India’s laws and controls over its massive collection, storage and use of biometric data are hugely deficient, writes Ram Mashru
Is India’s biometric benefits database trampling privacy?
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Turkey’s internet law following nebulous drafting process
Some freedom of speech activists insist that the most effective resistance to censorship will be promoting internet security, writes Catherine Stupp
Limits on surveillance: A global right to privacy
The revelations by Edward Snowden last June about massive, unaccountable surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart GCHQ have raised one vital question. Is there a global right of privacy? Binoy Kampmark writes
UK’s web filtering seems to be blocking common sense
Connoisseurs of a good political bust-up may have noticed a subtle change in tempo to the online filtering debate over the Christmas period. Jane Fae brings you up to date
Online privacy as an active pursuit
The age of mass surveillance has brought with it a need for individuals to manage their online privacy — and human dignity, Scott Ainslie writes
Egyptian government must release Alaa Abd El Fattah
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s civil society statement condemns the Egyptian government’s detention of bloggers, including Alaa Abd El Fattah, and calls for their immediate release
Turkey’s proposed internet law met with strong opposition
Controversy surrounds proposed amendments to a 2007 law, which would give the government wide ranging power over the internet
Davos must address secret mass surveillance scandal
Leading free speech and privacy organisations call on the world's elite assembled at Davos to tackle the challenge of global mass surveillance of electronic communications. ARTICLE 19, English PEN, Index on Censorship and Open Rights Group are...
Social media changing the protest landscape in China
Despite state censorship and political repression, social media is changing the protest landscape in China, Stephen Junor writes
Index supports referral request in Delfi v. Estonia
Dean Spielmann President European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg cedex France 13 January 2014 Re: Grand Chamber referral in Delfi v. Estonia (Application no. 64569/09) Index's coverage: European ruling spells trouble...
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