Latest News: Rights and Freedoms

The Chinese government is allegedly censoring news regarding a car ramming incident in Zhuhai, southern China, which claimed the lives of 35 people and injured 43 others on November 12, 2024. The deliberate attack occurred outside a sports center, where crowds had gathered for exercise. Local

Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net 2024 report exposed a continued global decline in internet freedom for the 14th consecutive year. It found that a significant number of governments across 72 analyzed countries employed censorship and violent retaliation for online speech, particularly during

Brazil's Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the ban on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The ruling, which has sparked global attention, centers on X’s failure to comply with Brazil's legal requirements, including the appointment of a local representative to address

Turkey lifted a nine-day nationwide ban on Instagram after Meta, the platform’s parent company, agreed to address government concerns over content moderation and policy violations. Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority initially blocked Instagram without an official

Venezuela has doubled down on internet censorship by blocking Amazon's CloudFront Content Delivery Network (CDN), which has led to widespread disruption across numerous websites and online platforms. The block, executed by the state-owned internet service provider (ISP) CANTV, has drawn attention

Apple has removed 25 VPN apps from its app store in Russia following a request from Roskomnadzor, the country's internet regulator. The affected apps include popular services such as NordVPN, Proton VPN, Red Shield VPN, and Planet VPN. This action comes as part of a broader effort by the Russian

TikTok has announced that it’s suing the US government, claiming that the recently passed ban against the social media platform is unconstitutional. It compels TikTok to divest from its parent company, ByteDance, by January 19th, 2025, or cease operations in the US. In a court filing submitted

The US Senate has voted to reauthorize controversial surveillance laws, extending government spy powers for another two years. The bill, passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 60-34, extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), allowing the government to gather

Pornhub, a leading adult content website, has ceased operations in Texas. This drastic measure comes in response to a controversial court ruling upholding a Texas law that mandates stringent age verification on pornographic websites. Texans are now unable to access Pornhub, which has blocked

In a significant development, Chinese state-backed experts claim to have cracked the encryption of Apple's AirDrop feature. This breakthrough, as reported by Bloomberg, enables the identification of phone numbers and email addresses of users, potentially allowing the Chinese government to monitor