Digital Rights Watch has signed on to the following open letter to Australian Parliamentarians about the ability of charities and nonprofits to operate effectively:
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We at Digital Rights Watch wish to pay our respects to the late John Perry Barlow, and share our sympathies with his family, friends, colleagues, and fellow activists.
Safer Internet Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the safe and positive use of digital technology, and to explore the role we can all play in creating a better and safer online community. Celebrated in 130 countries, this year’s theme is: ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you.’
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Encryption is a method for ensuring communications between two parties remain private from everyone else, including the carrier. Even if an encrypted communication is intercepted by a third party, it cannot be read by anyone except the people who are authorised to decrypt it. Encryption is a foundational tool for the proper functioning of the digital society and economy, and is used in a wide range of settings, including banking, public service delivery, and communications systems.
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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 over the past year.
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Australians are some of the world’s greatest users of social media and mobile broadband, and our nation is in the top ten globally for internet use. At a time when our use of these technologies is increasingly redefining aspects of our personal and professional lives, the University of Sydney have published a report into Digital Rights in Australia, which explores urgent questions about the nature of our rights now and into the future.
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