BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group. Precedent-setting win against notorious #Pegasus spyware maker. Very consequential for victims to see this. Congratulations to #WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/

I wrote up a detailed analysis of TM SGNL, the unofficial Signal app that senior Trump fascists use to organize their war crimes micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...

TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials

Yesterday, a Reuters photographer captured a photo of the freshly-ousted former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz checking his Signal messages during a Trump cabinet meeting. If you're not familiar...

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#ContraLaCensura | Este #12Mar, en el Día Mundial contra la Censura en Internet, denunciamos que las condiciones en Venezuela atentan contra el derecho de acceso pleno y libre a la red. Te contamos por qué: vesinfiltro.org/noticias/202...

Día internacional contra la censura en internet: 949 eventos de bloqueos tejen la red de censura en Venezuela

Entre enero de 2016 y enero de 2025, Ve sin Filtro ha registrado 1.335 eventos de bloqueos ejecutados por los principales prestadores del servicio de internet en el país. Siguen activos 949 de estos e...

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The wait is over — join us live for the @rightscon.org opening ceremony! We’re thrilled to spend the next four days with you in Taipei + online to strengthen collaborative efforts, your voices, and our digital rights advocacy. Keep up with #RightsCon2025!

Reminder: It's always a good time to download updates. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog

Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.

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Despite the challenging times faced by our community, I'm thrilled to attend #RightsCon2025 with OpenArchive. I'm eager to meet with old and new friends, explore collaborative opportunities, and support one another in these difficult moments Join us to learn about our work and say hi if you see us!

OpenArchive@openarchive.bsky.social · 2y ago

OpenArchive is heading to #RightsCon2025, 24-27 February 2025 🧑‍💻🔐 + Dialogue session: Working with Mobile Media Archiving Tools + Weds 26 Feb, 9-10am + Room 102, Taipei International Convention Center 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr25mhb8 + Say hello at our booth! + Thurs, 27 Feb, 9am-1pm, location TBD

✏“Cross-border advocacy will be critical in pushing for more transparency around state surveillance in Venezuela and other countries that employ these tactics against their citizens.” More from @aragort.com:

The Reality of Digital Authoritarianism in Venezuela

A recent transparency report by one of the top telecom companies in Venezuela confirmed what many had long feared: state surveillance has reached a massive scale. The Telefónica (Movistar Venezuela’s…

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🇻🇪 Carlos Correa, Executive Director of NGO Espacio Público, has been missing since hooded (presumed) public officers intercepted him in Caracas on Jan 7. As Nicolás Maduro takes over a new term, Venezuelan activists warn about increased retaliation. #LiberenACarlosCorrea #DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea

The Venezuelan digital rights and Internet policy community urges the international community to condemn the abuse of technological tools to increase political control and persecute dissent by the ruling party in Venezuela.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri. These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.

🇷🇺 Russia's internet watchdog has blocked thousands of websites using Cloudflare's Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) feature. This move aims to prevent users from bypassing government-imposed domain-based blockings. therecord.media/russia-block...

Looking for sessions in Spanish at RightsCon? Join us to talk about the internet in Cuba and how people are using it to fight for democracy. 🇨🇺

⚠️ I was featured in the latest BBC Trending podcast "Trolled", which discussed the case of AI-generated disinformative content on YouTube which was deceptively disseminated by VTV state TV channel as "real news", and about 🇻🇪 digital troops on Twitter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5d92

Last night, while protests were taking place in #Cuba 🇨🇺 there was an Internet shutdown in the country. The Cuban regime does this to stop the dissemination of photos and videos of the demonstrations and repression. 🔗 You can learn more about it here: https://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/cuba