In Ghana, MPs passed a dangerous bill that will outlaw LGBTQ+ organizations, stifle speech, + incite discrimination.

Today, we join 34 civil society organizations demanding Nana Akufo-Addo reject the repressive bill. #KillTheBill #ProtectLGBTQDigitalRights
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It was an absolute pleasure to interview Maryam for this and a great way to start our 2024 interview series.

My first article in a long time, for Maize Magazine, on the history of human intelligence and how we preserve cultural memory maize.io/cultural-facto…

Berlin mayor calls “unacceptable relativization” the fact that Berlinale award winners called for Germany to stop delivering arms to Israel; others called Israel's military action in Gaza a genocide. When it comes to Israel-Palestine Germany has become a bizarre parallel universe

Editorial reviews now up for the upcoming book, which traces a cultural and technological biography of Tor, known to many as the Dark Web. Massively grateful to Schneier Blog and jillian c. york for their extremely kind words!

“With the watermelon (emoji), I think this is actually really the first time where I’ve seen it widely used as a stand-in. And that to me marks a notable uptick in censorship of Palestinian content,” EFF’s jillian c. york told The Associated Press. apnews.com/article/israel…

#WhoCares : Das Track Team „Politik & Gesellschaft“ unterstützt uns bei der Auswertung und Kuration eurer #CfP -Einreichungen zu diesem Thema.

Mehr zu den Track Teams: re-publica.com/de/news/die-rp… #rp24

#DANKE : Lena Rohrbach, jillian c. york, [email protected], Daphne Büllesbach, @[email protected],…

TIMEP is thrilled to announce an open call for applications to our 2024-2025 Nonresident Fellowship cohort! We are privileged to provide a space for advocates from and in the MENA region doing critical work on issues from accountability to cyberspace. timep.org/2024/02/01/ope…

A digital rights fund for folks in the WANA (MENA) region: smex.org/digital-rights…

Coming April 2024 - a secret history of the The Tor Project with The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social and preorder links here: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548182/… #tor #DarkWeb #privacy #Crypto #cybercrime #digitalfreedom

We are hiring:

Are you an experienced and passionate Digital Campaigner? Then join ESWA and lead on our campaigning and communication work for SW' rights in Europe!

Find out more and apply by 31st Jan👇
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Submit your talk now for re:publica in Berlin, 27-29 May! Submissions are due 15 January re-publica.com/en/cfp

Donate (any amount!) to EFF and you'll help us unlock some big challenge grants! supporters.eff.org/donate/year-en…

Threats to free expression around the world in 2023 eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

Loved doing this interview with jillian c. york for EFF, talking about the inspo & story behind my research on digital censorship, my work at Centre for Digital Citizens + my hopes for the future. It's one the most comprehensive articles explaining what I do :) eff.org/pages/speaking…

The antisemitism commissioner is a uniquely German thought police officer only Kafka could have predicted: rarely Jewish, their main job seems to be to silence leftist Jews.

On the contrary, it's a worrying sign that people fall for this hook, line, and sinker rather than having some skepticism about Germany's ability to tell the difference between Hamas and those claiming allegiance to it. The planned attack itself is troubling either way.