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A suspicious WhatsApp message carried the mobile cyberweapon known as Pegasus – sold by Israel-based company NSO Group to state-level actors around the world. Continue reading Amnesty International Targeted by Nation-State Spyware
At a press briefing, United Nations investigators looking into the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar cited social media posts on Facebook as playing a significant role in spreading hate. Continue reading Facebook Posts ‘Substantively Contributed’ to Myanmar Genocide, UN Investigators Say
Neither governments nor the cybersecurity community have taken enough responsibility for protecting human rights activists from hacking and surveillance. Continue reading Dissidents Have Been Abandoned and Besieged Online
Joshua Browder created DoNotPay to help people fight parking tickets, and hopes to make the platform a resource for all kinds of legal issues. Continue reading The Entrepreneur Trying to Democratize Law with a Free Chatbot
Speakers at Virus Bulletin painted grim pictures of the threats to physical safety and civil liberties posed by commercial spyware and high-end surveillance software often sold to governments. Continue reading Experts Have Sobering Message on Human Rights, Privacy for Security Pros
The illegal use of hacking tools by the Mexican government against activists and reporters has become a systematic policy of intimidation and harassment. Continue reading Mexico Hacking and Spying on Its Citizens Is a ‘Human Rights Crisis’
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Girl Scouts get cybersecurity badges; 1m hit by university data theft; India criticised
Refugees and immigrants are having their digital lives exposed at America’s borders. Continue reading Digital Rights Advocates Want the UN to Stop Social Media Searches at the US Border
Water access is becoming a battleground. Continue reading The Number of US Households That Can’t Afford Water Could Triple in Five Years
But replacing human judges is “impossible” right now, researchers say. Continue reading This AI Can Accurately Predict the Outcome of Human Rights Trials