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September 09, 2020

What happens during a national health emergency when citizens don’t have access to the internet? People in Venezuela are finding out as…

September 03, 2020

Open Internet Leader, Thato Mochone examines how governments in Southern Africa are utilizing the disinformation and misinformation surrounding…

August 27, 2020

To spark conversations that address policies restricting an open internet in Nigeria, I hosted a roundtable discussion in Abuja, Nigeria, earlier…

July 15, 2020

South African Professor Thuli Madonsela discusses the rule of law in the age of COVID-19, including important considerations around data…

May 27, 2020

The use of facial recognition technology is on the rise, particularly among governments who claim that it helps keep their citizens safer. But how…

May 26, 2020

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has led many governments to enact emergency measures that temporarily expand their powers in an effort to combat and…

April 16, 2020

Disinformation can also have less immediately visible but equally dangerous results that undermine democracy by distorting public discourse and…

April 07, 2020

Ukraine's proposed legislative amendments raise concerns about the future of freedom of speech and the free flow of information.

March 05, 2020

The beginning of February was marked by a…

October 28, 2019

The fight towards a free and democratic internet has numerous battlefields, but equally important is the creation of a network representative of…