Digital rights meetup

If you are interested in privacy and digital rights, join us at the Mitre Tavern on 15 August for an informal meetup.

Australians are increasingly concerned about expansion of surveillance powers

New polling shows that Australians have a high level of concern over legislation that has made it easier for the Government and law enforcement agencies to access their private personal digital information.

Sticker competition

We’re running a sticker design competition and we want your designs!

Show us your digital rights

Are you a budding graphic designer, artist, sketcher or otherwise creative person? We need you! Yes, you.

We’re launching our ‘design a new sticker for Digital Rights Watch’ competition.

Facial recognition expansion requires urgent review

Following reports that individuals are being forced to use facial recognition software in order to access government solar rebates, Digital Rights Watch have called for an urgent review of the rapid expansion of the controversial software.

Sweeping metadata laws must be scaled back

Amidst reports last week of the extraordinarily high rate at which the Australian Federal Police accessed the communications history of journalists, the Human Right Law Centre, Digital Rights Watch and Access Now have called on the Morrison Government to urgently reform metadata laws.