Media Releases

Australian digital rights organisations defend encryption

Posted on October 4, 2019 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch and Access Now have expressed deep concerns about attempts by members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to convince Facebook to abandon its plan to introduce end-to-end encryption in its messaging services.

Attorney General having discretion over prosecutions will do virtually nothing for press freedom

Posted on October 1, 2019 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch has criticised a recent move by the Australian Government to allow Ministerial decisions over the prosecution of journalists.

Major privacy concerns around national facial recognition database

Posted on September 17, 2019 | in Media releases

Digital Rights Watch have welcomed a move by the Victorian Government to control federal agency access to driver’s license photographs uploaded to the national facial recognition database.

Global coalition warns against internet shutdowns in Hong Kong

Posted on September 6, 2019 | in Media releases

After months of pro-democracy protests in the streets of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, leader of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) government, has finally withdrawn the proposed extradition law that sparked them. But as Bloomberg reports, that’s not likely to stop the protests. Lam has not relented on key demands of the protesters, and is refusing to investigate police violence.

Privacy advocates welcome ACCC report into loyalty reward schemes

Posted on September 5, 2019 | in Media releases

Privacy advocate group Digital Rights Watch today welcomed a report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on customer loyalty cards, which called into question the privacy protections provided to consumers under such schemes.

Internet shutdowns in West Papua are within Australia's responsibility

Posted on August 28, 2019 | in Media releases

Following reports that internet access has been shut down in West Papua, Digital Rights Watch has called for urgent intervention from the Australian government.