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Internet shutdowns during "key moments in a nation's life" effectively silence the media and restrict access to information.

Autocratic regimes and threats to press freedom have forced independent journalists and newsrooms into exile with alarming frequency in recent years. Founders and editors from three newsrooms in exile from Bangladesh, Russia, and Venezuela shared their tactics for survival.

Update: 2, October, 2023: This release was edited for clarity after publishing, changing wording slightly in the comments from Ben Grazda, U.S. Five years on, still no accountability for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

Hun Sen had used platform to physically threaten political opponents in video of speech he delivered

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Access Now sent a joint letter and an accompanying legal analysis to Cambodia’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Ministry of Justice, calling for the withdrawal or substantial amendment of its Draft Law on Cybersecurity to bring its provis

‘It really violates human rights,’ says Meduza editor-in-chief.

The draft Cybersecurity Law of Cambodia must be withdrawn because vague provisions undermine human rights and exposes people to increased cyber threats.

Meta's decision to not suspend the Facebook account of a former Cambodian prime minister who had used the platform to physically threaten political opponents is drawing criticism from the tech giant's Oversight Board, human rights groups and digital security experts. Meta's Oversight Board, a group of prominent global experts that makes mostly nonbinding recommendations on…

How can we identify content produced by generative AI tools? One solution being touted is watermarking – but what are the human rights risks?

An unnamed European Union (EU) country was found to have used Pegasus – an Israeli malware program, to hack into the smartphone of Latvia-based Russian journalist, Galina