NEWS 13.08.2021 UN World Climate Report: 1.5 degrees is nearly out of reach In its new report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change documents how global warming is changing the world. This is happening much faster than previously assumed.
NEWS 06.08.2021 New law threatens freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan wants to crack down on misinformation on the internet with a new law. Human Rights Watch fears it could lead to state censorship.
NEWS 29.07.2021 Aluminium in the car industry causes human rights violations Human rights violations and environmental destruction occur in the aluminium supply chains of the car industry. NGOs are demanding more diligence from manufacturers.
NEWS 21.07.2021 Smartphones of journalists and opposition members spied on worldwide Journalists and human rights activists worldwide are alleged to have been spied on with the Pegasus spy software. Non-governmental organisations are calling for a moratorium on the export of surveillance technology.
NEWS 14.07.2021 Hong Kong: Google, Facebook & Co. threaten to withdraw International internet corporations are warning Hong Kong not to further restrict freedom of expression. As a last resort, they would withdraw from the region.
NEWS 01.07.2021 22 newspapers worldwide forced to close in the past few years Last week, the pro-opposition newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong was forced to shut down. Reporters Without Borders now reminds us of numerous other media outlets that have been silenced over the past five years.
NEWS 23.06.2021 EU data protection authorities call for ban on facial recognition in public spaces Data protection authorities warn of the "end of anonymity" through artificial intelligence used for the automated recognition of people. Facial recognition and other biometric techniques should be banned in public spaces.
NEWS 17.06.2021 Data of 3.3 million VW customers stolen A VW vendor has exposed highly sensitive data of more than three million North American VW customers. Among them are social security and telephone numbers.
NEWS 09.06.2021 Nigeria blocks mobile access to Twitter Last weekend, the Nigerian government had mobile access to Twitter blocked. Previously, Twitter had temporarily suspended the president's account.
NEWS 04.06.2021 Denmark spied on leading European politicians for the NSA The NSA affair is still going on after eight years: Denmark is said to have eavesdropped on allies on behalf of the USA. German politicians were also eavesdropped on.
