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Digitale Rechte in Chiles neuer VerfassungDigitale Auweise & Datenschutz in Staaten am persischen GolfInterview mit Professor Tobias Hagmann zu Daten in SomaliaChileDW: Tote bei Protesten in Chiletaz: Weg frei für neue VerfassungDW: Was die neue Verfassung Chile bringen - und nehmen - könnteteleSURtv.net: Propuestas para la nueva Constitución de ChileConvención Constitutional: Pleno Citaciones Actabbcl: Una Constitución para Chileelciudadano.com: Presentan proyecto de norma constitucional para consagrar derechos digitales y protección de datos en la nueva Carta MagnaGolfstaatenSMEX: The Digital ID Landscape in the GCC: A Mapping of Programs, Regulations, and Human Rights RisksSomaliaSomali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country’s privatised knowledge economyRoskilde University: Tobias Hagmann

Shutdowns & Sperren in ZentralasienGründerin verkauft nigerianisches Unternehmen für InternetkabelDie Rolle chinesischer Firmen beim 5G-Bau in ZypernChinaSixth Tone: Weibo Shuts Down User Accounts for ‘Gender Opposition’Sixth Tone: Hygiene Product Donation Drive Puts Frontline Females FirstSixth Tone: Netizen Outrage Sparks Sexual Harassment Investigation雷斯林: 她们为什么对墨茶打拳China Central Television: 西安发布关于对“地铁保安拖拽女乘客”调查处理的通报Tadschikistan, Usbekistan, TurkmenistanAccess Now: What Turkmenistan internet shutdowns tell us about digital repression in Central AsiaEurasianet: Standoff in eastern Tajikistan ends peacefullyEurasianet: Tajikistan: Testy demonstrations in the Pamirs drag into third dayAsia-Plus: Lack of Internet access causes serious problems for residents of GBAOEurasianet: Uzbekistan: Outraged netizens win partial victory over social media blocksTurkmen.news: Цифровое усиление. В Туркменистане более недели не работают сервисы VPNNigeriaQuartz Africa: A founder who’s been pivotal to the Nigerian startup scene will sell her company for $320 millionTechCrunch: MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right priceArise News: Funke Opeke, Judith Gardiner Throw Light on Equinix Acquisition of MainOneZypernBalkan Insights: Data Dominance: In Cyprus, a Chinese Outpost inside the EUAl Jazeera: The Cyprus Papers Undercover

Gesichtserkennung in MacauHuawei-Middleboxes und wofür sie genutzt werdenDatenschutz in UgandaGhanaFairwork Foundation: Out now! First round of fairness ratings for the Ghanaian platform economyMacauBiometric Update: Macau expands facial recognition on surveillance system used in one-third of investigationsBiometric Update: Macau to collect biometric data from all visitors to fight identity fraudBiometric Update: Facial recognition systems for police advance in Dubai, Macau, but not Birmingham, ALMacau Business: ‘Eyes in the Sky’ surveillance system used in more than a third of criminal investigations – Secretary for SecurityGGRAsia: Macau govt wants to gather visitor biometric, hotel infoChina et al.Committee to Protect Journalists: How China’s Huawei technology is being used to censor news halfway across the worldTop10VPN: China's Surveillance State: A Global ProjectUgandaUnwanted Witness: Privacy Scorecard Report 2021Unwanted Witness: Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport SystemNational Information Technology Authority Uganda: Investigation reportPrivacy International: A win for Unwanted Witness: Uganda’s data protection authority finds ride sharing app unlawfully disclosed personal data to third partiestechcabal: Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data?Quartz Africa: Uganda’s banks have been plunged into chaos by a mobile money fraud hackPML Daily: Billions go missing as hackers break into mobile money system; Airtel, MTN, Stanbic, and several financial institutions affected

Verschwindende Zeitungsartikel in KaschmirCommunity-Netzwerke in NamibiaEine Excel-Funktion des türkischen MilitärsBrasilienObservacom: Brasil: Coalición Derechos en la Red apoya proyecto de ley que obliga a transparencia y debido proceso a plataformas digitalesElectronic Frontier Foundation: Brazil’s Fake News Bill: Perils and Flaws of Expanding Existent Data Retention Obligationsveja: ONG pede urgência em votação do PL das Fake News na Câmarateletime: Novo relatório do PL das Fake News garante composição multissetorial do CGItelesintese: Orlando Silva faz alterações na proposta do PL das Fake NewsIndienCoda Story: Kashmir’s vanishing newspaper archivesNamibiaAssociation for Progressive Communications: Connecting the Unconnected: Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiativesAssociation for Progressive Communications: Seeding change: Creating a digital community network with the Ju|’hoan people in NamibiaAssociation for Progressive Communications: Kenya adopts community networks licensing frameworkOpenNet Africa: Bridging Africa’s Digital Divide: The Rise of Community InternetNicola J. Bildwell, Masbulele Jay Siya: Situating Asynchronous Voice in Rural AfricaTürkeiStatewatch: Algorithmic persecution in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown: The FETÖ-Meter system

50% des Facebook-Messenger Traffics kommt aus KambodschaRoaminggebühren und Cloud-Training in KamerunMailchimp sperrte vorübergehend kubanische MedienaccountsPhilippinenNikkei Asia: Philippines cracks down on 'text blaster' sales as election loomsBusiness Mirror: Comelec bans online microtargeting of voters in 2022 electionsManila Bulletin: Academics launch network vs disinformation, fraud amid election seasonInquirer.net: Educators to fact-check candidates and supporters, flaf revisionistsKambodschaRest of World: Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here’s whyKhmer Times: PM Hun Sen expresses his annoyance over his leaked voice messageDatareportal: Digital 2021 CambodiaAsiafoundation.org: Mobile Phones and Internet Use in Cambodia 2016KamerunOsiris: Présente à la réunion des Régulateurs télécoms à Douala, l’ARPCE s’engage aussi à supprimer les tarifs de roaming en zone CEMACAgence d'Information d'Afrique centrale: Téléphonie mobile : les opérateurs congolais tenus de supprimer des frais de roamingDigital Business: Alphonse Nafack : « J’ai fait en sorte que le Cameroun soit le premier pays africain à signer un partenariat avec Google »Tech_HQ: Beware the one-way street of Big Cloud trainingKubaRest of World: Mailchimp temporarily banned Cuban media outletsInternet Archive: Mailchimp Terms of Use

Und Desinformation in KeniaKeine Twitter-Trends und noch kein zweiter Internet-Anbieter in ÄthiopienChile beteiligt Bürger*innen bei Strategie für Künstliche IntelligenzIndonesienAssociation for Progressive Communications: Of social discipline and control: The impact of fake news and disinformation on minorities in IndonesiaKeniaGlobal Voices: Behind the success of the Kenyan Twitter disinformation campaign to discredit the Pandora PapersBBC: Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family's secret assets exposed by leakafricanews: Did Kenya's press go mute after Pandora exposé on Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta?ÄthiopienQuartz Africa: Twitter and Facebook are getting caught up in Ethiopia’s conflictDeveloping Telecoms: Safaricom employee exit adds to Ethiopian telecoms uncertaintyDeveloping Telecoms: Second attempt to sell second licence begins in EthiopiaDeveloping Telecoms: Partial privatisation of Ethio Telecom gets under wayChileemol: Presentan primera política de Inteligencia Artificial: Busca impulsar y beneficiar el desarrollo sostenibleDerechos Digitales: La política nacional de Inteligencia Artificial chilena y su proceso de participación ciudadanaDerechos Digitales: Consideraciones críticas sobre el borrador de la Política Nacional de Inteligencia ArtificialChilenisches Wissenschaftsministerium: Consulta Pública de Inteligencia Artificial

Bangladesch arbeitet an DatenschutzgesetzIran organisiert Verwaltung des Internets neuInternet-Shutdown im SudanPakistanPakistan Press Foundation: The Islamabad High Court terms TikTok ban as violation of constitutional rightsDigital Rights Monitor: Ban on TikTok is apparently a violation of constitutional law, says Islamabad High CourtDawn: PTA again blocks TikTok, says action taken over failure to remove 'inappropriate content'Pakistan Press Foundation: Information Technology Ministry notifies rules to regulate social media platformsBangladeschGlobal Voices: Bangladesh’s upcoming Data Protection Act may suppress, not protect, citizens rightsUNB: Draft of data privacy and localization law is prepared: PalakThe Daily Star: With a new data protection act on the cards, time for a reality checkNew Age: TIB concerned over draft law to protect personal dataIranPeivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهدPeivast: طرح صیانت، وزارت ارتباطات و سازمان تنظیم مقررات را بی‌‌اختیار می‌کندPeivast: طرح صیانت مدیریت ورود اینترنت را از وزارت ارتباطات به ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح می‌دهدPeivast: رضا تقی‌پور رئیس کمیسیون مشترک بررسی طرح صیانت شدSudanNetblocks: Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attemptQuartz: Sudan shuts down the internet after a military coupMiddle East Eye: Sudan coup 2021: Internet 'severely disrupted' after military takeoverDFR Lab: Sudanese Facebook network promoting paramilitary group removed month before coup

Fehlender Datenschutz bei digitalem Ausweis in KeniaBezahlter Menstruationsurlaub für Gig-Arbeiterinnen in IndienWelche Länder Signal sperrenArgentinienDerechos Digitales: No bombardeen Buenos Aires: reconocimiento facial en CABA hoyFundación Vía Libre: Vía libre se presenta como amigo del tribunal contra el reconocimiento facial en Buenos AiresKeniaBusiness Daily: High Court declares Huduma Namba illegal The Standard: Courts declare Huduma Namba invalidMedianama: Landmark ruling finds Kenya’s government illegally rolled out Aadhaar-like biometric IDtechweez: Huduma Number Ruled lllegal, This Is What Should Be DoneBiometric Update: Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warnsIndienMedianama: Swiggy will give female delivery workers paid period time-off, but gig workers still have little flexibilityNew Indian Express: Swiggy introduces two-day paid monthly period time-off policy for female delivery partnersTrak.in: Swiggy Gives 2-Day Paid Period Leave To Female Delivery Partners Every MonthIran, China, Kuba, UsbekistanOONI: How countries attempt to block Signal Private Messenger App around the worldAl Jazeera: Iran blocks Signal messaging app after WhatsApp exodusNBC: Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in ChinaNBC: As Cubans protest, government cracks down on internet access and messaging apps

Phishing-Angriff auf Menschenrechtler in TogoWem gehören Daten in Somalia?Griechische Lieferfahrer*innen verhindern ScheinselbstständigkeitPhishing-Angriff auf Menschenrechtler in TogoWem gehören Daten in Somalia?Griechische Lieferfahrer*innen verhindern ScheinselbstständigkeitIndienMedianama: Urban Company cedes some ground to workers pushing for better pay and working conditionsAll India Gig Workers Union: On the issues and demands of Urban Company Partners in Delhi NCRIndian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers: Press ReleaseUrban Company: Empowering Service Partners to become Micro-EntrepreneursEconomic Times: Urban Company, hit by protests, promises to enhance partners’ earningsNDTV: Urban Company Hikes Service Prices, Cuts Commissions To Improve Partner EarningsTogoAmnesty International: Togo: Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: Activist in Togo attacked with Indian-made spywareOpenNet Africa: Togo: Prominent Activist Targeted With Indian-made Spyware Linked to Notorious Hacker GroupOSIRIS: Togo : Des cybermercenaires ont tenté d’espionner un défenseur des droits humains, selon AmnestySomaliaData Rights Africa: Digital data in Somalia: capture, usage, and protectionSomali Public Agenda: Who owns data in Somalia? Ending the country’s privatised knowledge economyGriechenlandPRIN: A victorious workers’ struggle in GreecePRIN: E-food: Κόκκινο ποτάμι πλημμύρισε την Αθήνα (φωτό-βίντεο)Greek Reporter: Greek Delivery Giant Efood Faces Major Backlash Over Worker’s Rights