Digital Rights Watch
STANDING UP FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS
Our vision is for a digital world where all humanity can thrive, and where diversity and creativity flourishes.
Digital Rights Watch exists to ensure fairness, freedoms and fundamental rights for all people who engage in the digital world.
Digital Rights Watch exists to ensure fairness, freedoms and fundamental rights for all people who engage in the digital world.
Privacy & Security
We believe in the fundamental right to privacy for all.
Personal Information & Data Rights
We believe governments, corporations and organisations should uphold basic privacy rights.
Power, Access & Technology
We advocate for increased transparency, accountability and oversight over the use of data.
Journalism & Information Flows
We believe in the value of strong, effective & accountable journalism.
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Cities for digital rights
Australians should be able to live their lives without being constantly watched, monitored and tracked.
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Facial recognition surveillance ban
The use of surveillance systems like facial recognition has gone too far - it's time we pushed back on this invasion of our privacy.
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COVID Policing
This collaborative project aims to document incidents, and examples from the public concerning COVID-19 policing, for use in monitoring and reporting, as well as legal advocacy and accountability.
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You've been targeted
Political parties, interest groups and individual candidates are all using Facebook microtargeting in their strategies to influence voters.
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![Another important moment from our recent roundtable with Twitter on why anonymity and pseudonymity online matters.
We hosted this roundtable before even hearing about the social media 'anti-trolling' legislation which threatens to 'unmask' anonymous users, but hey, we're nothing if not prepared.
Dr Emily van der Nagel is a researcher in social media identities, platforms, and cultures, with a focus on anonymity and pseudonymity. She has been working in this space for years, and so has seen the government try to argue that getting rid of anonymity will reduce harm online time and time again - but it's just not that simple.
You can now head to the link in our bio to see the full video of the roundtable, and we highly recommend doing so!
We also encourage you to go and read some more of Emliy's important work.
[Image description: black text on a colourful background. It is a quote from Dr. Emily van der Nagel on anonymity online and why it matters. The quote reads: "Not everyone is safe when they use the name on their official identity documents online. Some people are figuring out their queer identity, some might be seeking information on a sensitive topic, like safe sex, some may be trying to escape an abusive relationship, or blowing the whistle on corruption. These people aren't doing anything wrong, but they need the room to reach communities without being publicly visible."]
#DigitalRights #HumanRights #Anonymity #OnlineAnonymity #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #Security #CyberSecurity #Surveillance #auspol #auspolitics](https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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