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    Jun 30

    ❗️🗨️❓🗯️❌💬How do we tackle ⁉️ Let's talk about key questions and momentous solutions during 's side event co-sponsored by Canada, Fiji, Finland, Namibia, Netherlands, Sweden & the US. 🗓️5 July, 2 PM CEST Register here:

    Flyer with the title, date and panelists (info available on the registration link)
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  2. Retweeted
    Jul 2

    Find out more about my new report on and freedom of opinion & expression. Thank you for all the contributions. Please share the findings & next: action! 📖 Read the report !

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    Our side event is starting shortly, at 2 PM CEST/1 PM BST‼️ Register now at to attend this high level panel discussion on how to tackle disinformation while protecting our rights to and .

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    Jul 2

    Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has handed down a landmark decision for press freedom, ruling that the state must be held responsible when journalists are injured by security forces while covering demonstrations.

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    Jul 3

    : embattled founder turns 50 while still detained in a UK prison US prosecutors’ case weakened after ‘star witness’ admits to fabricating charges

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    Jul 3

    At age 39, ' Julian blew the whistle on the US government. Today, he has to spend his 50th birthday in a British high security prison. 📢It's time to .

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    Jul 1

    In a shocking development, Belarusian journalist and ex & staff member Andrei Aliaksandrau has been charged with treason. The charge marks an escalation in Belarus’s draconian crackdown on press freedom, writes

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    Currently at session: Access to Information Bill PASSED! A piece of legislation that seeks to ensure transparency and Accountability.

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  9. Jul 1

    4⃣👁‍🗨 takes up presidency, sparking fears for . PM - an ally of ’s Viktor Orban - appears ready to follow his lead and crack down on vital rights. EU countries, don’t let that happen! ➡️

    What ARTICLE 19 is watching this week: 28/06/2021, by @TasheSchmidt
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  10. Jul 1

    3⃣👁‍🗨 Instead of targeting activists and protesters, shouldn’t find out what they have to say? It’s time leaders takes a good look at laws & policies that threaten and understand their role in protecting the planet. ➡️

    What ARTICLE 19 is watching this week: 28/06/2021, by @TasheSchmidt
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    Jun 30

    2⃣👁‍🗨 Blueprint for authoritarianism: One year on from forcing the on , Beijing has suffocated media and internet freedoms. 's rising power means dire threats to global says ➡️

    What ARTICLE 19 is watching this week: 28/06/2021, by @TasheSchmidt
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  12. Jun 30

    2⃣👁‍🗨 Blueprint for authoritarianism: One year on from forcing the on , Beijing has suffocated media and internet freedoms. 's rising power means dire threats to global says ➡️

    What ARTICLE 19 is watching this week: 28/06/2021, by @TasheSchmidt
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    Jun 29

    The EU Digital Markets Act is an opportunity to change how the most powerful platforms act. Along with over a dozen civil society organizations, EFF is asking the EU Parliament to include interoperability obligations and focus on end-user rights.

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  14. Jun 30

    Don't forget to "Tech your pick" tomorrow, 4 PM GMT+1 with this webinar on the and how to beat the tech "giants with interoperability" in an open digital environment that strengthens users’ rights, small tech companies and innovation: ✅

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    Jun 28

    📥📤Cajas negras, redes sociales y transparencia. ¿Qué hace el Gobierno con nuestros datos mientras combate el discurso de odio? Te lo contamos en 👇🏼

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    ‼️ Our next session will begin in an hour! Tune in to learn more about media and online. We'll focus on how media self-regulatory bodies in Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have addressed online ‘hate speech’.

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    An good piece by , about under the Blog: A year of creeping darkness under the National Security Law in Hong Kong Read story:

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  20. Jun 29

    The is a good first step towards tackling specific characteristics and harmful conduct in digital markets, but the 's proposal does not set down rules that give users more rights. ➡️Our joint open letter to :

    Digital Markets Act open letter - Our key asks to all IMCO Members of the European Parliament:
- Add an interoperability obligation for core platform services,
such as social networks and instant messaging
- Ensure the DMA has effective enforcement provisions
- Strengthen anti-circumvention measures and make the prohibition to use dark patterns explicit
- Strengthen the end user’s position
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