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Case law on content moderation and freedom of expression
New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression, 2nd ed. (2024), 29 pp.
"This edition of the Special Collection on the Case Law of Freedom of Expression: Case law on content moderation and freedom of expression is an update of the 2023 Special Collection on content moderation and freedom of expression. It includes cases that have been added to the database in the period
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"Despite strong international condemnation, there is growing acceptance of internet shutdowns as a legitimate response to online content that governments—particularly in Africa—find concerning. This article explores government decision- making around internet shutdowns during contentious periods
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Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2024), 43 pp.
Freedom on the Net 2023: The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence
Washington, DC: Freedomhouse (2023), 45 pp.
"1. Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year. Digital repression intensified in Iran, home to this year’s worst decline, as authorities shut down internet service, blocked WhatsApp and Instagram, and increased surveillance in a bid to quell antigovernment protests. Myanmar ca
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Rapid Response Fund for the Protection of Digital Rights in Latin America
Derechos Digitales (2023), 22 pp.
"In 2022, the Rapid response Fund for the Protection of Digital Rights in Latin America (RRF) celebrated three years of work. Managed by Derechos Digitales, the RRF was conceived as a contextualized, agile, flexible and less bureaucratic response to the needs of organizations and activist working in
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Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report 2022
Lagos: Paradigm Initiative (2023), 291 pp.
Data Governance in Zimbabwe: Opportunities and Challenges
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2023), 12 pp.
"Recent legislation on data linking national security and cybersecurity undermines the creation of a trustworthy data environment. Restrictions on information flows have immediate and medium-term costs to digital economic activity, which in turn have knock-on effects for the prospect of any subseque
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Online Repression and Tactical Evasion: Evidence from the 2020 Day of Anger Protests in Egypt
Democratization, volume 30, issue 2 (2023), pp. 325-345
"Following the 2011 Arab Spring, autocrats have sought to limit citizens’ ability to publicize offline protests over social media. In this article, we explore how users adjust to these restrictions. To do so, we analyse 33 million tweets sent from Egypt during the “Day of Anger” protests in Se
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Digital constitutionalism: The role of internet bills of rights
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 242 pp.
"Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutiona
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Digital Security and Human Rights Defenders Landscape: Recommendations for NHRIs in the Asia-Pacific
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2023), 22 pp.
"Governments in the Asia-Pacific region have responded to human rights defenders' (HRD’s) new online advocacy strategies, affecting their online advocacy through the use of legal and non-legal measures to harass them and impede their work. Against this backdrop, National Human Rights Institutions
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