Journalists and activists allege rising censorship in Punjab, citing copyright strikes, FIRs, and IT laws used to silence critical content and pressure independent media platforms. The post Independent journalists in Punjab allege censorship by ruling AAP using copyright strikes, IT act appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

California’s bill, A.B. 2047, will not only mandate censorware — software which exists to bluntly block your speech as a user — on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies won’t make anyone safer. What it...

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A widely used phishing tool that allowed hackers to create fake websites that looked like legitimate login portals for just $500 was disrupted by the FBI and law enforcement agencies in Indonesia.

Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco is an activist-researcher working at the intersection of human rights and technology. Born in the Philippines and shaped by firsthand experience with inequality and state violence, Jean has spent her life pushing back against systems that profit from oppression. She refuses to accept a world where tech...