Facebook has exempted nearly 6 million of its most high-profile users from facing consequences for breaking platform rules
Facebook has exempted nearly 6 million of its most high-profile users from facing consequences for breaking platform rules through a systematic and secret tiering system that an internal review described…
“Do you own an Apple product? Update it today,” he said.
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw Researchers at Citizen Lab found that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, had infected Apple products without so much as…
Privacy violated in Palestine: ISPs leave private data exposed
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Palestine are failing to protect their customers’ privacy. Through a joint study, Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine,…
Iraq is one of top countries in the world – facts on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances!
Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional, and international organizations, associations, and networks come together to highlight…
From Pearl to Pegasus | Bahraini Government Hacks Activists with NSO Group Zero-Click iPhone Exploits
By Bill Marczak, Ali Abdulemam1, Noura Al-Jizawi, Siena Anstis, Kristin Berdan, John Scott-Railton, and Ron Deibert Summary & Key Findings We identified nine Bahraini activists whose iPhones were successfully hacked…
The Launch of the Arab Alliance for Digital Rights
The Arab Alliance for Digital Rights (AADR) sets in motion its work to promote and defend the digital rights and freedoms of internet users across the Arabic-speaking countries. The Alliance…
UNAMI and the UN Human Rights Office: “Human Rights in the Administration of Justice in Iraq: legal conditions and procedural safeguards to prevent torture”
GENEVA (3 August 2021) – Iraq’s legal framework to prevent ill-treatment, developed over several years, now needs to be translated into effective measures to tackle torture in detention centres and…
MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
26-July-2021 We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments across the Middle East and…
How to Protect Your Data from Israeli NSO’s Surveillance Attacks?
A recent security leak revealed that Israeli NSO Group’s malware has targeted around 50,000 devices worldwide, including those of journalists and activists in a number of Arabic-speaking countries. Forbidden Stories,…
Interactive map for the global rally to #EndImpunity in Iraq
INSM Tech Team has developed an interactive map showing the gathering places to #EndImpunity in Iraq Marathon around the world What is the #EndImpunity campaign? It is an Iraqi campaign…