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Stephen* Newborn democracies have been threatened by coup d’etat for the longest time. Myanmar, one of the most unstable democracies, faces the brunt this time. Myanmar has been under democratic transition since the Saffron Revolution in 2007. The conversion was realised after Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), was…
Democracy and Cyber-Freedom in Reverse? Read More »
Following the approval of the GDPR by the European Union in 2016 to improve protection for personal data and privacy, China also stepped up with a regulation for the cyberspace. However, it adopts a considerably different approach from the European legislation by focusing on cybersecurity and national interests instead.
Is China Opening Up to Become the Next Privacy Stronghold? Read More »
Gabriel Araújo Souto Data portability is the possibility of transferring personal data to different digital platforms. This possibility, enforced by the right to data portability, aims to protect the data storage of users against the incompatibility of multiple platforms, that is, allowing interoperability between different services. Thus, data portability allows, for example, an Instagram user
Data portability: a necessary right for users and competitors of digital platforms Read More »
by a Hong Kong freedom fighter Note from the Editor: at the same month that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report examining the impact of new technologies on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of assemblies, including peaceful protests, Hong Kong was prone to violent disruption of
The Demise of the Former Pearl of the Orient Read More »
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