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General Data Protection Framework is an effort of EU lawmakers to limit tech firms’ powers - BBC. Pakistan remains without a data protection framework and data of its citizens remains extremely vulnerable. #GDPR #PrivacyMatters

10:35 pm · May 25, 2018

Within hours of General Data Protection Regulation coming into force, complaints were filed by EU citizens against US tech giants. Dozens of websites shutdown their activities completely. Inboxes flooded with emails begging customers to remain on mailing lists - Guardian, BBC

10:33 pm · May 25, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into force on 25th May. It gives EU citizens more rights on how their information is used. Inboxes have been flooded with emails begging customers to remain on mailing lists, the Guardian reports. #GDPR

10:29 pm · May 25, 2018

Daniel O'Maley

@domaley

Check out this great opportunity for #civictech projects aiming to improve #democracy! @NDItech @IRIglobal @IREXintl @mmfd_Pak @TEDICpy @ITSriodejaneiro twitter.com/CT4Democ…

11:48 am · May 25, 2018 ·

We are going live in 30 minutes. Please join us on our Facebook page for the live podcast: facebook.com/mediama… twitter.com/mmfd_Pak…

10:28 am · May 25, 2018

A privacy commission still does not exist in Pakistan, though the IT ministry is on record saying that a draft data protection law is under way. Well we are still in hopes! #ReportDigitalRights #MediaforDemocracy #PrivacyintheDigitalAge twitter.com/hjkhan/s…

10:23 am · May 25, 2018

EU in India

@EU_in_India

Today, the General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR) comes into force . What is it all about ec.europa.eu/commiss… @EU_Justice

10:19 am · May 25, 2018 ·

EU in India

@EU_in_India

"Data protection is not just a core fundamental right, it is essential for any democracy and is also a good business practice" @MagisRaimund #PrivacyintheDigitalAge @cis_india @EU_Justice

10:17 am · May 25, 2018 ·

EU's Conference #PrivacyintheDigitalAge starts in India today! #ReportDigitalRights #MediaforDemocracy twitter.com/EU_in_In…

10:17 am · May 25, 2018

What does it mean for a country with 150 million mobile, 57 million broadband, and 55 million 3g/4g subscribers to NOT have a data protection framework, especially in the wake of history's trickiest General Elections (2018). Watch our podcast on Friday at 1500 #PrivacyMatters

11:23 pm · May 23, 2018

Our publication ‘Digital Rights Review 2017’ analyses the key updates and gives a situational analysis of data vulnerabilities and challenges to privacy in 2017, in 'Digital Data - Challenges to Privacy' (Chapter 1). drive.google.com/fil… #PrivacyMatters @privacyint pic.twitter.com/9LQB…

9:32 pm · May 23, 2018

Digital Pakistan Policy 2017 approved by the Cabinet yesterday acknowledges the importance of a (pro-citizen) data protection legislation, despite commitments by the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecomm, fed gov failed to legislate for #DataProtection #PrivacyMatters

9:27 pm · May 23, 2018

Cabinet formally approves Pakistan’s digital development policy — Digital Pakistan Policy 2017 — just before the completion of its term. While it sounds promising, we did a rights based review of the draft, and found some critical issues missing. More: digitalrightsmonitor…

12:02 pm · May 23, 2018

#FreethePress twitter.com/mmfd_Pak…

Today marks the tenth death anniversary of journalist Muhammad Ibrahim Khan. Khan was shot dead in Bajaur Agency. Impunity prevails in his murder as so many others #EndImpunity #JournoSafe #FallenHeroes pic.twitter.com/kClZ…

10:29 am · May 22, 2018

Sadaf Khan

@nuqsh

11:53 am · May 20, 2018 ·

#FreethePress twitter.com/mmfd_Pak…

Sadaf Khan

@nuqsh

11:53 am · May 20, 2018 ·

Such curbs are tantamount to press harassment and only chip away further at the shrinking space for freedom of expression — noted the leaders of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, condemning the interference in the circulation and the notice served to @dawn_com @pfujpakistan

11:29 am · May 20, 2018

asad beyg

@asadbeyg

Have we heard from the all-powerful Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) on this issue? @dawn_com twitter.com/mmfd_Pak…

11:27 am · May 20, 2018 ·

There is no evidence to suggest that Dawn has undermined Pakistan's sovereignty or integrity under the Press Council of Pakistan ordinance 2002 by publishing an interview with the former prime minister speaking on record — noted @pfujpakistan leaders in said statement @dawn_com

11:25 am · May 20, 2018

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists have urged the authorities to not interfere with the circulation of Dawn, country’s most respectable newspaper, and the media’s right to report freely. It also expresses concern over a notice served to Dawn by Press Council @pfujpakistan

11:19 am · May 20, 2018

Access Now

@accessnow

#DearMark: 'Civil society groups form coalition to demand parity, #transparency, and #accountability from #Facebook in the Global South' #RightsCon2018 #RightsCon bit.ly/DearMarkCoali…

12:49 am · May 19, 2018 ·

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

@HRCP87

Such curbs are tantamount to press harassment and only chip away further at the shrinking space for #FreedomofExpression. We strongly urge the authorities not to interfere in the media's right to report fairly. twitter.com/HRCP87/s…

12:35 am · May 19, 2018 ·

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

@HRCP87

HRCP is gravely concerned at reports that @dawn_com has been served a notice by the PCP for 'violation of Ethical Code of Practice' and that the newspaper's circulation has been subject to seemingly arbitrary curbs. #PressFreedom @meranaam @murtazasolangi @cyalm @abbasz55

12:34 am · May 19, 2018 ·

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

@HRCP87

There is no evidence to suggest that @dawn_com has 'undermined' #Pakistan's 'sovereignty or integrity' under the PCP Ordinance 2002 by publishing an interview with the former PM speaking on the record. #PressFreedom @meranaam @murtazasolangi @cyalm @abbasz55

12:33 am · May 19, 2018 ·

asad beyg

@asadbeyg

Extremely sad to hear about the Pakistani and US students who fell pray to yet another school shooting incident. About time that the US administration focus on sorting it's own house (gun control), instead of making statement moves, such as in Palestine. #SantaFeHighschool twitter.com/Irumf/st…

10:23 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

Geo's team has to be more aware of the possible impact of repetitions of statements that frame journalists / media houses as dubious. Repeating statements that bring @cyalm's credibility in question can be really negative, especially given the threats to press freedom now-a-days. twitter.com/arshad_G…

9:53 pm · May 18, 2018

Unfortunate that you feel misrepresented @arshad_Geo. Our contention is with the fact that simple repetition and broadcasting of such accusations against a journalist i.e. @cyalm stand to hurt the press; a much more careful framing is required in times as sensitive as these. twitter.com/arshad_G…

9:47 pm · May 18, 2018

#KeepItOn #RightsCon #RightsCon2018 #Mediafordemocracy twitter.com/ramisms/…

4:39 pm · May 18, 2018

Mor Rubinstein

@Morchickit

I'm in a session about Women and Silicon Valley , but the audience mostly women. Men should take part in these sessions too. We need all gender involved and learning so we can make a change. #RightsCon2018 @OpenHeroines

4:37 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

#Mediafordemocracy twitter.com/effbeehe…

4:33 pm · May 18, 2018

Eli Rivera

@elicitizen

All women panel. Love it. Election ans information disorders in Latin America. @giselilla @avilarenata @NSC @taisasganzerla @MPaz_online #RightsCon pic.twitter.com/kIUZ…

4:33 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

Iria Puyosa

@NSC

Actually, a great panel. We tackled the disinformation and propaganda problem from different angles and provoked a lively debate. #RightsCon2018 twitter.com/elicitiz…

4:32 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

Couldn’t agree more on this 😏 #Rightscon #RightsCon2018 #MediaforDemocracy twitter.com/elicitiz…

4:29 pm · May 18, 2018

Komal Mughal

@k_tariq

Every hour, more than 230,000 search queries are made on Google, meaning for just one hour of internet shutdown, 230,000 questions would go unanswered. #RightsCon twitter.com/magghu/s…

4:25 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

More than 1 in 5 women have experienced harassment or abuse of some sort in the online spaces, according to research by @amnesty after surveying more than 4,000 women. We need to fight back 💪🏻 #Rightscon #RightsCon2018 #MorePowerToWomen twitter.com/itswanda…

4:24 pm · May 18, 2018

Radha Friedman

@radhafriedman

My new favorite word at @rightscon is techquity: how do we build inclusive systems where voices are not marginalized from the innovation space but are meaningfully engaged? So inspired by this panel on the links between a tipi ceremony and tech design. #RightsCon2018

4:21 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

Anri van der Spuy

@anrivds

What digital future are we designing with/for vulnerable people? @RIAnetwork + @wougnet session starting #RIghtsCon2018 @chenaichair @Mose_Karanja @thakurdhanaraj @froatosebe @enamara pic.twitter.com/lxmv…

4:21 pm · May 18, 2018 ·

States have been finding it hard for long to evolve a universally accepted definition of hate speech, punishable by law. Good luck with #onlineHateIndex #RightsCon twitter.com/arzugeyb…

4:14 pm · May 18, 2018

In a predominantly conservative Pakistani society, the online 'misinformation' campaigns against women HRDs and journalists go a step further and involve character assassination. #RightsCon2018 twitter.com/theurv/s…

4:08 pm · May 18, 2018

Those worried about projecting a ‘negative’ image of Pakistan: realise that making headlines by interrupting the circulation of country’s most authentic news source, and attacking a journalist for his work is going to do the exact ‘opposite’. #JournalismIsNotACrime

3:22 pm · May 18, 2018

It is also unfortunate to see @cyalm being referred to as a ‘controversial journalist’ by a reporter on Geo news (corrected later by Shahzaib Khanzada), and that a sustained campaign has started to malign and attack him personally. #JournalismIsNotACrime

3:18 pm · May 18, 2018

It is extremely sad to see that Dawn newspaper, founded by Jinnah himself, is being demonised, and scapegoated for free journalism, and that its circulation is being interrupted. @dawn_com remains to be the most credible news org of Pakistan, and will continue to be so.

3:12 pm · May 18, 2018

Exactly, also there is no accounting of the data they share with the ‘right’ people, as they themselves put it. No transparency whatsoever and most of all, no redressal mechanism for Pakistani citizens. #RightsCon twitter.com/DigitalR…

2:53 pm · May 18, 2018

Hard at work! Participants of our design thinking workshop put thier heads together to deconstruct the issue of misinformation in the digital age #RightsCon2018 pic.twitter.com/j7sC…

7:09 pm · May 17, 2018

Technology trumps borders thankfully! And of course we have help from @APC_News and its amazing group of members #RightsCon2018 twitter.com/WJeffrey…

6:49 pm · May 17, 2018

Our #RightsCon2018 design thinking session Take on the Fake begins with @busydot and @gayatrikl introducing the challange of misinformation in digital age. pic.twitter.com/0fo9…

6:45 pm · May 17, 2018

Privacy International

@privacyint

The Privacy International Network has been advocating for stronger privacy protections on #biometric information. This work will be featured during a #RightsCon2018 panel tomorrow medium.com/@privacyi… pic.twitter.com/wMG0…

6:41 pm · May 17, 2018 ·

Rudi International

@RudiIntl

People used to ask us whenever we talk #digitalsecurity: "I have nothing to hide, why do I need to secure my comunications?" And one of our trainers told them: "If you don't protect your communication, you are making your contacts vulnerable". Think about it. #RightsCon2018

6:37 pm · May 17, 2018 ·

Deborah Brown

@deblebrown

When applying the @UNESCO universality indicators govs should publish the data in an open format as a way to demonstrate their commitment to openness @APC_News #ROAM #RightsCon

6:22 pm · May 17, 2018 ·