Disinformation laws across Sub-Saharan Africa explorable using this interactive tool.
https://lexota.org/
Musk's implants brain chip in human as part of Neuralink initiative.
https://www.dw.com/en/musks-neuralink-implants-brain-chip-in-first-human/a-68118587?s=09
Facial recognition cameras disproportionately working class people in deprived areas, according to a privacy rights group. Meanwhile corporate crime and COVID contract corruption remains a low priority and perpetrators go largely unpunished.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/27/facial-recognition-cameras-in-supermarkets-targeted-at-poor-areas-in-england
Predatory loan apps are thriving in the Google Play store, despite ban.
https://restofworld.org/2024/google-play-store-scam-loan-apps/?s=09
Deepfake Dictator: digital disinformation shared by Indonesian political party Golkar “resurrects” late president Suharto to call on citizens to vote for Golkar in February's general election. #disinformation #digitalRights
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/indonesian/suharto-deepfake-used-in-election-campaign-01122024135217.html
Electronic Intifada: Israeli Generals conclude “that the freedom of more than 100 Israeli hostages still in Gaza can be secured only through diplomatic rather than military means,” according to the Times.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-losing-war-gaza-commanders-admit?s=09
Article on starvation as a weapon of war
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-10-israels-genocidal-use-of-starvation-as-a-weapon-of-war-in-gaza/
Must Watch: ten minute video explains how it is possible to commit literally every war crime that exists in international law in plain sight with complete impunity. Lara Elborno
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6e_woWJ3q8o&feature=shared
Spycoin: Britain's proposed digital currency is digital-ID by the backdoor; it is a threat to privacy, equity, and will amplify exclusions. #DigitalRights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZdWUXTTHK1A&feature=shared
This is South Africa's submission to the international court charging Israel with genocide and calling on the Court to "order Israel to cease killing and causing serious mental and bodily harm to Palestinian people in Gaza". Full charge sheet here:
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231229-pre-01-00-en.pdf?__cf_chl_tk=4FDxKCsjYMztg.RSaSzNNYANE9ge0a1yT_IxsiXQV6Q-1704233803-0-gaNycGzNC7s
The Israeli military has killed over 1,000 senior citizens in Gaza, many of them were executed in cold blood. The geriatric hospital has been destroyed and services for old people ended. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-executes-gazas-elders?s=09
US pressuring Switzerland to cancel investigation conference and ignore Israeli war crimes.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-pressuring-switzerland-to-ignore-israeli-war-crimes
United Nations Human Rights agency OHCHR has reports that Israeli soldiers 'summarily killed' Palestinians. Several reports of abductions, transportation and executions now exist suggesting a pattern of war crimes.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ohchr-has-reports-israeli-soldiers--summarily-killed--palest
Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years.
https://www.wired.com/story/tech-jobs-layoffs-hiring/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired&mbid=social_twitter&s=09
ChatGPT Is a Privacy Disaster Waiting To Happen
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/chatgpt-privacy/?s=09
Six methods by which Meta censors pro-Palestinian content identified by new research report. #DigitalRights
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-facebook-instagram-pro-palestine-censorship-human-rights-watch-report?s=09