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Site-blocking is not the solution to illegal downloading

Posted on December 15, 2016 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch have expressed their concern over a Federal Court ruling that Australian ISPs must block access to 61 domains registered by file-sharing websites The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt, TorrentHound and Torrentz.

Snitch Hunt: 10th December 2016

Posted on December 6, 2016 | in Events , News

This Human Rights Day, 10th December, get a taste of the power of metadata surveillance, and compete to see who can best abuse it.

Digital Rights Watch end of year update

Posted on December 6, 2016 | in News

2016 has been a busy year for digital rights policy in Australia. We’ll be hosting a quick update on the policy issues we have been following, including copyright reform and privacy issues.

Treat yourself – and fight internet shutdowns!

Posted on November 24, 2016 | in News , Take Action

So far in 2016, we’ve seen over 50 internet shutdowns around the world. That’s more than double the number we recorded last year. This trend has impacted millions of people, cost the global economy billions of dollars, and is a deeply serious violation of human rights that cannot be ignored.

UN inquiry into freedom of expression in telcos and the internet

Posted on October 30, 2016 | in News , Submissions

The UN Special Rapporteur on the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression is conducting a study on freedom of expression in the telecommunications and Internet access sector. He will examine State regulation and action that affect access to telecommunications and Internet networks and services, particularly those provided by Telcos and ISPs.

Digital rights workshop at auIGF

Posted on October 26, 2016 | in Events , News

Freedom of expression, privacy, freedom of association and freedom from discrimination – these are all important digital rights which all started off life as fundamental human rights in the pre-Internet world.