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More than 500 feared dead after reports of boats capsizing off Myanmar

Documents state-enabled humanitarian catastrophe resulting from authoritarian persecution of Rohingya minority, involving forced… [more]

Decades of denial: Death certificate for disappeared reopens Kashmir wounds

Documents systematic extrajudicial disappearance and state repression in Kashmir, where citizens face indefinite detention without due… [more]

EFF and ARTICLE 19 Submission to the European Commission on the DSA Trusted Flagger Guidelines

Addresses risks of platform over-censorship and government influence on online speech through DSA trusted flagger mechanisms, highlighting… [more]

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

Documents how corporations exploit opt-out defaults and dark patterns to force users into AI data collection and processing, exemplifying… [more]

More than 500 feared dead after reports of boats capsizing off Myanmar

Documents state-enabled humanitarian catastrophe resulting from authoritarian persecution of Rohingya minority, involving forced… [more]

Decades of denial: Death certificate for disappeared reopens Kashmir wounds

Documents systematic extrajudicial disappearance and state repression in Kashmir, where citizens face indefinite detention without due… [more]

EFF and ARTICLE 19 Submission to the European Commission on the DSA Trusted Flagger Guidelines

Addresses risks of platform over-censorship and government influence on online speech through DSA trusted flagger mechanisms, highlighting… [more]

Hong Kong arrests 2 journalists in latest sedition case targeting independent bookstores

Arrests of journalists and booksellers under vague sedition laws for selling independent publications represents textbook state censorship… [more]

The game is up: how MENA’s social media regulations silence and control

Article documents systematic expansion of state control over social media platforms across MENA region through legislative measures… [more]

Pete Hegseth says US military to start testosterone screening for over 30s

Mandatory testosterone screening of military personnel represents state-mandated biometric surveillance and medical monitoring that… [more]

Myanmar: More than 500 feared dead in capsized refugee boats, UN says

Documenting systemic persecution and forced displacement of Rohingya by Myanmar military junta, creating deadly migration crisis… [more]

EU: Tunisia Migration Deal Worsening Human Rights Violations

EU migration deal with Tunisia funds abusive border enforcement and human rights violations, exemplifying authoritarian governance and… [more]

India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.

Dystopian infrastructure development prioritizing AI expansion over environmental sustainability and local welfare, with massive data… [more]

Trump’s intelligence chief nominee won’t say Biden won 2020 election

Demonstrates institutional capture and normalization of election denial within top intelligence apparatus, reflecting authoritarian… [more]

Ukraine: Russian-Run Schools Violate Children’s Rights

Reports systematic state propaganda, identity suppression, forced military conscription of minors, and surveillance in occupied… [more]

Hong Kong police raid two bookstores, arrest five people

Hong Kong police targeting independent bookstores and arresting booksellers for selling materials deemed 'seditious' exemplifies state… [more]

Uganda: Military Seizing Government Critics

Uganda's military systematically seizing opposition critics, holding them incommunicado, and orchestrating bogus prosecutions represents… [more]

How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands

Documents climate catastrophe causing mass casualties and displacement in West Africa, exemplifying the real-world consequences of climate… [more]

Smoke From Canada's Wildfires Turns Skies Sickly Orange Across the Eastern US

Qualifies as climate collapse content documenting cascading environmental disaster—uncontrolled wildfires causing transnational air… [more]

Max Blumenthal, Grayzone founder and editor-in-chief, interrogated over reporting assignment to Iran

State interrogation and device seizure of independent journalist returning from legitimate reporting assignment represents targeted… [more]

CPJ supports journalist’s testimony on press freedom in Venezuela submitted to US Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Documents sustained government censorship, criminalization, and persecution of journalists in Venezuela—a clear case of authoritarian… [more]

Trump administration replaces Philadelphia slavery memorial

Government replacement of historical memorial panels with sanitized content exemplifies state censorship and the authoritarian control of… [more]

Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion

Article documents lack of disclosed cost estimates for military conflict and potential massive public expenditure without transparent… [more]

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Meta's NameTag face recognition system represents mass biometric surveillance infrastructure with corporate obfuscation about its… [more]

California Steps Back From Dangerous Expansion of its Age-Gating Law

Article documents state-mandated age-gating infrastructure requiring OS and app stores to collect and bracket user ages for selective… [more]

Pakistani Strikes in Afghanistan Raise Civilian Casualty Concerns

Documents extrajudicial cross-border military strikes causing civilian deaths with minimal transparency or accountability, exemplifying… [more]

Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy Features

Documents widespread surveillance through health wearables with inadequate privacy protections, lack of transparency reports, and… [more]