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Weekly Roundup 18 July, 2022

By Tristan Gutbezahl | Jul 20, 2022

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Photo Credit: Photo by Дмитрий Трепольский: https://www.pexels.com/photo/the-famous-saint-basil-s-cathedral-in-russia-8285167/

Russian President Vladimir Putin … Read More

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By Moira Whelan | Jul 20, 2022

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Building an open, free and healthy digital global ecosystem is central to democracy and as such, is a central focus for us at NDI. But the time and effort it takes to protect democratic values, create tools to… Read More

Weekly Roundup 11 July, 2022

By Cat Ramsey | Jul 11, 2022

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young Indian men stand in a line, looking at their phones. The camera is aimed at their hands. The picture was taken in Mumbai on November 10, 2019.

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Image credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES, 10 November, 2019

On Tuesday, Twitter filed a lawsuit… Read More

Weekly Roundup 6 July, 2022

By Cat Ramsey | Jul 06, 2022

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The National Communications Commission of Taiwan officially announces a draft of the Digital Intermediary Service Act

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Image credit: Yang Chin-chieh, Taipei Times

The Taiwan National Communications Commission has approved the … Read More

Weekly Roundup 21 June through 30 June

By Cat Ramsey | Jun 30, 2022

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cut-outs of Mark Zuckerberg are lined up in front of the US Capitol building on sunny day like a creepy army. Each of the cutouts has the words "fix facebook" on their t-shirts.

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Image credit: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post 2018

21 June

The European Union (EU) has announced an … Read More

Weekly Roundup 13 June, 2022

By Cat Ramsey | Jun 13, 2022

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An open laptop sits on a black background, pop up purple error messages cover the screen of the laptop and spill over onto the background behind the laptop. Below the horizon, where the laptop would be sitting on a table if the background weren't black, the error messages appear upside down, like they are mirrored from the upper two-thirds of the background

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Image credit: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Hackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party are exploiting a … Read More

Weekly Roundup 31 May through 8 June

By Cat Ramsey | Jun 08, 2022

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Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei sits on a stage with two Iranian flags in the background, speaking into a microphone and holding up a small piece of paper in his left hand, which has a large amber coloured ring on the middle finger

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Image credit: BBC's "Instagram moderators say Iran offered them bribes to remove accounts"

Persian language content moderators for Instagram have come forward alleging that … Read More

Weekly Roundup 24 May, 2022

By Cat Ramsey | May 24, 2022

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The image centers on a hand with magenta fingernails holding a phone angled toward the person holding it (out of the picture). The person connected to the hands appears to be sitting in front of a wooden desk with an open laptop on it

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Image credit: Unsplash/Firmbee.com

The UN Security Council (UNSC) convened a … Read More

Weekly Roundup 16 May, 2022

By Cat Ramsey | May 16, 2022

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A mess of glowing blue lines makes shapes similar to those on a computer chip on a black background, zeroes and ones also appear in this blue, and an eye in the same blues is the center of the image

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Image credit: Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino

To address a spike in online child sexual abuse material(CSAM) during the pandemic, the European Commission has published a … Read More

Weekly Roundup 28 April through 6 May

By Cat Ramsey | May 09, 2022

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Elon Musk stands with both his thumbs up in front of a yellow background with purple arrows pointing up

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Image credit: Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images

28 April

Since the news broke that Twitter is accepting Elon Musk’s bid to purchase the platform,… Read More

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