digital rights
This Band Thought Their Biggest Hurdle Was the Patriarchy. It’s Actually the Internet.
This all-women Sufi band is trying to break into a traditionally male genre of music, but that's the least of their problems.
Landmark Ruling Forces Uber to Share Data With Drivers in the Netherlands
Drivers hailed the move as an important "first step" towards realizing their rights as workers for the companies.
This College Banned Students From Even Discussing Facial Recognition
After the ACLU said a community college in Michigan was violating its students’ First Amendment rights, the school partially relented.
UCLA Abandons Plans to Use Facial Recognition After Backlash
“Let this be a lesson to other school administrators: if you try to experiment on your campus with racist, invasive surveillance technology, we will come for you. And we don't lose."
Technology Has Made Labor Laws Obsolete, Experts Say
More than 70 scholars, activists, and leaders urge lawmakers to expand workers digital rights to rebuild the union movement.
How Internet Shutdowns Became a Weapon of Repression
40% more countries cut communications in 2019 over 2018 — and many of the shutdowns lasted longer.
Students Are Campaigning to Ban Facial Recognition From College Campuses
A new national campaign wants to stop facial recognition from invading U.S. college campuses.
Court Rules Government Can’t Search Your Phone at the Airport for No Reason
The ruling is a significant win for privacy rights of Americans and tourists traveling to the United States.
Google Is Investigating Why it Trained Facial Recognition on ‘Dark Skinned’ Homeless People
Former workers reveal "questionable and misleading methods" used to obtain facial scans.
Google Jigsaw’s CEO ‘Frustrated and Disappointed’ With His Own Team’s Toxic Culture
Here’s the email Jigsaw’s CEO Jared Cohen sent his team after a Motherboard investigation into the team’s mismanagement.
Google’s Jigsaw Was Supposed to Save the Internet. Behind the Scenes, It Became a Toxic Mess
Google’s internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, leaked documents, and internal messages reveal a grim reality.
Microsoft and Amazon Enable Censorship Circumvention Tools in Iran. Why Doesn’t Google?
Google blocks a tool called Google App Engine in Iran, indirectly allowing the Iranian government to block apps that piggyback on it to skirt online censorship.