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🇻🇪 Bridging Tech, Democracy & Human Rights in Latin America

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BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group.

Precedent-setting win against notorious #Pegasus spyware maker.

Very consequential for victims to see this.

Congratulations to #WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/

06.05.2025 21:30 👍 766 🔁 286 💬 19 📌 20
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TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials Yesterday, a Reuters photographer captured a photo of the freshly-ousted former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz checking his Signal messages during a Trump cabinet meeting. If you're not familiar...

I wrote up a detailed analysis of TM SGNL, the unofficial Signal app that senior Trump fascists use to organize their war crimes micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...

02.05.2025 21:36 👍 1265 🔁 459 💬 30 📌 50
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Día internacional contra la censura en internet: 949 eventos de bloqueos tejen la red de censura en Venezuela Entre enero de 2016 y enero de 2025, Ve sin Filtro ha registrado 1.335 eventos de bloqueos ejecutados por los principales prestadores del servicio de internet en el país. Siguen activos 949 de estos e...

#ContraLaCensura | Este #12Mar, en el Día Mundial contra la Censura en Internet, denunciamos que las condiciones en Venezuela atentan contra el derecho de acceso pleno y libre a la red.

Te contamos por qué:

vesinfiltro.org/noticias/202...

12.03.2025 18:45 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

The wait is over — join us live for the @rightscon.org opening ceremony!

We’re thrilled to spend the next four days with you in Taipei + online to strengthen collaborative efforts, your voices, and our digital rights advocacy. Keep up with #RightsCon2025!

24.02.2025 08:00 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.

Reminder: It's always a good time to download updates. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

19.02.2025 23:30 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Despite the challenging times faced by our community, I'm thrilled to attend #RightsCon2025 with OpenArchive. I'm eager to meet with old and new friends, explore collaborative opportunities, and support one another in these difficult moments

Join us to learn about our work and say hi if you see us!

19.02.2025 13:39 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Reality of Digital Authoritarianism in Venezuela A recent transparency report by one of the top telecom companies in Venezuela confirmed what many had long feared: state surveillance has reached a massive scale. The Telefónica (Movistar Venezuela’s…

✏“Cross-border advocacy will be critical in pushing for more transparency around state surveillance in Venezuela and other countries that employ these tactics against their citizens.” More from @aragort.com:

04.02.2025 17:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The logo of Espacio Público a Venezuelan NGO defending Freedom of Speech appears at the top of the image

Carlos Correa’s portrait appears on the background of a text in Spanish that reads:

Carlos Correa (Director of NGO Espacio Público)

The whereabouts of our Executive Director are unknown since January 7, 2024 at 5pm.

According to witnesses, he was intercepted in the center of Caracas (Venezuela) by presumed public servants wearing hoods.

#DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea
#WhereIsCarlosCorrea

#LiberenACarlosCorrea
#FreeCarlosCorrea

www.espaciopublico.ong

The logo of Espacio Público a Venezuelan NGO defending Freedom of Speech appears at the top of the image Carlos Correa’s portrait appears on the background of a text in Spanish that reads: Carlos Correa (Director of NGO Espacio Público) The whereabouts of our Executive Director are unknown since January 7, 2024 at 5pm. According to witnesses, he was intercepted in the center of Caracas (Venezuela) by presumed public servants wearing hoods. #DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea #WhereIsCarlosCorrea #LiberenACarlosCorrea #FreeCarlosCorrea www.espaciopublico.ong

🇻🇪 Carlos Correa, Executive Director of NGO Espacio Público, has been missing since hooded (presumed) public officers intercepted him in Caracas on Jan 7.

As Nicolás Maduro takes over a new term, Venezuelan activists warn about increased retaliation.

#LiberenACarlosCorrea
#DóndeEstáCarlosCorrea

08.01.2025 02:49 👍 5 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1

The Venezuelan digital rights and Internet policy community urges the international community to condemn the abuse of technological tools to increase political control and persecute dissent by the ruling party in Venezuela.

05.08.2024 23:43 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri.

These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.

21.11.2024 14:02 👍 515 🔁 174 💬 15 📌 9
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Encrypted Client Hello - the last puzzle piece to privacy We're excited to announce a contribution to improving privacy for everyone on the Internet. Encrypted Client Hello, a new standard that prevents networks from snooping on which websites a user is visi...

ECH encrypts the Server Name Indication (SNI) field in HTTPS requests, making it harder for internet service providers to see which sites users are visiting and enforce censorship.
blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-e...

15.11.2024 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🇷🇺 Russia's internet watchdog has blocked thousands of websites using Cloudflare's Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) feature.

This move aims to prevent users from bypassing government-imposed domain-based blockings.
therecord.media/russia-block...

15.11.2024 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
RightsCon session in Spanish happening on Wednesday, June 7, at 12:45 PM (CST).

RightsCon session in Spanish happening on Wednesday, June 7, at 12:45 PM (CST).

Looking for sessions in Spanish at RightsCon? Join us to talk about the internet in Cuba and how people are using it to fight for democracy. 🇨🇺

03.06.2023 05:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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⚠️ I was featured in the latest BBC Trending podcast "Trolled", which discussed the case of AI-generated disinformative content on YouTube which was deceptively disseminated by VTV state TV channel as "real news", and about 🇻🇪 digital troops on Twitter:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5d92

20.05.2023 14:32 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Last night, while protests were taking place in #Cuba 🇨🇺 there was an Internet shutdown in the country.

The Cuban regime does this to stop the dissemination of photos and videos of the demonstrations and repression.

🔗 You can learn more about it here: https://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/cuba

07.05.2023 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0