Index joined 52 other civil society organisations as well as private companies and security researchers in calling on governments to allow technology companies to offer strong encryption tools such as Signal or WhatsApp to the public.
CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
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Edward Snowden: “People think of 2013 as a surveillance story, but it was really a democracy story”
Open Rights Group’s OrgCon 2019 explored privacy and surveillance online.
Future of freedom of expression online does not have to be a dark one
UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye speaks to Timandra Harkness about free speech and the internet
Government’s online harms white paper risk damaging freedom of expression in the UK
The proposals in the online harms white paper risk damaging freedom of expression in the UK, and abroad if other countries follow the UK’s example, Index on Censorship said in its response to the government’s consultation.
Duty of care does not translate well from the offline to online context
UK government must engage all stakeholders to map the way forward on online content regulations
Article 19 launches campaign calling for more transparency and accountability around online content removal
The Missing Voices campaign seeks to counteract censorship and consolidate laws and community standards wherever possible.
Joy Hyvarinen: The internet shouldn’t become a place just for pre-approved opinions
Under pressure to be seen to be doing something, the UK government has rushed out the proposals in the online harms white paper without thinking through the consequences.
Content bans won’t just eliminate “bad” speech online
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social media platforms have enormous influence over what we see and how we see it. We should all be concerned...
The UK government’s online harms white paper: implications for freedom of expression
Parliament must be fully involved in shaping the government’s proposals for online regulation as the proposals have the potential to cause large-scale impacts on freedom of expression and other rights.