Microsoft banned Palestinians from its products because they called their families in Gaza on Skype.
I’ve met Palestinians who’ve lost their relatives in Israeli bombardments. People involved in Gaza humanitarian aid.
American corporations can cut them off from essential internet/communication services on a lark.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cger582weplo.amp
#Microsoft #Internet #Gaza #Palestine #Email #Skype #Outlook #Online #Digital #DigitalRights
So that was 2024 and this is ORG’s annual review ✨
It was a year when it became increasingly clear why we need digital rights and ORG was there to bang the drum.
From Data Bills to Prevent. From e-Visas to data profiling for ads and AI. From predictive policing to an election…
Here’s the round-up ⬇️
#digitalrightsarehumanrights #digitalrights #dataprotection #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #humanrights
Good Privacy & Personal News! 🔒 
I am absolutely delighted to
officially announce today that I have joined the wonderful team at @privacyguides ! 
I will be working with the team as a Journalist, and I am overjoyed by this opportunity to write and investigate for the Privacy Guides non-profit organization (donations welcomed 😉).
Thanks to all the staff and volunteers for your excellent privacy advocacy work, and welcome to the two teammates who have recently joined as well. I look forward to working with you all.
By the way, these are all amazing
and very talented people you should definitely follow on Mastodon 👇
@jonah @sgp @freddy @blacklight447 @jw @kevpham
And of course you should follow Privacy Guides as well if you don't want to miss any of our upcoming articles, videos, and other material!
Official announcement here 👇🎉
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/17/privacy-guides-hires-three-staff-members/
