Stalking the messenger: Ending impunity for illegal surveillance
This article was originally published by IFEX in recognition of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI) and is reposted here…
Fahrenheit 5651: The Scorching Effect of Censorship
Fahrenheit 5651: The Scorching Effect of Censorship EngelliWeb 2020 Analysis Report on blocked websites and blocked and removed news articles, social media accounts and social…
Content Moderation and Self-Regulation Mechanisms: The Facebook Oversight Board and its Implications for Latin America
This is a post from The Dialogue: Leadership from the Americas and the post is also available in: Spanish The role of social media in…
IFEX Africa Brief Special Edition: International Day for Universal Access to Information
In recognition of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September, IFEX produced a special edition of their Africa Brief podcast…
“The Smartphones are listening”: Regulating exports and abuses of cybertools
Summary Reflecting on events from the first half of 2021, IFEX’s Middle East and North Africa Editor explains how increasingly sophisticated digital surveillance tools are…
The smartphone versus the baton
Summary Reflecting on events from the first half of 2021, IFEX’s Europe and Central Asia Editor explains how the Lukashenka regime’s crackdown on Belarus’s independent…
Is Resistance Futile? Learning from recent efforts to resist Asia’s digital authoritarians
Summary Since January 2021, our region has witnessed a phenomenal emergence of massive, broad-based uprisings, as citizens push back against the reversal of democratic reforms…
What you need to know now: Trends in freedom of expression and information in Latin America and the Caribbean
Summary Several issues have predominated in Latin America and the Caribbean. As economic and political crises stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic increased public dissatisfaction with…
Hit or Miss? Assessing the Digital Platform for the Safety of Journalists in Africa
Summary The Digital Platform for the Safety of Journalists, announced by President Ramaphosa of South Africa on January 2021, was conceptualized over the last five…
Report: Development Banks’ Inaction on Retaliation During Covid-19
Summary In partnership with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and ARTICLE 19, IFEX published a new report — “Unhealthy silence: Development banks’ inaction on retaliation…