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This Week in Internet Censorship: A Resignation in the Palestinian Authority, China Tries to Make a Blind Man Disappear, and Vietnam Prepares to Attack Anonymous Speech

Palestinian Authority Communications Minister Resigns Over Internet Censorship
Two weeks ago, news broke that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was blocking eight websites critical of President Mahmoud Abbas. In the wake of that news, the US Department of State expressed concern and PA Communications Minister Mashour Abu Daqa...

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Levitt v. Yelp

In this case, several businesses filed suit against Yelp, claiming that the popular review site manipulated and manufactured reviews in order to coerce businesses to advertise on the website. However, in their lawsuit, the businesses largely speculated about Yelp’s role in authoring negative reviews and complained that Yelp unfairly chose...

Growing Mistrust of India’s Biometric ID Scheme

In India, a massive effort is underway to collect biometric identity information for each of the country’s 1.2 billion people. The incredible plan, dubbed the “mother of all e-governance projects” by the Economic Times, has stirred controversy in India and beyond, raising serious concerns about the privacy and security of...

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Make Every Day a Day Against DRM

Today, we join the Free Software Foundation in celebrating a Day Against DRM. DRM software restricts the way users can interact with content, which hits close to home for an organization like EFF. Even worse, "anti-circumvention" laws that regulate whether users can bypass DRM, like section 1201 of the DMCA...

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