"Global internet freedom declined for the 13th consecutive year," Allie Funk, Adrian Shahbaz, and Kian Vesteinsson of Freedom House noted in last year's Freedom on the Net 2023 report. "Ahead of and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a ...

On January 8, at around 8 p.m. in Tehran, Iran’s leadership pulled the plug on the country’s internet, shutting down online access for its 92 million citizens and effectively cutting its people off ...

Despite the changing of the guard in Venezuela orchestrated by the U.S., the regime still imprisons pro-democracy leaders.

As authoritarian countries increasingly rely on digital tools to suppress dissent inside and outside their borders, the U.S. and its democratic partners need to work together to counter the spread of ...

Several rights groups have called on African governments to protect their citizens from digital rights suppression. Paradigm Initiative (PIN), in partnership with Open Society Foundation (OSF) and ...

Morocco is currently—Autumn 2025—witnessing a broad youth-led mass protest wave that has brought back to the political arena fundamental questions about social justice, basic rights, the deterioration ...

It’s an increasingly familiar contradiction: digital platforms that position themselves as an accessible alternative to corporate media emerge as new censors in their own right. Social media and the ...

April 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. India goes to the polls amid continuing ...

Recent reports detail ways in which the Chinese government has instrumentalized digital connectivity to enhance its repression of Tibetans on the plateau and in the diaspora. On Wednesday, Turquoise ...