Video testimonials: Life without Internet in Chad
Internet Without Borders is still concerned about the current Internet shutdown in Chad. The country’s authorities continue to suspend the population’s access to the main communication services: Viber,...
View ArticleElections in Cameroon: Ideas to Fight Disinformation and Hate Speech Online
Internet Without Borders, in partnership with Internet Society, Access Now, and Paradigm Initiative, convenes a colloquium in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on September 12 and 13, 2018, to discuss Digital Rights...
View ArticleEU Calls On Mali to Protect Access To Social Media During Election
Paris, August 8, 2018 – Internet Without Borders welcomes the position of EU’s Election Observation Mission in Mali in favor of freedom of expression. The mission, led by former Italian Minister Cécile...
View Article#Taxepamesmo: A Campaign To Cancel The “Facebook tax” in Benin
In Benin, thousands of Internet users and consumer protection associations rallied this weekend to denounce the adoption of a tax on the use of social media. The #Taxepamesmo (Don’t tax my megabytes)...
View ArticleChad: Revelations on the Extent of Social Media Censorship
While censorship of social networks is continuing in Chad, Internet Without Borders is stepping up efforts to restore access. The organization has partnered with NetBlocks, which specializes in the...
View ArticleAlgeria arrests Internet Without Borders’ correspondent
Paris (24/10/2018) – Abdou Semmar, director of the online news site Algerie Part and correspondent of Internet Without Borders in Algeria was arrested on 28, October 2018 by National Gendarmerie of...
View ArticleInternational Campaign to Bring Back Internet in Chad
Internet Without Borders launches an international campaign against Internet censorship in Chad, to act against the blocking of social media and the high cost of Internet access in this landlocked...
View ArticleAttacks in Sri Lanka: shutting down social media is not a solution
PARIS – 22 April 2019 Internet Without Borders is deeply concerned by the social media blackout in Sri Lanka, including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Whatsapp, ordered following the attacks that hit...
View ArticleInternet shutdown and Democratic Backsliding in Benin
PARIS, April 28, 2019 Internet Without Borders strongly condemns the ongoing Internet blackout in Benin, as citizens are electing Members of Parliament this 28, April 2019. Sources in Benin and...
View ArticleFrance Highest Court Partially Invalidates “disproportionate” Hate Speech Law
Internet Without Borders welcomes with relief the Constitutional Council’s decision of June 18, 2020, which partially invalidates the Law against hateful content on the Internet, known as the “Loi...
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