#onlinefreedom — Public Fediverse posts

@inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.

The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.

ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.

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#Russia #Avito #InternetShutdown #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Runet #Whitelist #TechNews #StPetersburg #LeningradRegion #InternetAccess #CyberPolicy #OnlineFreedom #MediaFreedom

Fahmi Reza, an activist, told the story that authorities asked Fahmi Reza for passwords.

#DigitalRightsMY #CMA2025 #Section249 #PrivacyInMalaysia #EndSurveillance #FightCensorship #DigitalFreedom #Malaysia #OnlinePrivacy #DataProtection #EncryptionRights #SurveillanceState #CyberSecurityMY #RightToSilence #TechPolicy #HumanRights #DigitalJustice #StopPindaan2025 #PrivacyNow #FreedomOfExpression #MalaysianPolitics #DigitalActivism #RightToPrivacy #SurveillanceLaws #InformationRights #AKM1998 #OrangKenaCekup #DigitalOppression #SecureTheWeb #ResistSurveillance #TechForGood #DigitalSovereignty #OnlineFreedom #DataOwnership #DigitalRights

The "privacy" you think you have in Malaysia is an illusion.

Authorities have a legal backdoor into your entire digital existence. Under Section 249 of the Communications & Multimedia Act (CMA), police can demand your passwords, PINs, or biometrics during an investigation.

Here is the creepy part: Refusing to unlock your phone IS the crime itself.

They don't need to crack sophisticated encryption; they just crack you with the threat of immediate arrest for "obstruction." You become a criminal just for trying to protect your data dignity.

And it's getting worse. The incoming #Pindaan2025 amendments propose escalating penalties for non-compliance up to a staggering RM1 MILLION fine or 5 YEARS in prison.

This isn't about fighting crime; it's an infrastructure designed to force compliance through state-sanctioned fear. Your digital mind is yours only until they ask for it. Wake up.

#DigitalRightsMY #AKM1998 #Privacy #Censorship #MalaysiaBoleh #DigitalRightsMY #CMA2025 #Section249 #PrivacyInMalaysia #EndSurveillance #FightCensorship #DigitalFreedom #Malaysia #OnlinePrivacy #DataProtection #EncryptionRights #SurveillanceState #CyberSecurityMY #RightToSilence #TechPolicy #HumanRights #DigitalJustice #StopPindaan2025 #PrivacyNow #FreedomOfExpression #MalaysianPolitics #DigitalActivism #RightToPrivacy #SurveillanceLaws #InformationRights #AKM1998 #OrangKenaCekup #DigitalOppression #SecureTheWeb #ResistSurveillance #TechForGood #DigitalSovereignty #OnlineFreedom #DataOwnership #DigitalRights

I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance

#epartheid: Social engineering under the guise of curating discourse.

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber

#epartheid: The illusion of inclusion, the reality of exclusion.

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber

#epartheid: Echo Chambers labeled as "Safe Spaces."

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber

#epartheid: Moderation policies designed to silence dissent.

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber

#epartheid: Censorship rebranded as Community Guidelines.

#fediverse #decentralization #socialmedia #censorship #onlinefreedom #techethics #privacy #internetgovernance #digitalrights #platformbias #algorithmicbias #freeexpression #independentmedia #echochamber #onlinecommunity #techaccountability #contentmoderation #communitygovernance #digitalexclusion #isolationchamber

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/10/internet-not-facebook-why-infrastructure-providers-should-stay-out-content

We all agree, hate-speech is bad, Harassment is bad, but EFF makes the case that this should NOT be the job of infrastructure companies. Facebook, Twitter, etc, should police their platforms, however core infrastructure entities such as Cloudflare, GoDaddy, and the like, probably should not.

#EFF #ContentPolicing #OnlineRights #OnlineFreedom #FreeSpeech