UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill(ohchr.org)

333 points by BerislavLopac 3 years ago | 437 comments

OHCHR press release from 27 April 2023 in which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges the UK to reverse its Public Order Bill.

Interpol arrests 5,500 across 5 continents for cybercrime, seizes over $400M(interpol.int)

21 points by Geekette 1 year ago | 1 comments

WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners(news.un.org)

137 points by cryoz 3 years ago | 78 comments

Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality(news.un.org)

88 points by Traces 1 year ago | 98 comments

The Ukrainian police arrested a man for selling data of over 300M people(securityaffairs.com)

46 points by jruohonen 3 years ago | 20 comments

UN report finds UN reports are not widely read(reuters.com)

326 points by anjneymidha 1 year ago | 122 comments

Reuters article on a United Nations report finding that the UN's own reports are not widely read.

DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia(cnbc.com)

322 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 290 comments

DOJ press release announcing the indictment of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi over Cambodian forced-labor scam compounds and the seizure of about $15B in bitcoin.

Bringing Sexy Back. Internet surveillance has killed eroticism(lux-magazine.com)

351 points by eustoria 11 months ago | 242 comments

Lux Magazine essay by Kate Wagner arguing internet surveillance has killed eroticism and that privacy is needed to reclaim it.

Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government(arstechnica.com)

360 points by cm_silva 3 years ago | 625 comments

Ars Technica article on a federal judge's preliminary injunction finding the White House pressured social networks to suppress speech, in a suit by Missouri and Louisiana.

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access(theregister.com)

338 points by saikatsg 6 months ago | 95 comments

The Register article on South Korea's scheme giving mobile subscribers unlimited 400 Kbps data after allowances expire, agreed by SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus.

The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel(edri.org)

440 points by rapnie 3 months ago | 245 comments

EDRi article warning that the EU's planned Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US would share sensitive personal data in exchange for visa-free travel.

India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app(reuters.com)

849 points by jmsflknr 10 months ago | 640 comments

Reuters report that India has ordered smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on devices.