Tag: Digital Rights
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The UK’s New Pornography Law: Criminalising Harmful Content or Redrawing the Boundaries of Digital Freedom?
England and Wales are introducing new criminal offences covering possession and publication of specific categories of pornographic images. We examine the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the penalties, the impact on digital platforms and the wider debate over internet censorship and personal freedoms.
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🇲🇦 Amnesty Accuses Morocco of Spying on Activists and Journalists
Amnesty International has accused Moroccan authorities of operating an extensive surveillance system targeting journalists, human rights defenders and activists. Its latest investigation cites a former intelligence employee, leaked records and forensic evidence concerning Pegasus spyware and other surveillance technologies. Morocco has repeatedly denied using spyware against its citizens.
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🇮🇳 India-Meta Showdown: Parliament Demands Zuckerberg Apology After Modi Video Removed
A temporary removal of a Narendra Modi video from Facebook has triggered a confrontation between India’s parliamentary technology committee and Meta, with lawmakers demanding a personal apology from Mark Zuckerberg and warning that Meta could face the loss of safe-harbour protection.
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🇷🇺 🇫🇷 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 Telegram Under Pressure: Russia, France, Australia and India Test the Limits of a Global Messaging Platform
By Panafrican.email Telegram has become one of the world’s most important communications platforms, connecting more than a billion users through private messaging, public channels, large groups, bots and an expanding ecosystem of applications. For Africa, Telegram’s importance goes beyond messaging. Across the continent, the platform is used by journalists, political movements, businesses, technology communities, cryptocurrency…