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Berlin Court Orders X to Hand Over Hungarian Election Data to Researchers
The court gave researchers what they asked for, but the same institution that fined X for refusing is also the largest funder of the group that sued to make it comply.
MembersBig Brother Comes Built Into the Screen
Even in standby, TVs are still reporting for duty. Here’s what to do about it.
EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging
The EU is inching toward the biggest peacetime surveillance experiment in its history, with plans to quietly search every private message before you hit send.
Belgium and Hungary Launch Controversial Digital IDs, Vaccine Passport, Ahead of EU Regulations
Privacy fears grow over new digital ID initiatives in Belgium and Hungary.
Governments increasingly use the idea of COVID “misinformation” to suppress speech and dissent
It’s happening all over the world.
Hundub is a new censorship-resistant social network for Hungarian citizens
Hungary’s government has long accused Big Tech giants of censorship, promoting the rise of alternatives.
Human rights group shows how pandemic has caused a severe drop in internet freedoms
Freedom House, a US government-funded non-profit, recently published a report titled “The Pandemic’s Digital Shadow,” detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing surveillance and “fueling digital repression worldwide.” The report says that several nations across the world have been using
Hungarian government slam Facebook’s Oversight Board for having “direct ties” to George Soros
The Hungarian government is the latest to criticize Facebook’s new “Supreme Court” of speech.
Hungarian police interrogate 64-year-old man after he criticizes government coronavirus response on Facebook
Police showed up at dawn and took the man from his home.
MembersCovid-19 ushers in a new wave of privacy and free speech threats
?Civil liberties have suffered major setbacks.
Hungarian state media needs permission to report on Greta Thunberg, report suggests
The rules have raised accusations of censorship.