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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED VENEZUELA’S DROP IN INTERNET PENETRATION
What happens during a national health emergency when citizens don’t have access to the internet? People in Venezuela are finding out as…
Read MoreA WHIRLWIND OF INFORMATION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION DURING A PANDEMIC
Open Internet Leader, Thato Mochone examines how governments in Southern Africa are utilizing the disinformation and misinformation surrounding…
Read MoreMULTI-STAKEHOLDER INSIGHTS ON PROTECTING AN OPEN INTERNET: A PERSPECTIVE FROM NIGERIA
To spark conversations that address policies restricting an open internet in Nigeria, I hosted a roundtable discussion in Abuja, Nigeria, earlier…
Read MoreCONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW & DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR THULI MADONSELA
South African Professor Thuli Madonsela discusses the rule of law in the age of COVID-19, including important considerations around data…
Read MoreTHE TWIST OF FATE, OR ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACIAL RECOGNITION IN DEMOCRATIC POST-GDPR EUROPE
The use of facial recognition technology is on the rise, particularly among governments who claim that it helps keep their citizens safer. But how…
Read MoreResponses to Tackling COVID-19: State of Emergency, Rule of Law & the Public Good
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…
Read MoreDISINFORMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Disinformation can also have less immediately visible but equally dangerous results that undermine democracy by distorting public discourse and…
Read MoreUKRAINE WANTS TO FIGHT DISINFORMATION BY INTRODUCING DE-FACTO CENSORSHIP
Ukraine's proposed legislative amendments raise concerns about the future of freedom of speech and the free flow of information.
… Read MoreSOCIAL WELFARE AT THE COST OF PRIVACY. NOT ANYMORE, SAID DUTCH COURT
The beginning of February was marked by a…
Read MoreTHE NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR DIGITAL RIGHTS IN OUR OWN LANGUAGES
The fight towards a free and democratic internet has numerous battlefields, but equally important is the creation of a network representative of…
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