A US jury awards Meta nearly $168M in damages from Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in connection with the 2019 spyware attack on 1,400+ WhatsApp users' phones
Although NSO Group will likely appeal, the jury's award represents a significant win for privacy advocates and critics of the notorious spyware vendor.
Access Now: 54 countries imposed internet shutdowns at least 296 times in 2024, led by Myanmar, displacing India from the top spot for the first time since 2018
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The US and Microsoft seize 107 websites used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies in the US operating under Star Blizzard, a group active since 2016
Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a civil action brought … Ben Johnson : 👏 I'm very proud that today, it was unveiled that the NGO-ISAC,...
Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails
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Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails
Traditional phishing attacks aimed to break into organizations advocating for Russian dissidents, among others.
Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store in Russia, following a request by state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor
U.S. tech giant Apple (AAPL.O) removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store, following a request …
Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116
Last year, an internet shutdown in the state of Manipur, India, lasted a staggering 212 days when the state government issued 44 consecutive orders …
Critics warn the French government's first-of-its-kind move within the EU to suspend TikTok in New Caledonia amid widespread protests sets a dangerous precedent
PARIS — In a first-of-its-kind move within the European Union, the French government has moved to block TikTok in one of its overseas territories amid widespread protests.
X reports taking down accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media tied to farmers' protests, but disagrees with the action
Social media platform X said on Thursday it took down certain accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government …
Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war
The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …
Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more
More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers …
Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more
More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers …
SCOTUS lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug to install spyware, allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people
Sources: US defense contractor L3Harris is in talks with NSO Group to acquire its core tech; White House says such a deal would raise serious security concerns
Deal - which would require approval from US and Israel - would give L3Harris control over controversial Pegasus tool
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the past few years, the US has enacted only two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years
one for children's privacy and the other for ridding sites of sex-trafficking content —in the past 25 years.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Chris O'Brien / @obrien : EU policymakers,...
The EU finalizes the Digital Services Act, which will force social networks to toughen content moderation, reduce Google and Meta's ad targeting of minors, more
Companies such as Google and Facebook must moderate content more actively in regulatory clampdown
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the last few years, the US has enacted just two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years
Federal privacy bills, security legislation and antitrust laws to address the power of the tech giants have all failed to advance in Congress …
Research details the impact of TikTok's decision to block outside content from appearing to Russian users while allowing state propaganda
Last month, as many tech companies sided with Ukraine over Russia's invasion, TikTok appeared to follow suit by suspending new video uploads and live streams from Russia. Source: E...
A look at Lantern, a company backed by the US' Open Technology Fund that has spent the last two years building a peer-to-peer network to bypass Russian censors
Backed with funding from the U.S. government's Open Technology Fund, Lantern has spent two years building a peer-to-peer network inside Russia.
Roskomnadzor has reportedly blocked Twitter in Russia; a spokesperson says the company doesn't see “anything significantly different” than existing throttling
Russia's communications regulator said it blocked Facebook because of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources.”