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You might have heard of Tor already,
yet never dared to try it yourself.

Despite being around for decades,
Tor is still a tool too few people know about. Tor is essential to journalists, activists, whistleblowers, dissidents, and people in vulnerable situations everywhere.

Thanks to Tor, activists have a safe way to continue fighting for human rights and resist censorship from oppressive regimes.

Here's how Tor works,
and why you should support it.

privacyguides.org/articles/202…

#Privacy #Activism #Tor #DigitalRights


Mastodon gets €614k from the Sovereign Tech Fund to improve Fediverse infrastructure, including blocklists, media storage, and E2EE messaging. 🌐
€90k funds interoperable FOSS, with open protocols, admin control, and transparent data processing across decentralized platforms. 🔍

@Mastodon

🔗 blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/…

#TechNews #Mastodon #Fediverse #SovereignTechFund #OpenSource #ActivityPub #E2EE #Decentralization #Privacy #Interoperability #FOSS #Transparency #Security #OpenWeb #DigitalRights


The horror of Age Verification is
arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦

Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure.

The time to push back is NOW: globalnews.ca/news/11797286/li…

'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.'

Share educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: eff.org/age

We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒

#AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Canada #CanPoli #CndPol


A very good piece on the implication of a social media ban for children

@adfichter wrote a very clear explanation of why a social media ban for teenagers has the side effect of building an infrastructure to gather even more information about everyone:

techjournalismus.ch/why-a-soci…

I don't have to sell to this crowd why this is bad.

What can we do about it?

Tell our representatives and governments that we don't want more surveillance, and that protecting children should not come at the expense of fundamental rights.

You can do that in an individual capacity (send them an email) or by supporting organizations working in that space (@edri is a good starting point to find the right one for you)

#digitalrights #democracy #digitaldemocracy #chatcontrol


ICYMI, be sure you catch our interview with Cindy Cohn, @eff Executive Director and prolific civil liberties attorney in the fight for digital rights.

Cindy sat down with us in Ann Arbor, MI to discuss her work, the origins of the EFF, her latest book “Privacy’s Defender,” and the still-ongoing fight for privacy and digital liberties 💪

Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nD…

#EFF #Interview #PrivacysDefender #CindyCohn #DigitalRights #Privacy #Security #Law


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Mozilla criticizes Microsoft Copilot rollout, saying Windows AI integration was pushed without meaningful user consent and limited control over defaults 🧠
Microsoft says it is reducing Copilot entry points, while Mozilla calls for opt-in design and highlights Firefox’s AI disable controls as a user-first alternative ⚙️

🔗 theregister.com/2026/04/10/moz…

#TechNews #Microsoft #Mozilla #Copilot #AI #Windows #Firefox #Privacy #UserControl #OpenSource #BigTech #Software #OperatingSystem #DigitalRights #Tech


Just... Nope. The whole thing about OS age verification is simply preposterous, ludicrous and quite frankly unethical. How is it even enforceable? Madness! #Privacy #DigitalRights


If a human right is in the way of your "innovative" technology, the expected solution should be to modify your technology to respect this human right, not to reduce the protections to this human right.

Technology and innovation must be in service of humanity, not the other way around.

#HumanRights #DigitalRights #Privacy #AI


VPNs are becoming a political target.

Russia is tightening its crackdown on VPNs and censorship tools. In the UK, the direction of travel is different but still worrying: age checks, wider internet restriction powers, and growing pressure around circumvention tools.

Privacy is being recast as something suspicious.

Once private access to information becomes gated, monitored, or discouraged, it gets much easier for states to shape what people can see and say.

Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=9NGT99wWKN…

Are VPNs becoming the next big battleground for digital freedom?

#VPN #Privacy #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #Censorship #OnlineSafetyAct


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This video gets to the heart of it: platforms built to maximise attention cannot keep washing their hands when young users are pulled into compulsive use. Endless scroll, algorithmic feeds, behavioural nudges, and frictionless overuse are not neutral features. They are design choices.

For years, Big Tech has acted like harm is some weird side effect that appeared out of nowhere. It did not. These systems were built to keep people watching, scrolling, tapping, and returning.

When legal pressure starts landing, it matters because it challenges the lie that these companies are passive hosts rather than active architects of dependency.

What needs to change first: platform design, legal liability, or public awareness?

#SocialMedia #BigTech #Privacy #DigitalRights #MentalHealth #OnlineSafety


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Ever lost access to a file because the software stopped working? That’s the cost of proprietary formats.

Open Standards keep your data accessible, portable, and in your control.

Join us on March 29 for Document Freedom Day 2026 with The Document Foundation and SFLC.in.

📍 Essentiadev, Noida
🕐 1 PM

Registeration open till 28th March : lnkd.in/gvnsX2UZ

Your data. Your rules.

#DocumentFreedomDay #DFD2026 #OpenSource #DigitalRights #LibreOffice


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⏰ TOMORROW!

Don’t miss Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron discussing LAW AND TECHNOLOGY & how we can navigate legal challenges in emerging tech while defending digital rights 📖

Sponsored by @internetarchive and @AuthorsAlliance .

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/book-ta…

@daniellecitron #DigitalRights #TechPolicy


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🎯 Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list!

LAW AND TECHNOLOGY explores how law can guide innovation while protecting human rights & defending digital freedoms ⚖️💻

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/book-ta…

@internetarchive @AuthorsAlliance @daniellecitron #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy


Whether you are concerned or not about the harm caused by the technologies pushed on us with the current AI Hype, I highly recommend watching this excellent interview by 404 Media's @samleecole with @alex and @emilymbender from the DAIR Institute: youtube.com/watch?v=UwBZiuH-1Q…

And I say "whether you are concerned or not" because this will affect you one way or another, whether you care about it or not. In fact, it very likely already does.

#AI #NoAI #DigitalRights #HumanRights


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Mass surveillance is on the rise. License plate reader cameras & tools meant for safety can also put people at risk, including those seeking reproductive health care or those targeted by ICE.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Cindy Cohn talks with Rainey Reitman about digital safety, surveillance, and why protecting yourself online matters.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/…

@eff @internetarchive #Privacy #DigitalRights


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🎙️ Meet the voices behind the upcoming LAW AND TECHNOLOGY #booktalk 📖

RYAN CALO, UW Law & Computer Science professor, studies emerging tech & its legal implications 🤖⚖️

DANIELLE CITRON, UVA Law professor & MacArthur Fellow, researches privacy, civil rights & free expression 🔐🗣️

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/book-ta…

@daniellecitron #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @Auths_Alliance @internetarchive


Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 proton.me/blog/instagram-end-t…

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE


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📖 How can law can shape technology for the public good?

Find out by joining us for the LAW AND TECHNOLOGY #booktalk with Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron as they share a step-by-step approach to navigating legal challenges in the digital age 🏛️💡

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/book-ta…

@daniellecitron #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @Auths_Alliance @internetarchive


🔐 Datensicherheit auf lsbt.me

Wer einen Safe Space im Internet schafft, trägt auch Verantwortung für die Daten der Menschen, die ihn nutzen.


Auf unserer Mastodon-Instanz lsbt.me nehmen wir Datenschutz, IT-Sicherheit und verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Nutzer*innendaten sehr ernst. Transparenz gehört für uns dazu – deshalb erklären wir offen, wie wir mit Daten umgehen, welche Informationen gespeichert werden und wie wir sie schützen.

Wenn du wissen möchtest, wie wir die Daten unserer Community sichern und welche technischen und organisatorischen Maßnahmen dahinterstehen, findest du hier alle Details:

👉 lsbt.me/datensicherheit

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Datenschutz #Privacy #DigitalRights #LGBTQ #QueerFediverse #OpenSource #FOSS


Anthropic is in court arguing the U.S. government can’t force it to weaken AI guardrails so the Pentagon can use its models for mass surveillance ⚖️

EFF and others back Anthropic, saying compelled code changes for AI monitoring violate the First Amendment and turbocharge already unchecked surveillance 🛡️

@eff

🔗 eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/gove…

#TechNews #Privacy #Anthropic #Pentagon #Surveillance #AI #CivilLiberties #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights #BigTech #Government #Security #US #Freedom #EFF





If you're ready to fight for privacy rights, Privacy Guides is building the resources to support you 🔒✊

Whether you're a privacy activist, digital rights organization, or someone who wants to start, the Privacy Activist Toolbox is for you! 🧰

privacyguides.org/en/activism/…

It's a section filled with short tips to help with your advocacy journey, and your battles to defend privacy rights.

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #DigitalRights





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🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨

Join us for Ryan Calo’s LAW AND TECHNOLOGY, exploring a clear framework for governing tech ⚖️💻 and defending rights in the digital age. Ryan will be in conversation with legal expert Danielle Citron.

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/book-ta…

@daniellecitron @AuthorsAlliance @internetarchive #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy



Sharing this Proton guide on how to protect your privacy at protests — from burner/“clean” phones and Faraday bags to encrypted apps, metadata scrubbing, and masking against AI facial recognition. 🛡️

Worth a read if you’re worried about surveillance at demonstrations. 🎭

@protonprivacy

🔗 proton.me/blog/how-to-protect-…

#TechNews #Privacy #Protest #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Encryption #Security #FacialRecognition #DataBrokers #VPN #Signal #Biometrics #Rights #Freedom #War #Activism


Yesterday, we launched a new section to support the community in its privacy advocacy effort 💛

The first resource in this section is the Privacy Activist Toolbox ✊🧰
privacyguides.org/activism/too…

This isn't an activist privacy checklist. It's a unique resource filled with useful tips to help privacy activists in their advocacy work, both for individuals and organizations! 💪

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights



Good News! 🚨👀

I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:

Privacy Guides' new Activism section! :awesome:
privacyguides.org/activism/

The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛

As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.

I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights


NEW! 🚨✨

Privacy Guides is thrilled to announce today the addition of a new Activism section on our website!

This section will be a new way to support the community in its privacy advocacy and activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛

In this age of digital mass surveillance, we must work together to fight for privacy rights collectively ✊🔒

privacyguides.org/activism

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #Privacy #DigitalRights




Kinderschutz ist kein Vorwand für Massenüberwachung! Die EU verlängert „Übergangsregeln“ gegen CSAM – und plötzlich wird aus freiwilligem Scannen ein Dauerzustand. Der EDPS warnt klar: Kein pauschales Durchleuchten aller Chats! Keine anlasslose Total-Kontrolle! Wer Grundrechte schleift, um schlechte Politiker:innen zu beruhigen, verrät die Freiheit. Schutz ja. Generalverdacht nein.

#CSAM #EDPS #Datenschutz #Grundrechte #Chatkontrolle #EU #Privacy #DigitalRights


Wer alle Nachrichten technisch scannt, baut eine Infrastruktur für die Totalüberwachung. Heute gegen Missbrauchsbilder. Morgen gegen „unerwünschte Inhalte“. Der EDPS mahnt: klare Rechtsgrundlage, klare Grenzen, keine wahllose Kontrolle. Das ist kein einfaches Technikdetail, das ist eine Demokratie-Frage! Unsere Freiheit stirbt leise – mit gut gemeinten Tools.

#CSAM #EDPS #Datenschutz #Verhältnismäßigkeit #Grundrechte #EU #DigitalRights


Each time a new privacy-invasive
feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely.

If each time a new privacy-invasive
feature is implemented people opted to refuse it, it would soon be discontinued.

Each individual opposition to privacy-invasive features matters.

It is an act of self-protection but,
perhaps even more importantly,
it is also an act of protest.

A protest against the normalization of mass surveillance and the loss of privacy rights.

The fact that there are other cameras around doesn't mean that more cameras or additional scanning is not making things even worse.

If we do not refuse,
if we do not fight for our privacy rights,
we will lose them all.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #DigitalRights


Nineteen civil society groups warn Switzerland’s plan to expand data retention would mean mass, long-term metadata storage and decryption support from online services, with major privacy and rights implications 🕵️

They urge the government to drop blanket retention and align with top EU human rights standards instead ⚖️

🔗 edri.org/our-work/open-letter-…

#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Switzerland #Data #HumanRights #EU #Security #Freedom #DigitalRights #Law #Policy #Society #Accountability #Government


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📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🫂 (1/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips


Feb 1
Digital Independence Day / Dia da Independência Digital
Sun 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
eventos.coletivos.org

EN:

You want to move away from Windows, Google, Apple, Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter, Whatsapp or any of the other shitty big tech monopolies, but you are unsure how and what are the alternatives?

Or you know that already, but you rather want to make that step with others instead of alone?

You just want to discuss in depth what is the coolest of the many alternatives to a service?

Or you are already very deep into the topic and you just want to help others in making the change?

Come around, together we boycott big tech bit by bit.

The idea is that we meet every first Sunday of the month and every time we replace one more app with a privacy respecting alternative.

We kick off our workshop series

📅 on February 1st

🕐 at 13:00

📍 in the CSS room @ Rizoma, Rua José Estevão 4, 1150-192 Lisboa.

🆓 Admission is free.

👷 Agenda

  • 13:00 Introduction, open discussion, help for early birds
  • At 13:30 we will have a short focus presentation introducing Mastodon and Pixelfed as alternatives to Twitter and Instagram.
  • In the rest of the workshop we just discuss whatever comes up and help each other with technical difficulties.


🧰🎒 What to bring

  • Your devices: laptop 💻, smartphone 📱, ...


🐧 For people who want to change to Linux:

  • Bring a computer on which you want to install Linux.
  • Bring the appertaining charger with you.
  • Bring a big external storage device with a backup of your data. (We recommend to make the backup beforehand).
  • Besides your laptop, if possible also bring an empty USB flash drive with at least 4 GB.
  • Bring your passwords. (So that you can set up your e-mail, etc. ...)
  • Allow at least 2 hours for installation and setup.

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PT:

Quer afastar-se do Windows, Google, Apple, Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter, Whatsapp ou qualquer outro dos grandes monopólios tecnológicos, mas não sabe como e quais são as alternativas?

Ou já sabe, mas prefere dar esse passo com outras pessoas em vez de sozinho?

Quer apenas discutir em profundidade qual é a melhor das muitas alternativas a um serviço?

Ou já está muito envolvido no assunto e só quer ajudar outras pessoas a fazer a mudança?

Junte-se a nós, juntos vamos boicotar os big tech, pouco a pouco.

A ideia é nos encontrarmos todos os primeiros domingos do mês e, a cada vez, substituirmos mais uma aplicação por uma alternativa que respeite a privacidade.

Começamos a nossa série de workshops

📅 no dia 1 de fevereiro

🕐 às 13h

📍 na sala CSS @ Rizoma, Rua José Estevão 4, 1150-192 Lisboa.

🆓 Entrada Livre.

👷 Agenda

  • 13h00: Introdução, discussão aberta, ajuda para os madrugadores
  • Às 13h30 teremos uma breve apresentação focada na introdução do Mastodon e do Pixelfed como alternativas ao Twitter e ao Instagram.
  • No restante do workshop, discutiremos o que surgir e ajudaremos uns aos outros com dificuldades técnicas.


🧰🎒 O que trazer

  • Os seus dispositivos: computador portátil 💻, smartphone 📱, ...


🐧 Para quem deseja mudar para o Linux:

  • Traga um computador no qual deseja instalar o Linux.
  • Traga o carregador correspondente.
  • Traga um dispositivo de armazenamento externo grande com uma cópia de segurança dos seus dados. (Recomendamos fazer a cópia de segurança com antecedência).
  • Além do seu computador portátil, se possível, traga também uma pen USB vazia com pelo menos 4 GB.
  • Traga as suas palavras-passe. (Para que possa configurar o seu e-mail, etc.)
  • Reserve pelo menos 2 horas para a instalação e configuração.


There is so much to he said about the hypocrisy of France's proposed #SocialMediaBan for children, but let's start with this quote from President #Macron:

"The emotions of our #children and #teenagers are not for sale or to be manipulated, either by American #platforms or Chinese #algorithms."

As if those were the only two God-given options. He'd rather ban an entire idea than help us build something better.

theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…

#DigitalRights #AccessToInformation #FreeExpression


Thank you to @techlore for covering the extremely concerning age verification bills being considered in Florida. We have 47 days to stop this. Call your state legislators and tell them you oppose these bills!

youtube.com/watch?v=m__kJCz2oS…

#Techlore #Privacy #Florida #Miami #Cybersecurity #Tech #AgeVerification #DigitalRights #InfoSec


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Join the Internet Archive & partners for PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY 🏛️

📚 This #webinar introduces the growing international movement to ensure libraries & other memory institutions have the same rights online they’ve long held in the physical world. 🌐

📆 Jan 27
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ blog.archive.org/event/protect…

#libraries #digitalrights #righttoown


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Iran Enters a New Age of Digital Isolation - Filterwatch

filter.watch/english/2026/01/1…

> Exclusive intelligence obtained by Filterwatch reveals that the Islamic Republic has abandoned its traditional model of mass internet censorship in favor of a new, far darker strategy: "Absolute Digital Isolation." We have entered a new era where connectivity is no longer a right, but a government-granted privilege.

#DigitalTech #DigitalRights #Iran #surveillance


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