into digital rights, social justice, movement-building, etc.
board @aseansogie. independent researcher @outrightintl.
formerly @citizenlab @engagemedia @fma_ph
The first Committee Hearing in the House of Representatives for the SOGIE Equality Bill will be happening today at 10AM. Follow this thread to get updates regarding the hearing. Link of the livestream will also be available.
#SaveEquality#SOGIEEqualityNow#EndDiscriminationNow
Internews, in its report, said that red-tagging content "has largely managed to fall between the cracks of platform content policies, without being classified as harassment or hate speech" and that platforms have offered little help to victims.
https://t.co/MRGS5uxxjX
Interesting read by @GenderITorg on #GenderDigitalDivide in South & Southeast Asia.
"Gender digital divide is a form of gender-based violence designed to keep marginalised folks from accessing public spaces as equals." ⚠
💌 Happy Pansexuality and Panromantic Visibility day! ❤️💛💙
🗓️ On this day May 24, we commemorate the celebration to raise awareness and improve inclusivity for pansexual and panromantic people. We celebrate and validate the life and experience of our Pan siblings. ❤️💛💙
“Telling people to not use powerful platforms if they don’t want to be unreasonably surveilled is blaming the victim.” It’s also asking people to opt out of using public infrastructure to exercise a basic right. Instead, we need modern US privacy laws https://t.co/P7Tj5IIxlq
Let’s help our LGBTQIA+ siblings affected by #OdettePH get their needs and rebuild their communities!
Any amount you share will be used to purchase basic provisions such as drinking water, food and medicine, as well as fuel for transportation.
Colleagues @AmnestyTech confirm 👇👇
Four Kazakhstan activists’ mobile devices infected with Pegasus Spyware.
Three received a notification from Apple. All were part of a civic youth movement called “Oyan, Qazaqstan” (Wake Up, Kazakhstan).
https://t.co/WK5tJwtWGt
BREAKING: Apple Inc. has just announced that it is filing a major lawsuit in the U.S. Courts against Israel-based mercenary spyware firm NSO Group “to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware.”
https://t.co/AtQqLkL0JW
In our report on GFWatch, we found that China's Great Firewall blocked access to a US-based online shopping platform due to them hosting a store selling Uyghur cultural products, despite the platform being owned by Alibaba.
https://t.co/KHMY2inFFn
Working with our partners @OpenObservatory and @OutRightIntl, we document the pervasive blocking of LGBTIQ websites in 6 countries, revealing that censorship is executed through technological means supported by political willpower.
https://t.co/yswo0bdQNW