This report is the result of a collaboration between Privacy International, ARTICLE 19, and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School. IHRC conducted desk research as well as interviews with individuals working in civil society organisations in the
By Soraya Chemaly | October 30, 2013 Source: Women’s Media Center Last Saturday, thousands gathered in Washington, DC, for a “Stop Watching Us” anti-surveillance rally. People are legitimately worried about the NSA reading our texts, chats, and emails, listening in
Source: Privacy International Authors: Claire Lauterbach Date: 6 March 2015 This Sunday is International Women’s Day. You could celebrate the considerable progress in legislating for women’s equal rights. You could join a protest against political and legal inequality, discrepancies in
by Richard M. Stallman Source: Gnu.org It has become fashionable to toss copyright, patents, and trademarks—three separate and different entities involving three separate and different sets of laws—plus a dozen other laws into one pot and call it “intellectual property”.
This article by Pranesh Prakash was published in Yojana, Issue: August 2013. Source CIS. Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. “Why?,” you may ask. Have you
Access to Knowledge is a campaign by the Center for Internet and Society to promote the fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development. It deals with issues like copyrights, patents and trademarks, which are an important part of the
This section of the Electronic Frontier Foundation unpacks different issues in regards to intellectual property including DCMA, file sharing, patents and copyright. Even if the content is quite US-specific, you’ll find resources in this section that unpack the uderlining issues
16 May 2012 By Jac sm Kee Source: GenderIT.org I found myself being confronted with the issue of anonymity and accountability in different ways at the AWID Forum. At the Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX) and Connect Your Rights events that
15 September 2014 By Rafia Shaikh Source: GenderIT.org Since the Edward Snowden saga, a lot of focus has been geared towards individual privacy rights and ultimately to the fight against mass surveillance. In this ongoing attempt to create a
17 November 2009 By Jac sm Kee Source: GenderIT.org I attended two sessions on privacy yesterday and today. The first one was on Privacy, Literacy and Social Networking and the second today, was on Privacy Protection, Openness and Online Behavioral