Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why

Indonesian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Documentary

Indonesian authorities' apparent enforced disappearance of indigenous activist Yasinta Moiwend following her prominence in a documentary… [more]

Authorities Strip Citizenship from Dozens of Bahrainis

Mass revocation of citizenship targeting a religious minority group, rendering dozens stateless including infants, exemplifies… [more]

Tunisian journalist Khaoula Boukrim sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison

State weaponization of vague cybercrime laws to prosecute and silence independent journalists through in absentia trials without due… [more]

Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why

Documents how LLMs autonomously generate and amplify specific fictional narratives that flood digital spaces, demonstrating algorithmic… [more]

Indonesian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Documentary

Indonesian authorities' apparent enforced disappearance of indigenous activist Yasinta Moiwend following her prominence in a documentary… [more]

Authorities Strip Citizenship from Dozens of Bahrainis

Mass revocation of citizenship targeting a religious minority group, rendering dozens stateless including infants, exemplifies… [more]

Tunisian journalist Khaoula Boukrim sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison

State weaponization of vague cybercrime laws to prosecute and silence independent journalists through in absentia trials without due… [more]

Chicken heads sent to Indonesian news outlet after threats over coverage of Papua documentary

State or corporate actors use systematic intimidation and physical threats against journalists covering environmental destruction and… [more]

Gulf States: Repression of Migrant Workers During Conflict

Documents systematic repression of migrant workers and suppression of fundamental freedoms (expression, association, assembly) by Gulf… [more]

Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression

Gulf states intensifying surveillance of migrant workers' communications, arrests, and restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly… [more]

CPJ calls on EU to support press freedom reform in Hungary

Documents systematic state censorship and media capture under Orbán regime where press became propaganda apparatus, exemplifying… [more]

ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian

ICE deliberately violated a federal judge's direct order to re-detain an elderly man, demonstrating authoritarian disregard for judicial… [more]

Global: Risk profiling systems used to identify potential offenders are in breach of international law and must be banned – new report

Documents widespread use of AI-based risk profiling systems by governments in law enforcement, social services, and migration that violate… [more]

Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief

Article documents real efforts to reform mass domestic surveillance law (FISA 702) amid concerns about potential abuse by unqualified… [more]

The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust

Documents real-world mass surveillance authority enabling warrantless collection of Americans' digital communications, representing… [more]

Azerbaijani prosecutors seek up to 16 years in prison for defendants in Toplum TV case

State persecution of independent journalists through harsh criminal charges and imprisonment represents systematic censorship and… [more]

🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11

Documents widespread deployment of ALPR surveillance networks originally justified for safety but increasingly repurposed for low-level… [more]

In Comoros, journalist arrested for report on jailed ex-president’s health

State authorities arrest journalists and newspaper leadership for reporting on a jailed former president's health, exemplifying… [more]

Podcast: Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is

Documents Microsoft's intentional design of addictive AI systems and reveals corporate manipulation of AI search results, demonstrating… [more]

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

Documents systemic abuse of automated license plate reader technology by law enforcement for illegal personal stalking, exemplifying… [more]

Afghanistan: New code enabling child marriage compounds dismal situation for women’s and girls’ rights

Taliban decree legalizing child marriage represents state-enforced authoritarianism that eliminates consent and autonomy, qualifying as… [more]

“This World Cup has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other”

Documents systematic persecution and exclusion of LGBT+ citizens from public spaces and cultural participation due to authoritarian state… [more]

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking

Documents a pattern of 60+ U.S. military strikes resulting in 200+ extrajudicial killings with evidence suggesting potential targeting of… [more]

Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation

Documents systematic state-led ethnic cleansing, forced displacement of Palestinian communities, and apartheid governance in occupied West… [more]

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities

Documents systematic forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouin communities by Israeli forces and settlers,… [more]

What are ‘critical minerals’ and why do they matter for human rights?

Documents systematic human rights abuses and labor exploitation in critical mineral extraction driven by global demand for AI, renewable… [more]

Pollinators in peril: scientists reveal the hidden human health costs of the world’s disappearing bees

Documents cascading environmental collapse through pollinator extinction causing food insecurity and malnutrition in vulnerable… [more]