Activists went head to head with government representatives as mass surveillance dominated discussions at the 2013 Internet Governance forum. Mike Harris reports
Surveillance revelations take centre stage at global internet summit
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
India challenges cyber governance and security
Just days before the United Nation’s led Internet Governance Forum in Indonesia, India, held its own – and first of its kind – conference on cyber governance and cyber security, Mahima Kaul writes
Facebook video policy attempts to ‘draw the line’ on free speech
The question anyone who defends free speech gets asked most frequently is “Where do you draw the line?” The announcement by Facebook today that it will allow users to post videos of beheadings is bound to raise that question, Padraig Reidy writes
Surveillance critic barred from US
Author Ilija Trojanow, a driving force behind an anti-surveillance campaign, was travelling to the US for a conference on German literature. That was his plan, anyway. At an airport in Brazil, he was told his entry to the US had been denied. No explanation was provided then, and none has been provided since, Milana Knezevic writes
Pakistan’s gay website ban reflects bigotry
Pakistan’s move to ban access to a gay website reflects the conservative society’s inability to accept a “larger world view”, activists say, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Committee to Protect Journalists report gauges the press freedom crisis
It’s nearly impossible to gauge the full impact of harassment of the press. How do you measure the stories that go untold because a journalist felt intimidated? How do you quantify the corruption that won’t be exposed because sources are afraid to talk? When the impact of threats is silence there’s no way to assess what we’re missing, Josh Stearns of Free Press writes
European ruling spells trouble for online comment
A judgment against an Estonian website could severely affect web hosts and commenters, Padraig Reidy reports
Proposed app ban sparks outrage in Pakistan
Sindh province announced last week it would ban mobile messaging apps like Viber, Whatsapp and Skype for three months. Zofeen T. Ebrahim investigates the fallout
Social media becomes the scapegoat in India
The regulation of social media in India has been a subject of great controversy, Mahima Kaul writes
Europe really, really doesn’t trust the NSA
A briefing paper calls for putting pressure on U.S. e-commerce. Marc Herman of Pacific Standard reports
Sudan blacks out internet to hide brutal suppression of protests
Peaceful protests in Sudan have led to an ongoing violent government crackdowns and internet blackout – Dalia Haj-Omar reports
Social media erase button not a solution
It is right that we should have some control over posts from our past: but this alone will not solve the problems teens face in the online world, says Padraig Reidy
