Azerbaijani prosecutors seek up to 16 years in prison for defendants in Toplum TV case

🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11

Documents widespread deployment of ALPR surveillance networks originally justified for safety but increasingly repurposed for low-level… [more]

In Comoros, journalist arrested for report on jailed ex-president’s health

State authorities arrest journalists and newspaper leadership for reporting on a jailed former president's health, exemplifying… [more]

Podcast: Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is

Documents Microsoft's intentional design of addictive AI systems and reveals corporate manipulation of AI search results, demonstrating… [more]

Azerbaijani prosecutors seek up to 16 years in prison for defendants in Toplum TV case

State persecution of independent journalists through harsh criminal charges and imprisonment represents systematic censorship and… [more]

🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11

Documents widespread deployment of ALPR surveillance networks originally justified for safety but increasingly repurposed for low-level… [more]

In Comoros, journalist arrested for report on jailed ex-president’s health

State authorities arrest journalists and newspaper leadership for reporting on a jailed former president's health, exemplifying… [more]

Podcast: Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is

Documents Microsoft's intentional design of addictive AI systems and reveals corporate manipulation of AI search results, demonstrating… [more]

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

Documents systemic abuse of automated license plate reader technology by law enforcement for illegal personal stalking, exemplifying… [more]

Afghanistan: New code enabling child marriage compounds dismal situation for women’s and girls’ rights

Taliban decree legalizing child marriage represents state-enforced authoritarianism that eliminates consent and autonomy, qualifying as… [more]

“This World Cup has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other”

Documents systematic persecution and exclusion of LGBT+ citizens from public spaces and cultural participation due to authoritarian state… [more]

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking

Documents a pattern of 60+ U.S. military strikes resulting in 200+ extrajudicial killings with evidence suggesting potential targeting of… [more]

Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation

Documents systematic state-led ethnic cleansing, forced displacement of Palestinian communities, and apartheid governance in occupied West… [more]

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities

Documents systematic forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouin communities by Israeli forces and settlers,… [more]

What are ‘critical minerals’ and why do they matter for human rights?

Documents systematic human rights abuses and labor exploitation in critical mineral extraction driven by global demand for AI, renewable… [more]

Pollinators in peril: scientists reveal the hidden human health costs of the world’s disappearing bees

Documents cascading environmental collapse through pollinator extinction causing food insecurity and malnutrition in vulnerable… [more]

How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans

Article documents state-level censorship bills using child safety as pretext to establish mass surveillance infrastructure and expand… [more]

Tell Congress: Just Say No to NO FAKES

Article documents proposed legislation that would create broad censorship mechanisms disguised as AI regulation, potentially suppressing… [more]

CPJ welcomes conviction of 2 men for attack on Iran International journalist in London

Documents state-sponsored physical attack on exile journalist to suppress critical coverage, exemplifying authoritarian governments' use… [more]

Libya: Release humanitarian activists detained for seeking to deliver aid to Gaza

Arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of humanitarian activists by state military forces for attempting to deliver aid… [more]

FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs

FCC proposal to mandate universal identity collection and storage by telecoms eliminates anonymous phone access, establishing mass… [more]

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case

Federal court case reveals systemic vulnerability where AI tools bypass human judgment in legal advocacy, undermining judicial integrity… [more]

Pakistan: “Terrorism” designation of protest movement marks dangerous escalation in Jammu and Kashmir crackdown

Documents state weaponization of terrorism laws against peaceful protest movements, combined with internet shutdowns and mass arbitrary… [more]

Hong Kong: New powers for Chief Executive in ‘national security’ cases undermine fair trial rights

Hong Kong government expands Chief Executive powers to unilaterally designate any criminal case as national security matter,… [more]

CPJ welcomes Polish prosecutors’ renewed commitment to Ziętara murder case

Historical case of investigative journalist's disappearance and presumed murder by state security apparatus demonstrates press suppression… [more]

Secret scoring: Join the CRIF class action now!

A major credit agency secretly scores nearly all Austrian adults based on non-predictive factors like address and gender, determining… [more]

VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry

Documents Meta's covert embedding of facial recognition code into smart glasses companion app for mass biometric identification of… [more]

This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

SignalTrace represents escalated mass surveillance infrastructure that transforms license plate readers into device-tracking tools capable… [more]