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3 February 2011

As International Privacy Day is Celebrated, Governments Continue to Chip Away at Privacy Rights

Written by Katitza Rodriguez · regulation

“Effective data protection is vital for our democracies and underpins other fundamental rights and freedoms.” - Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and...

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31 January 2011

Campus Free Speech: University of Massachusetts' Policy Criticized

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Advocacy, regulation

Free speech issue is a hot button issue on campuses in the United States, and a post at Huffington Post has re-ignited the debate once again. In 2009, we talked...

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2 August 2010

USA: Wikileaks representative detained

Written by Mohamed ElGohary · Advocacy, activism

Jacob Appelbaum, a representative of Wikileaks, has been detained for 3 hours by US agents at the borders after returning from Holland trip. Recently Wikileaks published more than 90,000 leaked classified U.S. military documents. These documents reportedly reveal hidden details of the Afghanistan war.

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8 April 2010

Facebook Deactivations

Written by Jillian York · Feature

This post originally appeared on Jillian C. York's blog. Over the course of the past week, I've gotten reports from a number of people whose personal Facebook pages have been...

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12 January 2010

First Amendment and cyber bullying

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · News, Feature

In schools across America, cyber bullying is a growing problem. The case of a Missouri teenager who committed suicide after being bullied online has brought the problem into national debate....

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2 December 2009

United States: Justice Department's illegal “fishing expedition”

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Advocacy

Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us was sent a subpoena by the Justice Department, demanding details of visitors on a certain day. Declan McCullagh at CBS News says that the Department also asked that...

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16 November 2009

Purdue Professor facing criticism for his blog

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · activism

After Butler University, another Indiana university is now embroiled in online free speech debate. This time it is a Purdue University Professor who is facing lot of criticism for his...

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