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Exposed and exploited: data protection in the Middle East and North Africa


Across the Middle East and North Africa, data protection legislation is still in its infancy, and it remains a low priority in countries where data protection laws are either very weak or non-existent. In this report, the authors explore data protection legislation in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia.
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Defending peaceful assembly and association in the digital age: takedowns, shutdowns, and surveillance


This paper, supported by case studies from regions across the world, aims to provide an overview of the state of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age and a series of tailored recommendations for various stakeholders.
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What the Facebook Oversight Board means for human rights, and where we go from here


In May 2020, Facebook announced the inaugural batch of members of its Oversight Board. The Board will be a group of 40 people supported by staff, whose initial task will be to serve as an independent appeals mechanism to have a final say on select cases of content removals decided by Facebook. In this report...
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Recommendations on privacy and data protection in the fight against COVID-19


In this paper, the authors provide privacy and data protection recommendations for governments to fight against COVID-19 in a rights-respecting manner.

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