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| Oct 22, 2026 | NEW REPORT: Authoritarian Internet Controls Drive 16th Consecutive Year of Decline in Global Internet Freedom | WASHINGTON, DC—Global internet freedom declined for the 16th consecutive year, with conditions deteriorating in 16 of the 38 countries assessed and improving in only 8, according to Freedom on the Net 2026: Seismic Shifts on the Global Inte... |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Vilnius Freedom Summit Unites Democratic Leaders and Activists Across Regions | Vilnius, Lithuania—Freedom House and the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted the Vilnius Freedom Summit today, bringing together senior government officials, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, former political prisoners, and democrac... |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Freedom House Adopts Cases of Imprisoned Vietnamese Journalists Le Anh Hung and Pham Chi Dung | Washington, DC—Freedom House announced today that the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners has adopted the cases of imprisoned Vietnamese journalists Le Anh Hung and Pham Chi Dung, both of whom were formerly affiliated with the in... |
| Oct 2, 2026 | ‘I’d rather die here than in Africa’: Migrants describe violent deportation flight | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
On a tarmac in Texas, federal agents repeatedly ordered a group of shackled immigrants off a bus and onto an airplane that they had heard was destined for Afric... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Freedom House Launches Ambassadors for Freedom Program, Names Five Leading Human Rights Defenders as Inaugural Advocates | WASHINGTON—Today Freedom House launched the Ambassadors for Freedom program, a new global initiative bringing together a group of the world’s foremost democracy advocates to champion solutions to the 20-year decline in global freedom. Carol... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Freedom House and the R.T. Weatherman Foundation Announce Partnership to Advocate for the Release of Hong Kong Political Prisoner Joshua Wong | Washington, DC, and London, UK—Freedom House and the R.T. Weatherman Foundation are pleased to announce a partnership to advocate for the release of Hong Kong prodemocracy advocate and political prisoner Joshua Wong. As part of this work, F... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 25+ Civil Society Organizations Call for Strong Human Rights and Accountability Safeguards for Commercial Cyber Intrusion Industry | Download the full statement
The joint statement from civil society argues that the forthcoming Pall Mall Industry Guidelines on Commercial Cyber Intrusion Capabilities (CCICs), which includes commercial spyware, must establish enforceable e... |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Freedom House Adopts Case of Imprisoned Belarusian Civil Society Expert Tatiana Kouzina | Washington, DC—Freedom House announced today that the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners has adopted the case of imprisoned Belarusian civil society expert Tatiana Kouzina.
“Freedom House is proud to stand with Tatiana Kouzina a... |
| Sep 16, 2026 | An Open Letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping | Re: Human rights improvements ahead of September 24, 2026 visit to Washington, DC
We, the undersigned organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights, democracy, and religious freedom, write on the occasion of your forthcom... |
| Sep 14, 2026 | What does the British government think sanctions on Israel will achieve? | Would it be highly cynical to suggest that Labour are changing Britain’s policy on Israel in search of domestic political advantage, asks Eliot Wilson
If politics is the art of persuasion, as Aristotle’s Rhetorike seems to suggest, then the... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Freedom House Launches Ambassadors for Freedom Program, Names Five Leading Human Rights Defenders as Inaugural Advocates | WASHINGTON—Today Freedom House launched the Ambassadors for Freedom program, a new global initiative bringing together a group of the world’s foremost democracy advocates to champion solutions to the 20-year decline in global freedom. Carol... |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Freedom House Adopts Case of Imprisoned Belarusian Civil Society Expert Tatiana Kouzina | Washington, DC—Freedom House announced today that the Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners has adopted the case of imprisoned Belarusian civil society expert Tatiana Kouzina.
“Freedom House is proud to stand with Tatiana Kouzina a... |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Freedom House and the R.T. Weatherman Foundation Announce Partnership to Advocate for the Release of Hong Kong Political Prisoner Joshua Wong | Washington, DC, and London, UK—Freedom House and the R.T. Weatherman Foundation are pleased to announce a partnership to advocate for the release of Hong Kong prodemocracy advocate and political prisoner Joshua Wong. As part of this work, F... |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Flying Carpets and Folklore PhDs: 1001 Threads of Mizan Is Not Like Other Debuts | By Eloise Jones
Published: Aug 31 2026, 6:26 PM EDT
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| Aug 20, 2026 | Freedom House Honors 2026 Award Recipients; Launches 85th Anniversary Campaign | WASHINGTON—Freedom House recognized a distinguished group of advocates for democracy and freedom at its Annual Awards ceremony last night in Washington, DC, and launched “Investing in Freedom’s Future,” a campaign marking its 85th anniversa... |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Freedom House Welcomes New Board Members Margaret Hoover, David Pressman | WASHINGTON—Freedom House is pleased to announce that journalist Margaret Hoover and former US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman are joining the Freedom House Board.
“On behalf of the entire Freedom House Board, I am thrilled to welcome M... |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Authoritarian Collaboration Fueled Transnational Repression in 2025 | WASHINGTON—Thirty governments reached beyond their borders in 2025 to assassinate, assault, kidnap, detain, deport, and threaten their critics, according to a new report released by Freedom House. The report, Collaboration and Resistance: T... |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Dutch Minister Warns Social Media ID Mandates Track Dissidents, Not Just Trolls | By Daniel Butler
Published: Jul 30 2026, 10:54 AM EDT
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| Jul 28, 2026 | UK Supreme Court Strips Bahrain of Immunity Over FinSpy Dissident Hack | By Earl Bensen
Published: Jul 28 2026, 12:46 PM EDT
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| Jul 22, 2026 | Taiwan Cuts Mobile Data to Near-Zero for 16 Million in First-Ever War-Readiness Drill | By Mark Rutherford
Published: Jul 22 2026, 2:13 PM EDT
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| Jul 17, 2026 | Leading Global Voices Call for Renewed Solidarity in Support of the Iranian People | WASHINGTON—Leading democracy organizations and experts issued a joint statement, released today by Freedom House, to emphasize that the future of Iran should belong to its people. At a moment of heightened uncertainty, the statement undersc... |
| May 27, 2026 | Iran expands restrictions on distribution of news content by international media outlets | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer
Iran has expanded restrictions on distribution of news content from the country, directing international news outlets to place restrictions on use of their con... |
| May 22, 2026 | Freedom House Honors 2026 Award Recipients; Launches 85th Anniversary Campaign | WASHINGTON—Freedom House recognized a distinguished group of advocates for democracy and freedom at its Annual Awards ceremony last night in Washington, DC, and launched “Investing in Freedom’s Future,” a campaign marking its 85th anniversa... |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Leading Global Voices Call for Renewed Solidarity in Support of the Iranian People | WASHINGTON—Leading democracy organizations and experts issued a joint statement, released today by Freedom House, to emphasize that the future of Iran should belong to its people. At a moment of heightened uncertainty, the statement undersc... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Africa: Offline and Silenced - Africa's Quiet Rise of Internet Repression | Africa was hit by a record number of digital shutdowns in 2025 that stifled opposition and undermined democracy.
On 29 October 2025, election day, a nationwide internet outage cut online communication across Tanzania, raising concerns about... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Entering 2026, Age Verification Is Becoming a Core Layer of the Internet | Created by
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Published: Dec 16 2025, 02:16 AM EST
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| Oct 28, 2025 | Nigeria's Government Is Using Digital Technology to Repress Citizens. a Researcher Explains How | Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a growing concern for advocacy groups and those interested in freedom and democracy. It is especially worrying ... |
| Oct 10, 2025 | National Taiwan day is a moment to remember there is no modern world without this beacon of democracy | Taiwan’s National Day celebrates a resilient and innovative democracy that has become indispensable to the modern world through its economic strength and technological dominance in semiconductors, says Lubov Chernukhin
Every year on the 10t... |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar | By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Uganda: Digital Expression in Uganda's 2025 Election Landscape | As Uganda approaches a high-stakes election year, the country's digital spaces have emerged as a frontline for political debate, civic mobilisation, and increasing state scrutiny.
Human rights organisations, regional digital rights bod... |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom | By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online spe... |
| Jul 6, 2025 | Opinion: Robert Bird: The rule of law is key to capitalism − eroding it is bad news for American business | When the government enforces rules arbitrarily, it also undermines property rights.
For example, if a country enters into a major trade agreement and then goes ahead and violates it, that threatens the property rights of the companies that ... |
| May 20, 2025 | Scotland's Economic Awakening: Lessons from Singapore | Scotland stands at a crossroads. The winds of change are blowing, and the call for a new economic vision is growing louder. Sir Tom Hunter, a prominent Scottish entrepreneur, has sparked a conversation that could reshape the nation’s future... |
| May 20, 2025 | Why Sir Tom Hunter Wants Scotland to Think Like Singapore | A new Oxford Economics report commissioned by Sir Tom Hunter draws a striking comparison: Scotland and Singapore. It’s a provocative pairing – and one that certainly challenges traditional thinking when it comes to socioeconomic and busines... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Democracies across the globe are at a crossroads, as authoritarians seek to chip away at freedoms | Crossroads for democracy in the US
Donald Trump ended his last term trying to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden and rallying an angry crowd of supporters, some of whom then stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to block Congr... |
| Nov 27, 2024 | In careful protest, China Evergrande's investors press for action | SHENZHEN: Hundreds of Chinese investors who lost savings in the collapse of China Evergrande launched a coordinated campaign this month to press authorities for an update on the failed property developer, according to people with knowledge ... |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Ethiopia's Digital Dilemma: Balancing Essential Services and Internet Freedom | Ethiopia stands at a crossroads. On one side, a burgeoning initiative to deliver essential commodities via technology. On the other, a grim reality of internet restrictions that stifle freedom and economic growth. This duality paints a comp... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Ethiopia Ranks Lowest for Internet Freedom Among 17 African Nations, As Govt Continues to Impose Internet Shutdowns | Addis Abeba — Ethiopia has received the lowest internet freedom score among 17 African nations assessed in Freedom House's "Freedom on the Net 2024" report, scoring 27 out of 100 and earning a "Not Free" rating.
The... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Planetary foresight: Navigating the future shifts | “Driving forces of change” are significant, presently observable large-scale trends and issues expected to shape the future. These forces can affect, and are rooted in, various aspects of society, technology, economy, environment, and polit... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Warner Bros Discovery Faces Revenue Storm: A Deep Dive into the Media Giant's Struggles | Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is navigating turbulent waters. The media giant recently reported second-quarter revenues of $9.71 billion, falling short of Wall Street's expectations of $10.07 billion. This shortfall sent shares tumbling ... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Proton VPN launches updates to protect free speech | Governments in many countries are imposing internet shutdowns at alarming rates, reaching new milestones each year with 283 shutdowns documented in 39 countries in 2023. Often these are triggered by public protests, active conflict, electio... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Pirate Site Blocking Can’t Prevent Pay TV Subscriber Decline in Uruguay | According to the latest Freedom House report, citizens of the United States benefit from robust freedoms of expression and a wide array of other civil liberties. For that, the country receives a score of 83/100.
With just 3.4 million citize... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Armenia: Authorities must investigate violence against journalists covering protests | Armenia: Authorities must investigate violence against journalists covering protests
Armenian riot police officers block a street during a rally against Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in front of the Parliament building in Yerevan, Armen... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Bangladesh: Anti-Terror Cops Accused of Selling Citizen Data on Telegram | By Quincy Jon
Published Jun 7, 2024 12:34PM EDT
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Two top Bangladeshi anti-terror police personnel are accused of selling classified and c... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | India's Modi eyes election victory, top opponent back behind bars | NEW DELHI: A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday (Jun 2) to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for ... |
| May 21, 2024 | Defending press freedom in Georgia as foreign agent bill passes third reading | Joint letter calls on the European Union to react
Georgian political parties supporters protest during a rally against a draft bill on 'foreign agents' in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, 14 May 2024. EPA-EFE/... |
| May 17, 2024 | Assassination attempt draws spotlight to European election season | The assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico earlier this week put European politics on the front page of U.S. newspapers.
While most Americans likely weren't aware of who Fico is, the world’s attention is now focused... |
| May 7, 2024 | Can VPNs Be Tracked by the Police? | Virtual private networks are designed to preserve online privacy by encrypting internet traffic and hiding IP addresses that can be used to determine user location. Most users are aware of this when they try to access a website or service w... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Breaking down TikTok’s legal arguments around free speech, national security claims | Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is “unconstitutional” and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict its use in court.
The bill in question, which President Joe Biden signed Wednesday, gives... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Breaking Barriers? President Faye’s Electoral Victory and Africa’s Democratic Awakening | The election of Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is a glimmer of hope in an era of democratic backsliding. As a young leader himself, he should seek to inspire a democratic revival among young Africans.
The rapid expansion of... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | New Report Analyzes New York Times Coverage of Falun Gong | Detailed study analyzed language, focus, and sources from New York Times articles between 1999 and 2023 NEW YORK, NY, USA, April 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- According to a new report published by the Falun Dafa Information Center, The Ne... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 52 countries saw "severe" declines in freedom last year, report finds | Source: Freedom House; Note: Index score based on aggregate political rights score (scale of 0–40) and its aggregate civil liberties score (scale of 0–60). The political rights and civil liberties scores are equally weighted to determine an... |
| Feb 12, 2024 | AI's challenge to internet freedom | In October 2020, observing International Internet Day, I spoke about the threats to Internet freedom. A lot has happened in less than four years, and a lot has changed. But the threats did not go away. On the contrary, Internet users and th... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Состояние цифровых прав потребителей в России | Случившиеся со мной и моими коллегами истории заставили задуматься - а как вообще обстоят дела с цифровыми правами потребителей? Эти размышления о опыт изысканий в области нарушения этих самых прав породили достаточно длинную статью ниже. Р... |
| Oct 27, 2023 | The Kremlin plans to raffle off houses and holidays to shore up support for Putin ahead of an election: report | Russian President Vladimir Putin and a stock image of raffle tickets. Contributor/Getty Images
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The Kremlin is reportedly launching a nationwide raffle ahead of next year's presidential election.
The prizes will include housi... |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Trump praised Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán as 'the leader of Turkey' | Politics Trump praised Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán as 'the leader of Turkey'
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| Oct 4, 2023 | Freedom On The Net Report Highlights Dangers Of AI | Shattered glass with padlock icon and national flaggetty |
| Aug 22, 2023 | How Unplugged’s VPN is Helping Create a Privacy Lifeline in Repressed Countries | Kareen, Tech Times 22 August 2023, 01:08 am
Freedom of information and communication have long been considered inalienable human rights, according to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But in the near-75 years s... |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Вьетнам объявил о намерении блокировать пользователей за публикацию нелегального контента | Правительство Вьетнама представило проект указа, который обяжет провайдеров интернета блокировать доступ в сеть пользователям, публикующим нелегальный контент, сообщило Nikkei Asia. По данным издания, изменения в законодательство страны мог... |
| Aug 15, 2023 | A Ukrainian says he paid $5,000 for a medical diagnosis to avoid conscription, an example of widespread corruption and draft-dodging | Military & Defense A Ukrainian says he paid $5,000 for a medical diagnosis to avoid conscription, an example of widespread corruption and draft-dodging
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| Jul 14, 2023 | Succeeding Sall: Who will be Senegal’s next president in 2024? | On July 4, millions across Senegal let out a sigh of relief when President Macky Sall announced in a nationwide address he would not run for a third term.
A 2016 constitutional referendum barred presidents from serving more than two five-ye... |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Ethiopia: Social Media Ban Brings Challenges | Washington — WASHINGTON - Four months into a social media ban, communications businesses and civil rights groups in Ethiopia are feeling the impact. Strict regulations are making it harder for them to reach audiences or verify information.
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| Jun 22, 2023 | Modi touts democracy, denies discrimination in rare press conference | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who rarely takes questions from reporters, issued an emphatic defense of India's democracy in a press conference on Thursday alongside President Biden.
Why it matters: The Biden administration sees ... |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Biden bets big on India despite friction on Ukraine and human rights | India is undercutting President Biden's strategy on Ukraine and backsliding on the human rights and democracy issues at "the core" of Biden's foreign policy — but U.S. officials are anxious to demonstrate this week that ... |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Не только горы и вино: почему иностранцы запускают бизнес в Грузии | Содержание: Почему Грузия С чего начать Где искать поддержку Где и с кем работать Что посещать За кем следить Кем вдохновиться О каких минусах помнить
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Сакартвело — привлекательный бизнес-хаб по многим причинам. Вот основные:
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| Jun 9, 2023 | Social Media and Political Engagement in the World Today | Social media has not lived up to the democratising expectations of liberal Western states. For undemocratic countries, however, the political turbulence from uncontrolled information systems is a potential blaze that must be kept under stri... |
| May 16, 2023 | Addressing Media Capture | For years, industry, governments, and civil society have grappled with how to address the potential harm from state media while protecting people’s right to information in the digital domain. In some cases, the harm from state media can be ... |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Biden’s Spyware Order: A Needed First Step | Investigative reports show that the Mexican government has become the most prolific user of spyware in the world, illegally deploying intrusion technologies from Israel-based NSO Group to spy on prominent human rights defenders, journalists... |
| Mar 9, 2023 | The Global Democratic Recession May Finally Be Ending, a New Report Finds | For more than a decade, Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World report, which has been published by the Washington-based pro-democracy watchdog since 1973, has made for pretty grim reading. Since 2006, the report has chronicled a global... |
| Feb 17, 2023 | IRF Summit: Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric on Display, McGovern Calls Out Hate | Numerous respected experts, advocates and politicians across the political spectrum attended the summit. The IRF’s speaker and sponsor roster also featured more than a dozen individuals or groups with ties to anti-LGBTQ hate and extremism. ... |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Congress, TikTok, and Securing Democracy in the Digital Age | In recent weeks, Congress has asserted itself in the TikTok debate by passing legislation that bans the app from federal government devices. Another bipartisan bill, known as the ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, would go much further by completely proh... |
| Jan 14, 2023 | A year of opportunity for Africa | In what is sure to be a pivotal year in the effort to combat climate change, Africa can make significant progress toward a carbon-neutral economy. But to do so, African countries must eliminate barriers to trade and innovation, address inst... |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Vladimir Putin refuses to use the internet because he's afraid people will spy on him, the Wall Street Journal reported | Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part via videoconference in a ceremony marking the launch of a new and renovated transport infrastructure in Russia's regions at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on December 13, ... |
| Dec 20, 2022 | The democracy deficit: What does a global decline in freedom portend for climate and sustainability agendas? | Global freedom is under threat. Authoritarian regimes have become more effective at co-opting or circumventing norms. The world has experienced a decline in global freedom for 16 consecutive years, according to Freedom House’s 2022 Freedom ... |
| Nov 9, 2022 | If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em | A review of David Sloss, “Tyrants on Twitter: Protecting Democracies From Information Warfare” (Stanford University Press, 2022).
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| Oct 25, 2022 | Not free: в Беларуси всё хуже со свободой интернета | Отдел новостей 25 октября 2022, 15:36 Not free: в Беларуси всё хуже со свободой интернета
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| Oct 19, 2022 | Internet freedoms are in decline, report | The latest annual Freedom on the Net report by US-based research institute Freedom House tracks the depressing decline of online freedoms around the world.
For the twelfth year straight, there has been a net decrease in internet freedom, de... |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Internet Freedom Falls Around The World, But US Starts To Improve | TOPSHOT - A protester holds a placard reading "Putin - No!" during an opposition rally in 2019 ... [+] (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| Oct 7, 2022 | China gains when democracies target press freedoms | This June, authorities in the Philippines ordered the boldly independent news website Rappler to shut down. In February 2021, a powerful Senegalese government minister won a defamation case against the daily Le Témoin. That same month in Ma... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | China's top livestreamer resurfaces 3 months after his show was cut short as he was showing off a military tank-shaped cake on the eve of the Tiananmen massacre | China's top influencer Li Jiaqi's livestream was cut short after he showed off a tank-shaped cake.
The incident took place on June 3, a day before the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
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| Sep 28, 2022 | Vietnam to restrict which social media accounts can post news | With the rising tide of fake news on social media platforms, the debate over how much control a government should have on online information is a perennial one. In Vietnam, the government is intensifying its control over the internet regime... |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Elon Musk said Starlink will request exemptions from Iran sanctions to provide internet services amid anti-government protests after a woman died in police custody | SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will seek exemption from sanctions against Iran to provide internet service.
His tweet came amid protests in Iran over the death of a young woman who died in police custody.
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| Sep 18, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Susan Stokes: Direct democracy might better represent the people – but it doesn’t always work out | By Susan Stokes
In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on abortion rights are planned in... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Навигатор для трактора или эмиграция с цифрами в 2022 | Итак, ваш трактор отполирован до блеска, смазан, проведено ТО. Вы в костюмчике с иголочки стоите рядом, позвякиваете ключами и… не знаете толком куда же ехать. Внучатая племянница лучшей подруги двоюродной тети вашей мамы говорит, что лучше... |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Песков назвал визит Пелоси на Тайвань провокацией | По мнению пресс-секретаря президента России Дмитрия Пескова, поездка спикера Палаты представителей Конгресса США Нэнси Пелоси на Тайвань — «самая чистая провокация». Он также назвал эфемерной «свободу и демократию» на острове, усомнившись, ... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Is the Justice Department Meeting the Moment? | Editor’s Note: The following article should be read in conversation with “In Defense of the Justice Department” by Benjamin Wittes. Together, the articles articulate two sides of a debate over criticisms of the Justice Department’s approach... |
| Jul 19, 2022 | Modularity for International Internet Governance | The modern-day “global” internet faces a dubious future. On the battle lines of internet freedom, Russia’s increasing authoritarian control aspires to China’s great firewall levels, while the annual Freedom on the Net report for 2021 found ... |
| Jul 16, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Jeffrey Fields: Why is Biden playing nice with the Saudi Arabia’s repressive rulers now? | By Jeffrey Fields
Even before setting foot in the Middle East for his first visit to the region as president, Joe Biden felt compelled to defend a portion of the trip. “I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to S... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Indian Government Ordered Takedown Of Tweets Criticising Internet Censorship: Report | The requests from the Indian government pertained to tweets promoting a Freedom House report titled ‘Freedom in the World 2021’: Report
According to the report, the tweets were ‘possibly’ also singled out for using a version of world map th... |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Surfshark Confirms Shutdown of India Servers Due to Data Retention Laws | Surfshark has become the latest major VPN provider to confirm it will be shutting down its servers in India in response to the country’s new data and IT laws.
The decision follows ExpressVPN’s decision earlier this week to also pull out of ... |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Africa: Controlled or Free Internet? Time for Africa to Speak Out | As internet shutdowns wound economies and damage democracies, Africa needs a position on how cyberspace is governed.
To what extent should African states seek to control the internet, its availability, reliability, and content? And should c... |
| May 27, 2022 | The Effects of Digital Transnational Repression and the Responsibility of Host States | In March, days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government released a list of 313 Canadian politicians and civil society activists banned from Russia. Marcus Kolga, a Canadian journalist and policy analyst in Toronto with ... |
| May 23, 2022 | Is the United States Totalitarian? | In the three months since Russia began its war of aggression, the character of the country has been changing before our eyes. Its much-vaunted military has been exposed as not only weak, disorganized, and corrupt, but also criminal, engagin... |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Putin's Revised Foreign Agent Law Could Enable Mass Repression | In the past two weeks, it has become increasingly dangerous for Russian citizens to participate in anti-war demonstrations, to express opposition to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, or to share true information about the military campa... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 4 reasons why Hong Kong isn’t worried about an ‘expat exodus’ | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
Hong Kong’s recent moves to combat a fresh COVID outbreak appear to have triggered a secondary epidemic—of... |
| Dec 28, 2021 | Why Are Authoritarians Framing International Approaches to Disinformation? | On Nov. 15, the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee approved by consensus a new resolution on disinformation. The draft resolution urges social media companies “to review their business models and ensure that their business operations, da... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | 3 YouTubers were reportedly arrested in Turkey for criticising the country's financial crisis | Turkey's currency hit an all-time low on Monday.
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Turkish authorities arrested YouTubers after they interviewed people on the street, The Independent reported.
The citizen journalists asked people how the coun... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | 3 YouTubers were reportedly arrested in Turkey after posting interviews with people criticizing the country’s financial crisis | Turkey’s currency hit an all-time low on Monday. GocherImagery/Getty Images
Turkish authorities arrested YouTubers after they interviewed people on the street, The Independent reported.
The citizen journalists asked people how the country’s... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Securing U.S. Democracy | With President Biden’s first democracy summit completed last week, the next steps will be continuing the dialogue the convening has generated and turning sights on implementing initiatives announced at and prompted by the conference. Given ... |
