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Deeplinks Blog by Daly Barnett | June 8, 2022

Mandatory Student Spyware Is Creating a Perfect Storm of Human Rights Abuses
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Spyware apps were foisted on students at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Today, long after most students have returned to in-person learning, those apps are still proliferating, and enabling an ever-expanding range of human rights abuses. In a recent Center for Democracy and Technology report, 81 percent of...
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Deeplinks Blog by Daly Barnett, Dave Maass | February 17, 2022

Twitter and Facebook Must Speak Out Against Ghana's Repulsive Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
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As the Ghanaian Parliament considers a bill that would criminalize being LGBTQI+ or an ally of LGBTQI+ people, and ban all speech on and offline that even remotely supports LGBTQI+ rights, Twitter and Facebook's parent company Meta must publicly speak out against the proposal and state what action they...
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Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | August 27, 2021

Apple’s Plan to Scan Photos in Messages Turns Young People Into Privacy Pawns
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This month, Apple announced several new features under the auspices of expanding its protections for young people, at least two of which seriously walk back the company’s longstanding commitment to protecting user privacy. One of the plans—scanning photos sent to and from child accounts in Messages—breaks Apple’s promise to...
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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | August 18, 2021

How LGBTQ+ Content is Censored Under the Guise of "Sexually Explicit"
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The latest news from Apple—that the company will open up a backdoor in its efforts to combat child sexual abuse imagery (CSAM)—has us rightly concerned about the privacy impacts of such a decision. As always, some groups will be subject to potentially more harm than others.
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Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | July 2, 2021

EFF is Highlighting LGBTQ+ Issues Year-Round
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EFF is dedicated to ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice and innovation for all the people of the world. While digital freedom is an LGBTQ+ issue, LGBTQ+ issues are also digital rights issues. For example, LGBTQ+ communities are often those most likely to experience firsthand how big tech can...
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Mandatory Student Spyware Is Creating a Perfect Storm of Human Rights Abuses

Twitter and Facebook Must Speak Out Against Ghana's Repulsive Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

Apple’s Plan to Scan Photos in Messages Turns Young People Into Privacy Pawns

How LGBTQ+ Content is Censored Under the Guise of "Sexually Explicit"

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