Afef Abrougui is a consultant and researcher working at the intersection of technology and human rights. She is currently leading research at SMEX, the leading digital rights organization in the Arab region, in addition to working on a range of projects with other organisations aimed at advancing protection for human rights in digital spaces. Afef holds a media studies MA (New Media and Digital Culture track) from the University of Amsterdam. She previously worked as a lead editor for Advox, a project by Global Voices which specializes in reporting on the intersection of technology and human rights in the Global South, and a Research Analyst for Ranking Digital Rights.
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. After Russia, Iran moves to ban Telegram The Iranian government has moved to block encrypted messaging app
Despite some notable improvements, the world’s top tech companies still fail to tell us enough about policies affecting freedom of expression and privacy, according to Ranking Digital Rights director Rebecca MacKinnon, who presented key findings of the 2018 Corporate Accountability Index on Wednesday, April 25th
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Russia starts blocking Telegram Russian ISPs this week started blocking encrypted messaging app Telegram, after the messaging service
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Facebook still in the spotlight over Cambridge Analytica scandal This week, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before two
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Facebook CEO to testify before U.S. Congress Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before two U.S. congressional panels
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