You’d be hard pressed to miss this week’s all-out campaign from the media sector on government attacks on press freedom. This remarkable collaborative effort should not be understated – to …
Bipartisan Approaches to National Security Bring a Decrease in Rights
The dust has settled on the federal election, and advocates from all sectors are either crowing over their wins or licking their wounds. On the battleground for the internet, there …
Digital security for journalists
A free press is a cornerstone of any democracy, with journalism playing an integral role in the transparency and debate that is so important to protecting and maintaining society. Increasingly, …
Spies should focus on foreign threats rather than journalists
We have witnessed two shocking raids by the Australian Federal Police on news outlets, both under the guise of protecting our national security. Let’s call the raids what they are: …
Election 2019 and your digital rights
We’re only a few days away from the Saturday reckoning of Election 2019, and it hasn’t been the best campaign for your human rights online. Here’s a quick overview of …
One giant step backwards for cyber security in encryption bill fiasco
Australia will soon be relegated to the backwaters of the global digital community. We will no longer have a functioning security software industry, nor will we have faith in the …
Sleepwalking into a digital dystopia
We’re in the midst of a worsening democracy deficit, and you need look no further to see this on full display than within the shambolic process around the Telecommunications and …
The internet holds society together and the government is setting out to break it
The Australian Government has finally released its draft bill on encryption, which would see law enforcement granted unprecedented new powers, including the ability to crack open encrypted communication.
Turnbull’s attacks on encryption will enable crime at the cost of our rights
The government says its planned anti-encryption mandate will empower law enforcement, but it will enable far more crime than it will prevent, and regular citizens will bear the cost.
Understanding the Cambridge Analytica data breach
Our take on the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data breach affair
2017 – a year of campaigning for digital rights.
Well now, that was a long year. Here’s a quick reminder of all the happenings in the digital rights space that the team at Digital Rights Watch has been working on.
#KeepItOn petition delivered at IGF
Today, our friends at Access Now successfully delivered the #KeepitOn petition today at the Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Snitch Hunt: 10th December 2016
Snitch Hunt: get a taste of the power of metadata surveillance, and compete to see who can best abuse it.
Treat yourself – and fight internet shutdowns!
We’re excited to launch a new collaboration with the excellent folk at Lush Cosmetics – the Error 404 Bath Bomb – the latest defence in internet freedom!
Submission to Senate inquiry into Census 2016
Read Digital Rights Watch’s submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into the 2016 Census
The census is too important to boycott, despite serious privacy concerns
One of Australia’s richest sources of statistical data has had both its reputation and trust destroyed by the decision to retain name and address data – a decision made with little consultation and with no regard to the ramifications for individual’s right to privacy. But does this warrant an overall boycott of the census?
Our vision for a free and open internet
A democratic society will always involve some kind of negotiation between the interests of individual privacy and the need to protect people’s safety. Digital Rights Watch strives to participate in public debates about the nature of privacy using a human rights lens.