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Indonesia: ByteDance allegedly censors anti-China content from 2018 to mid-2020
Author: Reuters (UK)
“Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, sources say”, 13 August 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights
- Related companies: ByteDance TikTok (part of ByteDance)
Turkey: Social media law will increase censorship
Author: Human Rights Watch (USA)
27 July 2020...
China: Mobile music game removed over links to pro-Hong Kong morse code message
Author: The Guardian (UK)
“Cytus II game removed in China over links to pro-Hong Kong morse code message”, 22 July 2020...
- Related companies: Soundcloud YouTube (part of Alphabet)
Russia: Govt. uses facial recognition technology to identify and arrest peaceful protesters
Author: Anastasiia Zlobina, Human Rights Watch (USA)
Moscow’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology Challenged, 8 July 2020...
Saudi Arabia: Woman Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul featured in CIVICUS' #StandAsMyWitness campaign
Author: CIVICUS
'Why you should #StandAsMyWitness', July 18, 2020...
- Related stories: CIVICUS launches #StandAsMyWitness campaign to stop persecution of Human Rights Defenders
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak Human rights defenders Women Women human rights defenders
TunnelBear to provide 20,000 free, safe virtual private networks to human rights defenders, NGOs & independent media
Author: Business Wire
'TunnelBear Kicks Off Anti-Censorship Initiative With Free Accounts for Activists', July 14, 2020...
Russia: New measures tightening control over internet infrastructure, online content & privacy of communications will severely undermine human rights, says HRW
Author: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Russia: Growing Internet Isolation, Control, Censorship, 18 June 2020 ...
Belarus: A1 customers request compensation for shutting down Internet during opposition protests; incl. company response
In Belarus, A1 operator subscribers demand compensation for blocking Internet during unrest
Author: Digital Report
Note: This is an unofficial summary translation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, the original article is available in Russian here....
- Related stories: Belarus: A1 customers request compensation for shutting down Internet during opposition protests; incl. company response
- Related companies: A1 Telekom Austria
Kyrgyzstan: New internet bill would give authorities power to restrict access to websites, oblige internet providers to store data on customers
Author: Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Eurasianet (USA)
Kyrgyzstan: Plagiarized internet gagging bill getting easy ride through parliament, 20 June 2020...