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Internet shutdowns in international law
New York: Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression (2022), 45 pp.
Internet Shutdowns and Human Rights: Submission in Response to the Call for Comments by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as Input for the Report on Internet Shutdowns and Human Rights to the Fiftieth Session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 29 pp.
"Temporary internet disruptions and shutdowns pose serious challenges to the exercise of a wide range of rights and therefore cannot be justified under any pretext, whether these relate to preservation of national security, safeguarding the public order, or countering disinformation, among others. A
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The Return of Digital Authoritarianism: Internet Shutdowns in 2021
Top Insights
Access Now;KeepItOn (2022), 32 pp.
"With a gradual return to normalcy following the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a dramatic resurgence of internet shutdowns in 2021. During this year, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented at least 182 internet shutdown incidents around the world in 34 countries, as com
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A Taxonomy of Internet Shutdowns: The Technologies Behind Network Interference
Key Guidance
Access Now (2022), 45 pp.
"In this paper, we outline each of the various technical mechanisms for implementing a shutdown, and the options for mitigating each type. Our hope is that technologists and civil society groups working to end shutdowns will find this a useful technical resource to understand, prepare for, circumven
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At the Confluence of Digital Rights and Climate & Environmental Justice: A Landscape Review
Engine Room;Ford Foundation;Ariadne European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights;Mozilla Foundation (2022), 90 pp.
"The aim of this report is to provide a landscape scan of how an extremely diverse set of communities and movements are working at intersections of technology, digital rights, environmental justice and climate justice. The report’s primary audiences are grantmakers and practitioners working in or
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The Law of Global Digitality
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xiii, 258 pp.
"The book compares six different areas of law that have been particularly exposed to global digitality, namely laws regulating consumer contracts, data protection, the media, fnancial markets, criminal activity and intellectual property law. Comparing how these very different areas of law have evolv
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Digital Platform Regulation: Global Perspectives on Internet Governance
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xvii, 319 pp.
"Once a specialised and niche field within internet and digital media studies, internet governance has in recent years moved to the forefront of policy debate. In the wake of scandals such as Cambridge Analytica and the global 'techlash' against digital monopolies, platform studies are undergoing a
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Simplified Guide on Internet Shutdown
Dar es Salaam: ZAINA Foundation (2022), 19 pp.
"This is the proactive simplified internet shutdown guide for human rights defenders in Sub Saharan Africa. The internet is the key infrastructure in democracy. Access to the internet and other technological communication tools is vital during this period of human rights in the digital era. This gui
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Internet Shutdowns: Trends, Causes, Legal Implications and Impacts on a Range of Human Rights
United Nations (2022), 17 pp.
"In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/16, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides an overview of trends in Internet shutdowns. It contains an analysis of their causes and the legal implications and the impact on human ri
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Was heißt digitale Souveränität? Diskurse, Praktiken und Voraussetzungen »individueller« und »staatlicher Souveränität« im digitalen Zeitalter
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 320 pp.
"Die neuen sozio-technischen Verhältnisse der digitalen Transformation fordern neuzeitliche Konzepte des »souveränen Staates« und des »souveränen Subjekts« heraus, was in Debatten um »digitale Souveränität« problematisiert wird. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes diskutieren diese Herausford
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What is an Ideal Internet to You? A Global Exploration of Digital Rights Trends
Pollicy (2022), 56 pp.
"This white paper seeks to provide an overview of the core thematic issues around digital rights and digital safety across the world. The content builds off a global mapping exercise of organisations and knowledge, predominantly focused on Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eas
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Let the Net Work: Internet Shutdowns in India 2022
New Delhi: SFLC (2022), 48 pp.
"The observations made in this report make emphatically clear the failings of the current legal framework in defending human rights in the context of access to the internet. As seen in the report, the disruption of access to the internet is triggered at the most menial of instances, including for re
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African Data Trusts: New Tools Towards Collective Data Governance?
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 14 pp.
"This paper discusses whether data trusts are feasible structures in an African context, concluding that there are significant limitations to a straight import of trust models developed elsewhere. It goes on to outline specific considerations that should be prioritised in the development of bottom u
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Government Internet Shutdowns Are Changing: How Should Citizens and Democracies Respond?
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2022), 45 pp.
"The most promising strategies to help citizens circumvent internet shutdowns do not involve deploying satellite internet devices or floating balloons. Instead, simpler solutions, such as encouraging citizens to download anticensorship apps or software ahead of time, are much more useful. But they d
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Religious Populism, Cyberspace and Digital Authoritarianism in Asia
Brussels: European Center for Populsim Studies (ECPS) (2022), 43 pp.
Lois sur la cybercriminalité & négation de la liberté de presse en Afrique de l’Ouest: Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger (Sahel)
École Supérieure de Journalisme, des Métiers de l’Internet et de la Communication (E-jicom);International Media Support (IMS) (2022), 57 pp.
"Pour faciliter le travail des journalistes, il importe de s’assurer que leur droit de rechercher, d’accéder à l’information, de produire et de publier du contenu d’intérêt public n’est pas restreint. Pour l’avenir de la démocratie et de la presse qui lui est congénitale, il est im
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No Space for Dissent: Bangladesh's Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online
London: Amnesty International (2021), 21 pp.
Digital Rights in Closing Civic Space: Lessons from Ten African Countries
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2021), 251 pp.
"The OPTIMA workflow is a compilation of new and existing resources, guides, methodologies, and more to assist individuals and activists before, during and after an Internet shutdown. The following repository is organized into four categories:
ADVOCACY RESOURCES. Designing effective advocacy campaig
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"Infodemic" and SDGs: Internet Freedoms in Southeast Asia
Bangkog: Asia Centre (2021), 46 pp.
