Tucows have terminated 8Chan as a customer after the shooting in El Paso. 8chan, an imageboard website of user-created message boards, has been used for harmful activism. Days befor...
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