Iraq’s Controversial “Ballegh” Platform For “Combating Indecent Content”
When Umm Fahd danced in the stadium while watching the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in the Al-Basra governorate in early 2023, she did not expect to be summoned for questioning…
Iraqi Cybercrime Draft Law: In Suspension
On June 5, 2022, Iraq’s Security and Defense Parliamentary Committee announced that it will reintroduce the Cybercrime Draft Law for parliament to vote on during its current session. The law…
Global Encryption Day Statement
148 organizations and businesses have signed our statement of support (list below) Strong encryption is a critical technology that helps keep people, their information, and communications private and secure. It…
Declaration on responsible social media use in iraq
Sign form below PREAMBLE Based on our commitment to upholding the principles of justice and integrity for the Iraqi elections in 2021 and the subsequent period of government formation, we…
No More Voting in the Dark: The Need to Illuminate Iraq’s Internet During Elections
Keyboard: Cathryn Grothe, Research Associate at Freedom House and Hayder Hamzoz, Founder of INSM network for digital rights in Iraq. On October 10th, Iraqis head to the polls to vote…
Iraq’s elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns
No to internet shutdowns in Iraq these elections — Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition demand an open, accessible, and secure internet for all. “Iraq’s long history of shutting down…
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
“Facebook can’t be down, can it?”, we thought, for a second. Today at 15:51 UTC, we opened an internal incident entitled “Facebook DNS lookup returning SERVFAIL” because we were worried…
Coalition Letter to the 48th U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on Pegasus
To Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council Re: Request for Members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to urgently denounce and mandate independent investigations into the situation of…
The Oversight Board’s decision on Palestine is a step in the right direction, now Facebook needs to step up
We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the recent decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board on Facebook’s unjustified removal of news content related to the recent Israeli aggression on Palestine under its Community…
a Plane Over Apple’s Headquarters: “DON’T SCAN OUR PHONES”
For the last month, civil liberties and human rights organizations, researchers, and customers have demanded that Apple cancel its plan to install photo-scanning software onto devices. This software poses an…