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Concern about the inclusion of the DNI in the Census
Civil society organizations, academics and researchers are concerned about the inclusion of a series of questions on sensitive data along with the Census nomination based on a question that requests the ID of the person surveyed. We sent a letter expressing our...
Vía Libre at Rightscon 2021
Vía Libre participated in the 10th Anniversary of RightsCon with several events and sessions. This #RightsCon we came together to solve problems, build partnerships, and achieve tangible outcomes. 🎉Here are some highlights!🎉 Ps: We'd love to hear from you! What were...
30 Groups Denounce Facebook’s Plan to Extended Data Collection by Pestering WhatsApp Users, Degrading Features
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of 28 groups across the globe today sent a letter to Facebook demanding the company stop intimidating WhatsApp users to accept extended data collection, originally set to take effect on May 15. Instead of forcing users to immediately...
International research organizations support WTO Trips Waiver for Covid-19
Available at Infojustice under CCby License Over 250 organizations and prominent researchers and experts, representing millions of researchers, educators, libraries, and support organizations globally, call for reduction of copyright barriers to COVID-19 prevention,...
More than 170 Civil Society Groups Worldwide Oppose Plans for a Big Tech Dominated Body for Global Digital Governance
Not only in developing countries but also in the US and EU, calls for stronger regulation of Big Tech are rising. At the precise point when we should be shaping global norms to regulate Big Tech, plans have emerged for an ‘empowered’ global digital governance body...
The Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled that access to information claims are applicable to the AFI
The Supreme Court must guarantee the right of access to public information on the functioning of the intelligence system. In 2017, from the Citizens' Initiative for the Control of the Intelligence System (ICCSI), we made a request for access to public information to...
Personal Data At Risk: Is the State Doing What it Takes?
This article was first published in Spanish at https://www.infobae.com/opinion/2021/01/27/datos-personales-en-riesgo-el-estado-esta-haciendo-sus-deberes/ Public administration holds the greatest responsibility regarding data custody and needs to raise safety...
Fundación Vía Libre 2020 Yearbook
The year of the Covid 19 pandemic found us working as always in some of the areas that we addressed from the beginning: the promotion and use of Free Software, the debate on access to culture, knowledge and intellectual property, civil and political rights, especially...
Negligence, the greatest risk to our privacy
Essay #5 in the Data and Pandemic Politics series on data justice and COVID-19 Editors’ Note: In this essay, Beatriz Busaniche calls attention to state negligence as a risk to privacy. She contrasts overarching political concerns about how data technologies facilitate...
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[EN] Preocupación internacional por Ley de Uruguay que autoriza bloqueo y bajada de contenidos audiovisuales sin orden judicial
Expresamos nuestra preocupación por las disposiciones establecidas en el proyecto de Ley de Presupuesto, que cuenta con media sanción en la Cámara de Diputados, junto a varias organizaciones de la sociedad civil y académicas de América Latina y el Caribe, dedicadas al...
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[EN] Baja de contenidos en redes sociales. La DMCA como instrumento de censura
Una vez más, y ya no parece casual, un equipo de periodistas deportivos reciben notificaciones de bloqueo de sus cuentas de Twitter y baja de contenidos que publican en el marco de sus tareas habituales y de su labor profesional. El equipo de Relatores, que acompaña a...
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[EN] Vía Libre se suma a ABM+2020
El Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, a través de su Ministerio de Producción, Ciencia e Innovación Tecnológica, organizó el encuentro ABM+2020, dedicado a Archivos, Bibliotecas, Museos y organizaciones de la comunidad, que se llevó a cabo los días miércoles 4...