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Surveilling CISPA
Author's name: FD MONTREAL Surveilling CISPA: CC licence DonkeyHoteyI wrote a story about surveillance efforts by the UK authorities lately. It seems that snooping communications (emails, text...
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Open Letter: Google in Pakistan - Local and global civil society raises eyebrows
The Association for Progressive Communications and its member group in Pakistan, Bytes For All, is deeply concerned about Google’s latest business trip to Pakistan. Here are a few questions on Google’s...
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Macedonians under high (cyber) surveillance
SKOPJE15 August 2012 (FD for APCNews) Skopje is not exactly a landmark for free thinkers, social critics and other kinds of independent folks. However, that does not mean that discordant voices do not...
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Lavabit shuts up shop to avoid ‘big brother’ encroachments
JOHANNESBURG5 September 2013 (Phil Mincher for APCNews)Some email providers and other internet intermediaries have opted to shut down operations before “big brother’’ interferences gather more momentum.
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Take Back the Tech: State surveillance violates our human rights, weakens...
Author's name: Shawna Finnegan This post is part of the Take Back The Tech campaign: Day 13 – State SurveillanceHow do you define security? Can it be weighed against the right to privacy? What other...
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Allied Media Conference to feature digital, analog security solutions for...
MONTREAL13 February 2014 (Mallory Knodel for APCNews)The 16th annual Allied Media Conference calls for session proposals until 1 March 2014. APC and partners are curating a programme track on digital...
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On 6/5, 65 things we know about NSA surveillance that we didn’t know a year ago
Author's name: EFF SAN FRANCISCO It’s been one year since the Guardian first published the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that...
View ArticleConnecting our rights to #takebackthenet in Barcelona
Author's name: Shawna Finnegan Winnipeg, Canada Last week in Barcelona, APC brought together activists, transformative techies, human rights defenders and academics from across the globe for our 12th...
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Activists talk censorship and circumvention at Disco-tech Istanbul
JOHANNESBURG22 September 2014 (Alexandra Groome for APCNews)On 1 September 2014, APC, Tactical Tech and Web Foundation brought together over 150 techies, human rights defenders and rights activists in...
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GISWatch report on surveillance launched in ten countries
MOPANI7 February 2015 (Leila Nachawati for APCNews)From Bolivia to Senegal, ten Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) authors have organised local launches to highlight national reports on the...
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Author's name: Leila Nachawati Rego Valencia [View th
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Communications surveillance victims in South Korea fight back
SEOUL20 March 2015 (Jinbonet for APCNews)Surveillance is one of the greatest challenges for civil society organisations trying to advance human rights on the internet. In South Korea, victims of...
View ArticleGISWatch: Mexico should legislate on the use of unwarranted government...
Author's name: Korina Velázquez Ríos Mexico On 14 April, we presented GISWatch 2014 – Communications surveillance in the digital age in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico. This was possible thanks to...
View ArticleOpen letter sent by civil rights groups worldwide against the Surveillance...
AuthorPublication abstractThe undersigned civil and human rights organisations call on French parliamentarians to reject the draft law on surveillance measures for international electronic...
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APC joins civil rights groups against Surveillance Bill to be adopted in France
5 October 2015 (APCNews)APC joins open letter by civil rights groups worldwide against the Surveillance Bill to be adopted in France. We urge the French Parliament to reject it and protect the rights...
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Latin America in a Glimpse, at IGF 2015
JOAO PESSOA9 November 2015 (Leila Nachawati Rego for APCNews)Among the most controversial issues that Latin America has faced in 2015 are the arrival of Free Basics (formerly Internet.org) and...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Blackberry regarding Pakistan's push for backdoor access and...
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Internet Freedom Festival, a civil society response to censorship and...
VALENCIA3 March 2016 (APC for APCNews)“Joining Forces to Fight Censorship and Surveillance” is the motto of the Internet Freedom Festival taking place in Valencia on 1-6 March.
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