Intersections

ABC’s FCC battle could redefine press freedom

(Sara Fischer - Axios) The outcome of ABC's legal battle with the Federal Communications Commission could set a landmark precedent around press freedom and...

Civil society groups warn EU Digital Networks Act could weaken net neutrality

(DigWatch) A coalition of civil society organisations has raised concerns about the European Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act, warning that it could weaken existing...

EDPB adopts common data breach notification template for GDPR compliance

(DigWatch) The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted a common template for data breach notifications as part of efforts to simplify GDPR compliance...

The Clock Is Ticking: Fertilizer, Food, and the Fragility of Global Agriculture

(Máximo Torero Cullen - Council on Foreign Relations) The conflict in the Middle East has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a critical failure...

Russia: Schools have turned into “factories of compliance” through state indoctrination and surveillance of children

(Amnesy International) The Russian authorities are denying children their right to quality education by using propaganda-filled textbooks and lectures to indoctrinate children and justify...

Diamond Hands, War Plans

(Timothy Minter - Lawfare) In the predawn hours of Jan. 3, U.S. Special Operations Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. Hours later,...

The Search for the Missing in Syria: Learning from the Past

(Karla I. Quintana O. - Just Security) Syria faces one of the largest missing persons crises in the world. Estimates from the Syrian government...

Global: Enormous data pipelines powering major generative AI systems are rooted in mass invasions of privacy by design

(Amnesty International) Companies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in a...

Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report

(Amnesty International) Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses that meet many of the...

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