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Report – Digital safety and internet freedom in South and Southeast Asia

Digital rights, Digital Security / By Sam de Silva

In late 2021, OPTF and Engagemedia started collaborating on a research report that investigated digital safety and internet freedom in South and Southeast Asia. The final report is now available. Sadly, the findings paint a bleak picture when it comes to ensuring human rights defenders and at-risk communities are safe and secure in the digital …

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Reflections on Nigeria’s Twitter ban

Digital rights / By Adenike Fapohunda

This article was commissioned by the OPTF to as part of a project to encourage more writing on digital rights issues. Adenike Fapohunda is a candidate attorney who did her final year thesis on the Nigerian Twitter ban. Her writing can be found at https://medium.com/@nikefapohunda On the 5th of June 2020, The Federal Republic of …

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Technologies for Border Surveillance and Control in Italy

Digital rights / By Diego Visintin

Diego analyses a recent study from the Hermes Center covering the use of facial recognition technology at the Italian border.

Cyber-surveillance pushed me into exile

Digital rights / By Ray Mwareya

Ray Mwareya discusses how surveillance and cyber-harassment in Zimbabwe impacted his life and work as a journalist.

Dialogues on digital rights: On the internet, trust is a noun

1 Comment / Digital rights / By Mallory Knodel

Mallory dives into the concept of trust on the internet. What does trust really mean? And how can things truly be zero-trust?

Teardown of Hong Kong’s internet freedom

Digital rights / By Charles Mok

For decades, Hong Kong has maintained one of Asia’s freest Internet environments, despite being a part of China. As a special administrative region, reverted to Chinese sovereignty since July 1, 1997, Article 30 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law(1) guarantees the freedom and privacy of communication of residents. But such freedom has not come without challenges. …

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