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Pegasus: a Report by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs Directorate-General for Internal Policies

The impact of Pegasus on fundamental rights and democratic processes Pegasus is a sophisticated surveillance software developed by the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group. The software is capable of gaining access to and monitoring a wide range of information on a target’s smartphone, including text messages, emails, location data, and even live microphone and […]

Presentation at MIT’s Media Lab, Bearing-Witness: Videography in the Hands of the People

The conference entitled Bearing-Witness: Videography in the Hands of the People, was from 5-7 October, 22 at the MIT’s Media Lab. It was organized by the Comparative Media Studies/Writing in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The conference builds on scholarship and public policy that emerged as a result of the […]

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022

UN Women just released its report on Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022 [pdf] on September 7th. The report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 goals, calling out the long road ahead to achieve gender equality. It emphasizes the interlinkages among the goals, the pivotal force gender […]

Ariel Koren resigned from Google citing hostility for speaking up

Google employee Ariel Koren tweeted that she had resigned from Google citing hostility against workers who speak up about Google’s $1b AI/surveillance contract with Israel. She also wrote her story in Medium where she stated: “Due to retaliation, a hostile environment, and illegal actions by the company, I cannot continue to work at Google and […]

EFF’s statement on the proposed cybercrime convention

In a new round of talks this week to formulate a UN Cybercrime Treaty, EFF is calling for strictly limiting the scope of the convention’s international cooperation provisions and safeguards to ensure that states respect human rights when responding to legal assistance requests. EFF is among a group of digital and human rights organizations participating […]

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Pegasus: a Report by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs Directorate-General for Internal Policies

Presentation at MIT’s Media Lab, Bearing-Witness: Videography in the Hands of the People

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022

Ariel Koren resigned from Google citing hostility for speaking up

EFF’s statement on the proposed cybercrime convention