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Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday…
Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday, and internet access to the wider region was disrupted as demonstrators shared videos of the rally.
Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org reported the disruption affecting Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province late Thursday.
The outage coincided with videos being published online of protesters gathering in the city of Behbahan, some 570 kilometers (355 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran.
Those videos showed demonstrators chanting slogans heard at other protests in Iran over the last year, including: “Don’t be afraid, we are all together.” Others targeted Iran’s foreign policy, shouting: “No Gaza, no Lebanon, I will die for Iran.”
https://apnews.com/09eaa84b427e02e7484346ddb937cd48
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday, and internet access to the wider region was disrupted as demonstrators shared videos of the rally.
Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org reported the disruption affecting Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province late Thursday.
The outage coincided with videos being published online of protesters gathering in the city of Behbahan, some 570 kilometers (355 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran.
Those videos showed demonstrators chanting slogans heard at other protests in Iran over the last year, including: “Don’t be afraid, we are all together.” Others targeted Iran’s foreign policy, shouting: “No Gaza, no Lebanon, I will die for Iran.”
https://apnews.com/09eaa84b427e02e7484346ddb937cd48
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Turkey is Using Pandemic to Tighten Chokehold on Free Expression
Instead of seizing this opportunity to reduce polarization and restore public trust in government, the Turkish authorities have done the exact opposite.
As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world in March, a Turkish social media user opined in a video: “You’re saying, ‘Stay home Turkey.’ How can I? I’m not rich. I’m a worker. I’m a truck driver. I can’t earn my bread if I don’t work. I can’t pay my bills and rent. Not being able to pay these is worse than dying.” The video ultimately led to his detention.
His situation was not an aberration. As of May 21, at least 510 Turkish citizens have been detained for social media posts that allegedly spread fake or manipulative information on the coronavirus pandemic.
https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/21/turkey-is-using-pandemic-to-tighten-chokehold-on-free-expression/
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Instead of seizing this opportunity to reduce polarization and restore public trust in government, the Turkish authorities have done the exact opposite.
As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world in March, a Turkish social media user opined in a video: “You’re saying, ‘Stay home Turkey.’ How can I? I’m not rich. I’m a worker. I’m a truck driver. I can’t earn my bread if I don’t work. I can’t pay my bills and rent. Not being able to pay these is worse than dying.” The video ultimately led to his detention.
His situation was not an aberration. As of May 21, at least 510 Turkish citizens have been detained for social media posts that allegedly spread fake or manipulative information on the coronavirus pandemic.
https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/21/turkey-is-using-pandemic-to-tighten-chokehold-on-free-expression/
#turkey #freespeech
4 arrested under new Hong Kong security law for online posts
Hong Kong police have made four new arrests that signal their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police have signaled their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly, arresting four youths Wednesday on suspicion of inciting secession through social media posts.
Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were detained, a police official said at an 11 p.m. news conference. All are believed to be students.
“Our investigation showed that a group has recently announced on social media that they have set up an organization for Hong Kong independence," said Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of a newly formed unit to enforce the security law.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/arrested-hong-kong-security-law-online-posts-72069607
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Hong Kong police have made four new arrests that signal their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police have signaled their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly, arresting four youths Wednesday on suspicion of inciting secession through social media posts.
Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were detained, a police official said at an 11 p.m. news conference. All are believed to be students.
“Our investigation showed that a group has recently announced on social media that they have set up an organization for Hong Kong independence," said Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of a newly formed unit to enforce the security law.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/arrested-hong-kong-security-law-online-posts-72069607
#asia #hongkong #freespeech #surveillance
ABC News
4 arrested under new Hong Kong security law for online posts
Hong Kong police have made four new arrests that signal their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly
UNSW warned over free speech after Hong Kong controversy
UNSW's decision to remove social media posts about the erosion of human rights in Hong Kong has attracted a warning from Education Minister Dan Tehan, who said universities should prize free speech as a pillar of Australian democracy.
The university was embroiled in controversy over the weekend when it deleted social media posts and altered an online article following an online protest from Chinese nationalists. The backlash was fuelled by a Sydney-based lawyer with links to the Chinese consulate, who called for students to launch a campaign against UNSW to correct the university's political views.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unsw-warned-over-free-speech-after-hong-kong-controversy-20200803-p55i39.html
#australia #UNSW #freespeech
UNSW's decision to remove social media posts about the erosion of human rights in Hong Kong has attracted a warning from Education Minister Dan Tehan, who said universities should prize free speech as a pillar of Australian democracy.
The university was embroiled in controversy over the weekend when it deleted social media posts and altered an online article following an online protest from Chinese nationalists. The backlash was fuelled by a Sydney-based lawyer with links to the Chinese consulate, who called for students to launch a campaign against UNSW to correct the university's political views.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unsw-warned-over-free-speech-after-hong-kong-controversy-20200803-p55i39.html
#australia #UNSW #freespeech
The Sydney Morning Herald
UNSW criticised after deleting social media posts
The removal of social media posts about human rights in Hong Kong attracts criticism from Education Minister Dan Tehan.
China 'exporting CCP speech controls to Australia' as second university caught in row
The Chinese Communist Party is harnessing an online cyber policing portal, accessible in Australia, to increase its international influence, as it encourages Chinese internet users to dob in acts that undermine Beijing's image.
Australian universities have been engulfed in a fresh row over academic freedom after co-ordinated protests from nationalist Chinese students forced UNSW to take down social media posts critical of the Chinese Communist Party's actions in Hong Kong. UNSW vice-chancellor Ian Jacobs on Wednesday apologised for the decision, telling staff there was "no excuse for our failure in this instance" and the social media posts should never have been removed.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-exporting-ccp-speech-controls-to-australia-as-second-university-caught-in-row-20200805-p55irf.html
'The fear is real': Chinese students in Australia dread reprisal from Beijing
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-fear-is-real-chinese-students-in-australia-dread-reprisal-from-beijing-20200804-p55iht.html
#australia #UNSW #china #CCCP #freespeech
The Chinese Communist Party is harnessing an online cyber policing portal, accessible in Australia, to increase its international influence, as it encourages Chinese internet users to dob in acts that undermine Beijing's image.
Australian universities have been engulfed in a fresh row over academic freedom after co-ordinated protests from nationalist Chinese students forced UNSW to take down social media posts critical of the Chinese Communist Party's actions in Hong Kong. UNSW vice-chancellor Ian Jacobs on Wednesday apologised for the decision, telling staff there was "no excuse for our failure in this instance" and the social media posts should never have been removed.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-exporting-ccp-speech-controls-to-australia-as-second-university-caught-in-row-20200805-p55irf.html
'The fear is real': Chinese students in Australia dread reprisal from Beijing
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-fear-is-real-chinese-students-in-australia-dread-reprisal-from-beijing-20200804-p55iht.html
#australia #UNSW #china #CCCP #freespeech
The Sydney Morning Herald
China 'exporting CCP speech controls to Australia' as second university caught in row
Chinese internet users are being encouraged to dob in any acts that undermine Beijing's image through a new online portal.
China Is What Orwell Feared
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Northwest of Beijing’s Forbidden City, outside the Third Ring Road, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has spent seven decades building a campus of national laboratories. Near its center is the Institute of Automation, a sleek silvery-blue building surrounded by camera-studded poles. The institute is a basic research facility. Its computer scientists inquire into artificial intelligence’s fundamental mysteries. Their more practical innovations—iris recognition, cloud-based speech synthesis—are spun off to Chinese tech giants, AI start-ups, and, in some cases, the People’s Liberation Army.
I visited the institute on a rainy morning in the summer of 2019. China’s best and brightest were still shuffling in post-commute, dressed casually in basketball shorts or yoga pants, AirPods nestled in their ears. In my pocket, I had a burner phone; in my backpack, a computer wiped free of data—standard precautions for Western journalists in China. To visit China on sensitive business is to risk being barraged with cyberattacks and malware. In 2019, Belgian officials on a trade mission noticed that their mobile data were being intercepted by pop-up antennae outside their Beijing hotel.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/china-ai-surveillance/614197/
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Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Northwest of Beijing’s Forbidden City, outside the Third Ring Road, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has spent seven decades building a campus of national laboratories. Near its center is the Institute of Automation, a sleek silvery-blue building surrounded by camera-studded poles. The institute is a basic research facility. Its computer scientists inquire into artificial intelligence’s fundamental mysteries. Their more practical innovations—iris recognition, cloud-based speech synthesis—are spun off to Chinese tech giants, AI start-ups, and, in some cases, the People’s Liberation Army.
I visited the institute on a rainy morning in the summer of 2019. China’s best and brightest were still shuffling in post-commute, dressed casually in basketball shorts or yoga pants, AirPods nestled in their ears. In my pocket, I had a burner phone; in my backpack, a computer wiped free of data—standard precautions for Western journalists in China. To visit China on sensitive business is to risk being barraged with cyberattacks and malware. In 2019, Belgian officials on a trade mission noticed that their mobile data were being intercepted by pop-up antennae outside their Beijing hotel.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/china-ai-surveillance/614197/
#Asia #China #CCP #freespeech #surveillance #AI
The Atlantic
The Panopticon Is Already Here
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
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Assange told to stop interrupting witnesses at UK hearing.
LONDON (AP) — A British judge told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday that his extradition hearing will proceed without him if he continues to speak from the dock and interrupt witnesses.
Vanessa Baraitser briefly adjourned the hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court after Assange interrupted defense witness Clive Stafford Smith, who was giving evidence. Assange’s outburst couldn’t be heard by journalists following proceedings by video link.
https://apnews.com/38ed2153744e1fc5f2b5643bbdde522e
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LONDON (AP) — A British judge told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday that his extradition hearing will proceed without him if he continues to speak from the dock and interrupt witnesses.
Vanessa Baraitser briefly adjourned the hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court after Assange interrupted defense witness Clive Stafford Smith, who was giving evidence. Assange’s outburst couldn’t be heard by journalists following proceedings by video link.
https://apnews.com/38ed2153744e1fc5f2b5643bbdde522e
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Stop the EARN IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption
The House and Senate are both pushing forward with the so-called “EARN IT” Act, a bill that will undermine encryption and free speech online. Attorney General William Barr and the DOJ have demanded for years that messaging services give the government special access to users’ private messages. If EARN IT passes, Barr will likely get his wish—law enforcement agencies will be able to scan every message sent online.
💡 The EARN IT Act (S. 3398) is anti-speech, anti-security, and unnecessary. It could come to the Senate floor this month—we need to tell Congress to reject this dangerous proposal.
👀 👉🏼 https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption-a7904e20-2083-4d5e-88ae-44ee5fef7a5d
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The House and Senate are both pushing forward with the so-called “EARN IT” Act, a bill that will undermine encryption and free speech online. Attorney General William Barr and the DOJ have demanded for years that messaging services give the government special access to users’ private messages. If EARN IT passes, Barr will likely get his wish—law enforcement agencies will be able to scan every message sent online.
💡 The EARN IT Act (S. 3398) is anti-speech, anti-security, and unnecessary. It could come to the Senate floor this month—we need to tell Congress to reject this dangerous proposal.
👀 👉🏼 https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption-a7904e20-2083-4d5e-88ae-44ee5fef7a5d
#eff #earnit #bill #encryption #freespeech #usa #thinkabout
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Australian Government’s Plot For Orwellian Style Online Misinformation Laws
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The Australian Government’s Plot For Orwellian Style Online Misinformation Laws
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algorithmwatch@chaos.social - Major platforms' #DSA risk assessments are due this month. But how should they work in practice? In our latest report, AlgorithmWatch’s @MicheleLoi proposes a framework & methodology for measuring systemic risks to #FreeSpeech and media pluralism.
It is essential that EU and national regulators meaningfully include insights from civil society when implementing and enforcing the DSA. 👇
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/making-sense-of-the-digital-services-act/
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It is essential that EU and national regulators meaningfully include insights from civil society when implementing and enforcing the DSA. 👇
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/making-sense-of-the-digital-services-act/
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Poland Plots “Hate Speech” Censorship Law – Including Jailing Offenders for As Much as Three Years
Poland’s new left-leaning government is pioneering an unprecedented crackdown on so-called “hate speech.” Newly proposed legislation could result in three-year imprisonment sentences for individuals accused of delivering offensive remarks against members of the LGBT community. The fresh approach to law enforcement has been attributed to the left’s successful rise to power, fulfilling earlier calls for rigid speech control.
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Poland’s new left-leaning government is pioneering an unprecedented crackdown on so-called “hate speech.” Newly proposed legislation could result in three-year imprisonment sentences for individuals accused of delivering offensive remarks against members of the LGBT community. The fresh approach to law enforcement has been attributed to the left’s successful rise to power, fulfilling earlier calls for rigid speech control.
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Pro-Palestine Student Protests Prove Who Truly Stands For Free Speech
Pro-Palestine Student Protests Prove Who Truly Stands For Free Speech https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/palestine-protests-free-speech/ via @falasteen47 #CampusProtests #OccupiedPalestine #Israel #Gaza #FreeSpeech
Pro-Palestine Student Protests Prove Who Truly Stands For Free Speech
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Pro-Palestine Student Protests Prove Who Truly Stands For Free Speech
The hysterical response from the establishment media, in addition to the US and Israeli governments, to the overwhelmingly peaceful student protests across the United States has propelled the issue into the spotlight and purposefully caused confusion on the…
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Free Speech Under Fire: How Israel’s Tech Guard Is Killing Free Speech Online | Mintpress
Entitled Israel Tech Guard, the coalition of Israeli tech employees has pulled together what it’s termed an “army” of citizen volunteers primarily to defend Israel’s image online. The group has launched or collaborated on several projects aimed at targeting pro-Palestine content while boosting Israeli propaganda.
Israel Tech Guard comprises over 250 Israeli tech workers and was founded by entrepreneur Mor Ram-On, who worked for Israeli arms manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems(#RADFS); Ron Balter, a software engineer at #Cybereason, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, and who served with the Israeli navy; and Lior Mizrahi, who heads the IT company #Maveriks.
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Entitled Israel Tech Guard, the coalition of Israeli tech employees has pulled together what it’s termed an “army” of citizen volunteers primarily to defend Israel’s image online. The group has launched or collaborated on several projects aimed at targeting pro-Palestine content while boosting Israeli propaganda.
Israel Tech Guard comprises over 250 Israeli tech workers and was founded by entrepreneur Mor Ram-On, who worked for Israeli arms manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems(#RADFS); Ron Balter, a software engineer at #Cybereason, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, and who served with the Israeli navy; and Lior Mizrahi, who heads the IT company #Maveriks.
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