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[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

Facebook blocked in Tripoli and other cities as fighting rages: residents https://t.co/VW5zXqWdt4

[Internet Without Borders @Internet_SF]

Regarding Social Media Tax in #Benin and in africa: “These governments are killing the goose that lays the golden egg,” said @JulieOwono ." Research showed that Uganda’s ad hoc fees could cost its economy $750 million /year in revenue.
https://t.co/MNKhumAz1c
#TaxePasMesMo

[Open Rights Group @OpenRightsGroup]

ORG Legal Director @MylesJackman on the secret Google/Mastercard data deal. #dataprotection https://t.co/eV8a0NTAAQ

[Statista @StatistaCharts]

#Internet shutdowns and deliberate slowdowns are becoming more common and they generally occur when someone (usually a government) intentionally disrupts the internet or mobile apps to control what people do or say - via @accessnow @vicenews
https://t.co/Fnd4UOkrCS

[Ellen Nakashima @nakashimae]

DEVELOPING:Trump's economic adviser says "we're taking a look" at whether Google searches should be regulated." Trump wakes up this morning complaining about negative Google search results about himself. ‘Illegal?’ https://t.co/C0m3jazcNZ via @isaacstanbecker

[Access Now @accessnow]

Important thread by @rj_gallagher of @theintercept on the new letter today from human rights organizations and advocates [https://t.co/N3qmQiyKOa] on @Google's reported plans for a censored search engine in #China 👇#thisdragonwontfly

[Privacy International @privacyint]

"Facebook simply must learn some hard lessons, and start being transparent and accountable about how they use people's data to profile and take decisions."
PI Solicitor Ailidh Callander speaks on news of Facebook's trustworthiness score
https://t.co/xvBJuWQClc

[Eloïse Gratton @eloisegratton]

https://t.co/dqP1DGx298

[Laurent Giacobino @L_Giacobino]

#Egypt: new law tightens control over websites if deemed to constitute a threat to national security or the economy (hey that's conveniently broad!): anyone found guilty of running, or just visiting, such sites could face prison or a fine.
via @GDDownload
https://t.co/GKdocoNOJe

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

Google sued over tracking locations even when 'Location History' is off https://t.co/rivJrZqboX

[Rachel Denber @Rachel_Denber]

19-year-old film student in #Russia Altai region facing 5 yrs prison for memes mocking religion. 3 others in Altai facing similar charges. Many more in Russia caught in this online crackdown. New piece by
@HRW @vladlobanoff https://t.co/XWVyFSfOyn

[CIPESA @cipesaug]

The govt of #Zambia is set to introduce a daily levy on internet calls through platforms such as Viber, WhatsApp & Skype as these “threaten the telecom industry & jobs” in licenced telecom companies such as Zamtel, Airtel and MTN”. https://t.co/ga0P4TthsN
#InternetFreedomAfrica

[Stanford CIS @StanfordCIS]

Consulting Director of Privacy @agidari says Feds can't force tech company to break encryption on messaging platform. https://t.co/Gw6eQdYGzF

[Access Now @accessnow]

Laws to ban "fake news" are extremely dangerous for free expression. Important lessons from #Malaysia: https://t.co/sOgKypfTYM

[EFF @EFF]

While considering a censored version of its search service for release in China, Google has kept the public, its users, and its employees in the dark about compromises on the company’s own values that could massively affect Internet users around the world. https://t.co/qQD5hmpsaZ

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

New internet disruption as #Mali announces results of presidential election runoff: outages, degraded access to social platforms and high mobile latency evident throughout the election period #KeepItOn
https://t.co/zh9Y25B1lq

[GlobalDigiDownload @GDDownload]

Citizens in India draft Privacy Code as country builds national ID database #SaveOurPrivacy, While @Facebook pushes to gain access to users' banking data and other sensitive financial information…More updates in this week’s GDD newsletter 👉 https://t.co/2q3yO3qzm4

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

BREAKING: Ahead of Brazil’s presidential elections, a group of Brazilians is running a network of @Twitter, @instagram, and @facebook accounts to trade engagement — likes, followers, and pages — for cash.

Our latest #ElectionWatch🇧🇷: https://t.co/SNt2rWAiyu