Fighting Internet Surveillance Laws

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Defenders Coalition: Impact of Communication Surveillance on HRDs in Kenya

The Defenders Coalition has undertaken a survey of HRDs across Kenya to understand their level of exposure and their perception of communication surveillance.

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(Questions/Réponses) La plus haute Cour de justice de l’UE a jugé que les régimes de surveillance de masse du Royaume-Uni, de la France et de la Belgique doivent respecter la vie privée

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu ses décisions concernant trois affaires au Royaume-Uni, en France et en Belgique. Voici quelques réponses aux questions principales.

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Q&A: EU's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued judgments in three cases in the UK, France and Belgium. We answer some of the main questions.

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Two states admit bulk interception practices: why does it matter?

Six years after NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents providing details about how states' mass surveillance programmes function, two states – the UK and South Africa – publicly admit using bulk interception capabilities. Both governments have been conducting bulk interception of internet

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New Documents Reveal Kenya's Worrying Attempts to Monitor the Internet

In January 2017, Kenya’s information and communication technology regulator, the Communications Authority of Kenya, announced that it was spending over 2 billion shillings (around 14 million USD) on new initiatives to monitor Kenyans’ communications and regulate their communications devices. The