The United States President Barack Obama has sent a special message to the Nigerian People in preparation for the upcoming…
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New ‘Best Practice’ Roadmap to Protect Rights and Promote Innovation Manila – An international coalition launched the “Manila Principles on…
Facebook recently updated its community standards. As the company noted in the announcement accompanying the change, their “policies and standards…
23 March 2015 – Violations of human rights “fuel and shape the conflict” in the occupied Palestinian territories, a senior…
22 March 2015 – Yemen stands on the brink of civil war amid deepening political tensions and an uptick in…
When does an online fantasy cross the line into criminal conspiracy? That’s the issue the Second Circuit Court of Appeals…
18 March 2015 – The Government of Haiti has made progress towards the holding of elections critical for the country’s…
Last week, the ACLU filed a welcome additional challenge to the NSA’s warrantless Internet backbone surveillance (aka “Upstream” surveillance) on…
Government agencies sure love their black markers. For transparency activists, receiving overly redacted documents is a guilty pleasure. Sure, we’d…
The Supreme Court took a major step in cutting back on abstract software patents last June when it issued its…
17 March 2015 – The United Nations Special Adviser on Yemen, Jamal Benomar, welcomed the lifting of the house arrest…
Last year, the current President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker, declared that his number one priority was to “create…
When was the last time you can remember your city government asking for feedback on privacy? What about the last…
14 March 2015 – As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, it is shameful that even the basic demand…
EFF is encouraging Canadians to join together tomorrow for a day of action against a dangerous bill that’s navigating through the Canadian legislature and…
13 March 2015 – The United Nations mission in Haiti welcomed today the formal proposal of a calendar for elections…
Nigerian rapper, Williams Oriorha otherwise popularly known as 2Shotz, is now a father. The rapper welcomed his first child, a…
Today, the FCC published its new order [PDF] on net neutrality. As promised, the rules start by putting net neutrality…
Yesterday, a jury found that the 2013 song “Blurred Lines” was an infringement of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It…
11 March 2015 – Wrapping up a three-day visit to Syria, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations agency mandated to…