A new report commissioned by Internews titled Social Media in Afghanistan: Users and Engagement, highlights how women activists have taken advantage of social media platforms to increase their engagement in the public sphere. Social media is used by roughly 9% of the population who trend urban, young, and educated. Despite the relatively limited use, women have…
On December 6, 2017, Citizen Lab released their new report entitled “Champing at the Cyberbait,” which exposed a new commercial spyware being used to target Oromo dissidents living abroad. Citizen Lab reported that the targeted activists had received emails with a URL imitating a video portal; when clicked, the user was asked to install an…
On October 16, 2017, Public Knowledge, Article 19, and Access Now issued a joint statement of concern about the recent proposal to expand the mandate of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – a United Nations communication agency – to include regulating international privacy policies. Under the proposal, the ITU would drive the regulation and establishment of an international framework for privacy-related issues. The…
