NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds - Campbell, Denis (The Guardian, 2026)
Damning inquiry into services in England reveals falsification of medical records after ‘negligent’ care
Keywords: Childbirth; England; Health; Health & wellbeing; Life and style; NHS; Politics; Society; UK news

A.I. Complicates Old Internet Privacy Risks - Chen, Brian X. (The New York Times, 2026)
Artificial intelligence is convenient and easy to use, but you should think about what you say to the chatbots.
Keywords: Amazon.com Inc; Artificial Intelligence; Cambridge Analytica; Computers and the Internet; OpenAI Labs; Privacy; Ring Inc; Whittaker, Meredith

Digital Humanitarianism in Crisis – Lessons from UNRWA - Myles Mordaunt (LSE International Development, 2026)
One particularly striking moment recounted how UNRWA staff smuggled vital paper records (documents confirming families as descendants of those displaced in 1948) out of their offices just days before the buildings were destroyed. Those records have since been digitised. Without them, many people’s refugee status, and with it their eligibility for aid, would have been thrown into doubt. For all its vulnerabilities, digitised data can better survive displacement.

Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files - Golden, Tim (ProPublica, 2026)
“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

45 Years After Botched Coup, Spain Declassifies Files About Why It Failed - Horowitz, Jason (The New York Times, 2026)
Ending more than four decades of conjecture, the Spanish government moved to publish documents from a long-secret investigation of a failed 1981 coup.
Keywords: Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat; Juan Carlos I, King of Spain; Spain

Judge blocks DoJ from searching Washington Post reporter’s seized devices - Nowell, Cecilia (The Guardian, 2026)
Court itself to search devices for documents related to national security inquiry as newspaper calls ruling ‘victory’
Keywords: Media; Newspapers; Trump administration; US news; US politics; Washington Post; World news

Leaked documents show Meta cracking down on access to abortion information - Parmar, Tekendra (Mother Jones, 2026)
Its AI chatbot won't discuss the subject with teens—even as Meta fights claims it exposed kids to actual harm.

Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now lasted 1,462 days. 48 months. 4 years. - Daria Dergacheva (Global Voices, 2026)
Today, NGOs the Help Desk Media, Memorial, Kronika, and Zimin Foundation published online an archive of testimonials by the eyewitnesses to the Russian invasion gathered during the period 2022 –2024.

Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now lasted 1,462 days. 48 months. 4 years. - Daria Dergacheva (Global Voices, 2026)
Today, NGOs the Help Desk Media, Memorial, Kronika, and Zimin Foundation published online an archive of testimonials by the eyewitnesses to the Russian invasion gathered during the period 2022 –2024.

How Bookbinders Used Old Records to Help the Nazis Find Their Victims - Moses, Claire (The New York Times, 2026)
Conservation experts helped the Nazi regime inspect church and civil archives to track down people they sought to persecute, a researcher concluded.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Arts and Antiquities Looting; Books and Literature; Germany; Jews and Judaism; Research; Restoration and Renovation; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Worcester Art Museum; World War II (1939-45)

The Crimson Winter: A 50 Day Record of Iran’s 2025–2026 Nationwide Protests (Hrana, 2026)
Large scale protest cycles generate two parallel dynamics: an unprecedented volume of documentation and a coordinated effort by state authorities to restrict communications, shape narratives, and intimidate sources. In this environment, the central risk is not only undercounting violations, but losing the ability to verify identities, locations, dates, and patterns while evidence remains recoverable. This report adopts a disciplined human rights methodology centered on documenting minimum verifiable cases rather than publishing maximal estimates.

US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft - France-Presse, Agence (The Guardian, 2026)
Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot
Keywords: AI (artificial intelligence); China; Computing; Technology; World news

US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft - France-Presse, Agence (The Guardian, 2026)
Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot
Keywords: AI (artificial intelligence); China; Computing; Technology; World news

How Homeland Security’s subpoenas and databases of protesters threaten the ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ free speech protected by Supreme Court precedent - Martin, Stephanie A. (Sam) (The Conversation, 2026)
It’s difficult to measure what is lost when an opinion is never voiced and impossible to catalogue the arguments that never form because a speaker calculates the risk and decides silence is safer.

Global Standardizing AI: The Impact of Data Labeling and Testing on Global AI Deployment - Hossein Hassani & Steve Macfeely (The Living Library, 2026)
The rapid evolution and widespread deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) necessitate robust standardization to ensure AI systems’ reliability, fairness, and safety. This chapter explores the critical role of data labeling and testing in the global standardization of AI. Accurate data labeling forms the backbone of AI development.

‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions - Smith, Helena (The Guardian, 2026)
Culture ministry hails ‘exceptional historical importance’ of prints that show resistance fighters’ final moments
Keywords: Europe; Greece; May Day; Nazism; Second world war; World news

The Impact of Mental Health Challenges on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Young People (International Council on Archives, 2026)
To inform the Office of the High Commissioner’s study on the impact of mental health challenges on the enjoyment of human rights by young people, to be presented at the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council in September 2026

Russia Takes the Gulag Out of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow - MacFarquhar, Neil (The New York Times, 2026)
The museum had preserved the history of brutality inflicted by the Soviet Union on its people. It will now focus on Nazi war crimes.
Keywords: Antonov-Ovseyenko, Anton (1920-2013); Forced Labor; Gulag History Museum; Memorial; Moscow (Russia); Museums; Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I; Stalin, Joseph; World War II (1939-45)

‘A love letter to Beirut’: Lana Daher on sifting 20,000 sources and 70 years of film to make Do You Love Me - El-Moudden, Yassin (The Guardian, 2026)
Remembering and documentation are radical acts in Lebanon, a country with a tumultuous history and no national archive. Daher’s effervescent cultural collage is a direct challenge to collective amnesia
Keywords: Culture; Film; Lebanon; Middle East and north Africa; World news

Nazi letters reveal paper restorers’ role in compiling Holocaust ‘hitlist’ - Alberge, Dalya (The Guardian, 2026)
Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestry
Keywords: Europe; Holocaust; Nazism; Second world war; World news

Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts - Reuters (The Guardian, 2026)
Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls
Keywords: Jeffrey Epstein; US news

‘Can I come over and take your picture?’: a decade-long archive captures cross-cultural womanhood - Wolfson, Sam (The Guardian, 2026)
Through more than 300 photos, the New York City artist Clémence Polès Farhang captures the immigrant story and unconventional womanhood
Keywords: Art and design; Culture; Life and style; New York; Photography; Society; US news; Women

Israel's approval of West Bank land registration sparks outrage (Le Monde, 2026)
The Israeli government has approved a process to register land in the region as 'state property,' drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory. The European Union called on Israel to reverse the move.

Israel's approval of West Bank land registration sparks outrage (Le Monde, 2026)
The Israeli government has approved a process to register land in the region as 'state property,' drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory. The European Union called on Israel to reverse the move.

‘It’s a protest movement behind windows’: tribute to the Iranians risking their lives to film dissent - Cole, Deborah (The Guardian, 2026)
Inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising that gripped Iran in 2022, two film students created a documentary, Memories of a Window, about onlookers who anonymously record footage as proof of state violence
Keywords: Activism; Berlin film festival; Berlin film festival 2026; Culture; Documentary films; Film; Human rights; Iran; Middle East and north Africa; Protest; World news

Guatemala’s Ongoing Memory Battles - Emily Taylor, & Angélica Macario (North American Congress on Latin America, 2026)
For over ten years, Angélica Macario has sought to preserve the archive of the Council for Ethnic Community Runujel Junam in a struggle to keep the memory of the genocide alive.

‘The goal has been to demystify’: how a colonial Nairobi library was restored and given back to the people - Reynés, Diego Menjíbar (The Guardian, 2026)
Once a whites-only enclave, the grand McMillan Memorial library is one of three in the Kenyan capital that have been transformed for the community
Keywords: Africa; Books; Cities; Culture; Documentary films; Film; Global development; Heritage; Kenya; Libraries; Literacy; World news

Israel approves proposal to register West Bank lands as ‘state property’ (Al Jazeera, 2026)

Israel approves proposal to register West Bank lands as ‘state property’ (Al Jazeera, 2026)

Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter - Kerr, Dara (The Guardian, 2026)
NAACP alleges artificial intelligence firm is violating Clean Air Act and polluting Black communities in Mississippi
Keywords: AI (artificial intelligence); Elon Musk; Environment; Law (US); Mississippi; Pollution; Race; Technology; US justice system; US news

AfricaMuseum refuses to release Congo geological archive to US mining company, despite pressure from President Trump - Colin Clapson (VRTNWS, 2026)
The AfricaMuseum in Tervuren (Flemish Brabant) is refusing to hand over geological archive material on Congo to an American mining company that wants to use the data to map valuable raw materials. ‘We want to digitalise the archives ourselves and not leave it to a private company,’ the museum says. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is increasing pressure through diplomatic channels.

AfricaMuseum refuses to release Congo geological archive to US mining company, despite pressure from President Trump - Colin Clapson (VRTNWS, 2026)
The AfricaMuseum in Tervuren (Flemish Brabant) is refusing to hand over geological archive material on Congo to an American mining company that wants to use the data to map valuable raw materials. ‘We want to digitalise the archives ourselves and not leave it to a private company,’ the museum says. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is increasing pressure through diplomatic channels.

House members seek inquiry into DoJ’s tracking of their Epstein files research - Gedeon, Joseph (The Guardian, 2026)
US attorney general displayed records of Congress members’ searches into Epstein files during House hearing
Keywords: House of Representatives; Jeffrey Epstein; Pam Bondi; Trump administration; US Congress; US justice system; US news; US politics

Top Lesotho Home Affairs officials face fraud and corruption charges - Mokhethi, By Sechaba (GroundUp News, 2026)
They are accused of unlawfully issuing asylum and refugee documents

Deepfakes and Division: Inside the Campaign to Rebrand Iran’s Revolt - Trivelloni, Serena (International Policy Digest, 2026)
Iran’s protest movement faces a sophisticated new threat as evidence mounts of a coordinated campaign using artificial intelligence and information warfare to distort its aims and divide its ranks.

Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity - Vlad, Daniel Leufer (Access Now, 2026)
In the second part of our series on AI and digital security, we examine how LLMs threaten information integrity.

Google backs African push to reclaim AI language data - Dosunmu, Damilare (Rest of World, 2026)
A new 21-language data set gives African institutions ownership and control in a field long dominated by Big Tech.

Diaspora elections under way amid low registration, data‑protection fears - Lester Hinds (Jamaica Gleaner, 2026)
Jamaicans across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have begun voting in elections for the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC), amid concerns from some leaders about what they describe as disappointingly low voter registration – and lingering unease about data security.

MIP Participates in webinar on the IRMCT archive for civil society organisations from the Western Balkans (IRMCT, 2026)
On 10 February, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in the online webinar “How to use the IRMCT/ICTY archive for inclusive memorialisation?”. The event was organised by the British Council as the first in a series of webinars under the project “Different Memories, Shared Futures: Towards Inclusive Memorialisation in the Western Balkans.”

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents - Kassam, Ashifa (The Guardian, 2026)
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
Keywords: Europe; ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement); Minneapolis; Minnesota; Netherlands; US news; World news

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents - Kassam, Ashifa (The Guardian, 2026)
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
Keywords: Europe; ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement); Minneapolis; Minnesota; Netherlands; US news; World news

The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia - Clark, Doug Bock (ProPublica, 2026)
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.

Caring for data: ethnographic study of data care work in Finland - Iiris Lehto (The Living Library, 2026)
The datafication of healthcare and social welfare services has increased the demand for data care work. Data care work denotes the practical, hands-on labour of caring for data. Drawing on ethnographic material from a data team, this article examines its mundane practices within a wellbeing services county in Finland.

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump - Seaton, Jaimie (ProPublica, 2026)
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

Two Resign From Human Rights Watch Over Shelved Report Criticizing Israel - Kershner, Isabel (The New York Times, 2026)
Omar Shakir and Milena Ansari said they had quit over the stalled publication of a report that concludes it is a crime against humanity to deny Palestinians the ability to return to the territory that is now Israel.
Keywords: Human Rights Watch; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Israel; Milena Ansari; Palestinians; Shakir, Omar; West Bank

Immigration agents' surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties - William Brangham; Azhar Merchant (PBS News, 2026)

‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds - Zhang, Bingbing (The Conversation, 2026)
Priming people to watch out for political deepfakes helps them question the AI-generated videos.

New York to create team of legal observers to document ICE raids - Reuters (The Guardian, 2026)
Attorney general Letitia James says observers will monitor if Trump enforcement ‘remains within bounds of the law’
Keywords: ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement); New York; Trump administration; US news; World news

The Deportation Data Project (The Living Library, 2026)
The Deportation Data Project collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets. We use the Freedom of Information Act to gather datasets directly from the government, and we also post datasets that the government has posted proactively or in response to others’ requests.

Parents are paying $2500 to falsify vaccine records. It's endangering babies like Riley - Olaya, Kayla (The Age, 2026)
Parents are paying anti-vaccine doctors and nurses to falsify Medicare records to enrol their children in childcare and fraudulently claim government payments.
Keywords: Australian Health Practitionor Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Australian Immunisation Register (AIR); Medicare

Chinese man who filmed evidence of Xinjiang rights abuses is granted asylum in US (The Guardian, 2026)
Lawyer for Guan Heng, whose exposed evidence of persecution of Uyghurs, says he is ‘textbook example of why asylum should exist’
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; US foreign policy; US immigration; Uyghurs

Des fichiers papier à l'accès numérique : la transformation numérique des Archives du CICR (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2026)
Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) a ouvert ses archives générales au public. Cet événement a marqué un tournant dans la possibilité d’analyser l’histoire du CICR, de l’action humanitaire et des conflits armés. Dès lors, les archives et la bibliothèque du CICR ont accueilli des milliers de chercheuses et chercheurs, étudiants ou journalistes, et ont répondu à des dizaines de milliers de demandes.

United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza - Brown, Cate (The Guardian, 2026)
Blueprints describe a ‘case study’ community where residents submit biometric data to gain entry
Keywords: Gaza; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; United Arab Emirates; World news

Governance of Indigenous data: implementation plan - Government of Australia (The Living Library, 2026)
Australian Government entities are now required to embed the Australian Government Framework for governance of Indigenous data.

CFAs: Documenting Atrocities and Human Rights Violations Workshop (fundsforNGOs, 2026)
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) invites students, journalists, researchers, and human rights practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia to a three-day regional workshop on documenting and archiving human rights violations and international crimes in Sarajevo from 11–13 March 2026.

De archivos en papel a acceso digital: la transformación digital de los Archivos del CICR (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2026)
El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) abrió sus archivos generales al público, marcando un punto de inflexión en el análisis de la historia del CICR, la acción humanitaria y los conflictos armados. Desde entonces, los archivos y la biblioteca del CICR han acogido a miles de investigadores, estudiantes o periodistas, y han respondido decenas de miles de consultas.

Leaving a permanent record of humanity on the moon – in 100 billion pixels - Nick Hilden (Al Jazeera, 2026)
Sanctuary on the Moon is a new international effort to establish a lunar time capsule that will offer its finder a detailed guide to our present civilisation. It is set to launch moonward in just a few years with the support of NASA and UNESCO.

The League of Nations archives go online, reopening history to the world - Stéphane Bussard (Geneva Solutions, 2026)
In 2022, a major digitisation effort reached completion: the entire archive of the League of Nations was placed online. Long mainly consulted by western scholars, the collection is now open to historians worldwide — a shift that could gradually reshape how the institution is studied and understood.

Confronting the Challenges of Sensitive Open Data - Danton, Cheryl M.; Graziul, Christopher (Katina Magazine, 2026)
When governments collect sensitive data about private individuals, personal privacy and governmental transparency come into conflict. How should we resolve this tension?

MSF will not share staff information about its colleagues in Palestine with Israeli authorities (Doctors Without Borders, 2026)
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will not share a list of its Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities as part of the registration process to work in Gaza and the West Bank. This decision comes after many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff and the independent management of our operations.

FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn - Fifield, Doug Bock Clark and Jen (ProPublica, 2026)
The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.

Iran appears to ease internet blackout as cost of shutdown mounts - Down, Aisha (The Guardian, 2026)
Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a day
Keywords: Censorship; Human rights; Internet; Iran; Middle East and north Africa; Protest; World news

Dissident Who Daringly Documented Uyghurs’ Repression Wins Asylum - Qin, Amy (The New York Times, 2026)
Heng Guan, a Chinese national, will not be released immediately, as Homeland Security said it was reserving the right to appeal.
Keywords: China; Deportation; Heng Guan; Illegal Immigration; Immigration Detention; Political Prisoners; Trump, Donald J; Uganda; United States

Africa CDC Establishes Central Data Repository to Strengthen Public Health Surveillance (Africa CDC, 2026)
Public health data in Africa remains fragmented and dispersed across multiple systems that are often not interoperable. This limits the ability of countries and regional institutions to rapidly synthesise information, identify emerging risks and translate data into timely and coordinated public health action. The CDR addresses this challenge by providing a secure and interoperable platform that integrates surveillance, laboratory and programme data from national and regional systems.

AI systems could use Met Office and National Archives data under UK plans - Milmo, Dan (The Guardian, 2026)
Ministers plan to license content from institutions such as National History Museum and National Library of Scotland
Keywords: AI (artificial intelligence); Culture; Heritage; Imperial War Museums; Kew Gardens; Labour; Met Office; Museums; National Archives; Natural History Museum; Politics; Technology; UK news; University of Oxford; V&A

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ - Mike McIntire (The New York Times, 2026)
Genetic researchers were seeking children for an ambitious, federally funded project to track brain development — a study that they told families could yield invaluable discoveries about DNA’s impact on behavior and disease. They also promised that the children’s sensitive data would be closely guarded. The scientists did not keep it safe.

Sudan civil war: 'Half of my friends were killed' in el-Obeid school shelling - Mohamed Osman, Mohamed (BBC, 2026)
Twins whose classmates were killed by shelling say their deaths have made them determined to finish their studies.

Women filmed in secret for social media content - then harassed online - Stazicker, Molly (BBC, 2026)
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok and Instagram.

United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza - Brown, Cate (The Guardian, 2026)
Exclusive: Blueprints describe a ‘case study’ community where residents submit biometric data to gain entry
Keywords: Gaza; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; United Arab Emirates; World news

United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza - Brown, Cate (The Guardian, 2026)
Blueprints describe a ‘case study’ community where residents submit biometric data to gain entry
Keywords: Gaza; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; United Arab Emirates; World news

Smithsonian Exhibition Showcases Hidden Archives of Historically Black Colleges - Chera Watson (The EDU Ledger, 2026)
New exhibit reveals how HBCUs have served as stewards of African American history and culture for generations.

Philadelphia sues US government for removal of slavery-related exhibit - Dunbar, Marina (The Guardian, 2026)
Display at President’s House site, residence to George Washington, had information on people enslaved by him
Keywords: Philadelphia; US news

Pentagon contractor indicted over alleged leak tied to raided Washington Post reporter - Luscombe, Richard (The Guardian, 2026)
Worker illegally provided classified information ‘related to national defense’ to journalist, justice department says
Keywords: FBI; Maryland; Media; Newspapers; Press freedom; Trump administration; US military; US news; US politics; US press and publishing; Washington Post

The Beauty of the Archives for the Disability Rights Movement - Samantha Greenaway (Her Campus, 2026)
On Saturday, Jan. 10, the Positive Exposure Gallery presented the Disability Rights Archive.

Jordan used Israeli firm’s phone-cracking tool to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2026)
Researchers find with high confidence that security officials used Cellebrite to extract data from activists’ phones
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Jordan; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; Protest; Surveillance; Technology; World news

Jordan used Israeli firm’s phone-cracking tool to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2026)
Researchers find with high confidence that security officials used Cellebrite to extract data from activists’ phones
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Jordan; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; Protest; Surveillance; Technology; World news

Jordan used Israeli firm’s phone-cracking tool to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (The Guardian, 2026)
Researchers find with high confidence that security officials used Cellebrite to extract data from activists’ phones
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Jordan; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; Protest; Surveillance; Technology; World news

From paper files to digital access: the digital transformation of the ICRC Archives (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2026)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) opened its general archives to the public, marking a turning point in the possibility of analysing the history of the ICRC, humanitarian action, and armed conflicts. Since then, the ICRC archives and library have welcomed thousands of researchers, students or journalists, and answered dozens of thousands of requests.

Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals - Gedeon, Joseph (The Guardian, 2026)
Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data
Keywords: Elon Musk; Trump administration; US news; US politics; US social security

Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art - Burchmore, Alex (The Conversation, 2026)
Aboriginal Chinese People at the National Museum of Australia brings together contemporary art, personal reflections and archival photographs

Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art - Burchmore, Alex (The Conversation, 2026)
Aboriginal Chinese People at the National Museum of Australia brings together contemporary art, personal reflections and archival photographs

Inside the Doctors Without Borders Clinics That Israel Is Closing in Gaza - Shbair, Bilal; Halbfinger, David M.; Boxerman, Aaron; Alghorra, Saher (The New York Times, 2026)
The aid group has refused to comply with new Israeli rules restricting speech and demanding information on staff. Patients are stunned. “I need this place,” says one.
Keywords: Doctors Without Borders; Gaza Strip; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Poland hindered Soviet efforts to prevent WWII, claims head of Russian state archives - Tilles, Daniel (Notes From Poland, 2026)
The head of Russia’s Federal Archive Agency, a body subordinate to President Vladimir Putin, has claimed that historical documents show how Poland hindered efforts by the Soviet Union to prevent the outbreak of World War Two, which began with Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland.
Keywords: Poland

Albanese says the social media ban is working, but it is too early to say if it has been successful - Taylor, Josh (The Guardian, 2026)
As the UK government faces pressure to follow suit, evidence on whether the ban is working is still a while away.
Keywords: Anthony Albanese; Social media ban; Social media bans

Accountability Lacking for Sweida Abuses (Human Rights Watch, 2026)
Syrian government forces and local Bedouin and Druze armed groups are responsible for grave abuses during clashes in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate in July 2025.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministry ordered to release files on children's graves (Toronto Sun, 2026)
The Federal Information Commissioner has asked the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministry to release files on purported Indian children graves.

When Records Bear Witness. Survivors of the Shoah Give Testimony through Compensation Proceedings Files. - Müller, Steffen (Document Blog, 2026)
I live in Munich and after being laid off in 2015 I was looking for something useful to do. Which is why I came across the “Archiv der Münchner Arbeiterbewegung e. V. “. During my first visit there in 2015, the archivist gave me the choice between helping with an exhibition on trade unions and Read More

Bank Evidence for Future Prosecutions (Adam Isacson, 2026)
During the worst years of Colombia’s conflict, human rights groups kept databases and archives of abuses. That’s where we are now.

Digitization of general archives -our FAQ (Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library, 2026)
The ICRC archives have decided to entrust an external provider with the digitization of its fonds. In consultation with this provider, it has been decided that the digitization work could not be carried out at the ICRC’s premises in Geneva. Various series of archives will therefore be sent to our service provider for digitization. As...

Togo : L'ANC exige la déclassification des archives françaises sur l'assassinat de Sylvanus Olympio - Hessoun, Charly (La Nouvelle Tribune, 2026)
Le 13 janvier 2026, à l’occasion du 63ᵉ anniversaire de la disparition du premier président du Togo indépendant, l’Alliance Nationale pour le Changement (ANC) a officiellement sollicité l’ouverture des dossiers secrets conservés par Paris.

Personal information of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents leaked online - Mike Bedigan (The Independent, 2026)
ICE List website says it was leaked information about federal agents after shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis

Uganda Cuts Internet Days Before Presidential Election - Bigg, Matthew Mpoke; Blanshe, Musinguzi (The New York Times, 2026)
The authorities say the decision was made to prevent the spread of misinformation as President Yoweri Museveni seeks his seventh term in office.
Keywords: Africa; Communications and Media Blackouts; Computers and the Internet; Defense and Military Forces; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Elections; Museveni, Yoweri; Politics and Government; Uganda; internal-open-access-from-nl

The Enduring Fight for Justice for Victims in War - Bassas, Arthur (Pass Blue, 2026)
Operating in 50 countries across five continents, the center aims to ensure that the voices and demands of victims are recorded, considered and enacted whether a conflict is resolved, peace is being negotiated or violations continue.

Israeli Police Question Top Netanyahu Aide Over Leaked Document Case - Kershner, Isabel (The New York Times, 2026)
Tzachi Braverman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, was detained for questioning on Sunday over accusations that he sought to impede an investigation.
Keywords: Braverman, Tzachi (1959- ); Classified Information and State Secrets; Corruption (Institutional); Feldstein, Eliezer; Hamas; Israel; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Politics and Government; Rumors and Misinformation; internal-open-access-from-nl

The League of Nations archives go online, reopening history to the world - Bussard, Stephane (Geneva Solutions, 2026)
In 2022, a major digitisation effort reached completion: the entire archive of the League of Nations was placed online. Long mainly consulted by western scholars, the collection is now open to historians worldwide — a shift that could gradually reshape how the institution is studied and understood.

Gyeonggi Province Publishes "Comprehensive White Paper on the Human Rights Archive of Camp Town Women" - Lee Young-kyu (Asia Economy, 2026)
This white paper is the result of a comprehensive summary of the entire process of the "Ordinance on the Protection, Support, and Remembrance of Victims of Women in Gyeonggi-do," which was carried out from April to December last year.

FBI takes over case of ICE agent killing US woman and cuts Minnesota’s access to evidence - Leingang, Rachel; Luscombe, Richard; Gedeon, Joseph; Campbell, Lucy (The Guardian, 2026)
Minneapolis remains on edge, with several protests planned after shooting of Renee Nicole Good
Keywords: ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement); Minneapolis; Minnesota; Minnesota ICE shootings; Trump administration; US immigration; US news; US politics

Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation - Savage, Michael (The Guardian, 2026)
Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned site
Keywords: BBC; Elon Musk; Grok AI; Internet; Media; Tim Davie; UK news; X

New tool allows Californians to request data brokers to delete personal details - Robins-Early, Nick (The Guardian, 2026)
State seeks to give residents greater control over their personal data and have fewer messages forced upon them
Keywords: California; Data protection; Surveillance; Technology; US news; West Coast

Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information - Bowden, Olivia (The Guardian, 2026)
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
Keywords: Americas; Canada; Coronavirus; Health; Infectious diseases; Robert F Kennedy Jr; Society; Trump administration; US news; Vaccines and immunisation; World news

Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information - Bowden, Olivia (The Guardian, 2026)
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
Keywords: Americas; Canada; Coronavirus; Health; Infectious diseases; Robert F Kennedy Jr; Society; Trump administration; US news; Vaccines and immunisation; World news

Katherine may have 700 half-siblings. She's trying to find them to pass on medical advice - Merrit, Rachael (ABC News, 2026)
Hundreds of people have accessed South Australia's Donor Conception Register in its first year, lifting decades of secrecy surrounding anonymous donations — an outcome that has prompted calls from a leading advocate for similar moves at national level.
Keywords: ART; Australian Medical Association; Donor Conception Register; IVF; South Australia

Web hosting company deletes archive of 300+ murdered Gaza journalists' work (Canary, 2026)
Namecheap revoked the domain of a digital memorial honouring the victims of Israel's targeted murder of journalists in Gaza

‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate? - Niranjan, Ajit (The Guardian, 2026)
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
Keywords: AI (artificial intelligence); Climate crisis; Computing; Environment; Grok AI; Technology

Puyallup Family Data Reclamation Project (Center for Human Rights, 2026)
By centering tribal authority and Indigenous data sovereignty, the project will create a tribally governed digital archive, facilitate community validation sessions, and lay the groundwork for future educational and public engagement initiatives defined by the Puyallup people.

Disability and the Archives: Access, Absences and Action - . (Shakespeare's Globe, 2026)
Join us online for Disability and the Archives: Access, Absences and Action, a two-day virtual conference hosted by Shakespeare's Globe.

How Thousands of Secret Russian Documents Were Exposed - Troianovski, Anton; Sonne, Paul (The New York Times, 2025)
Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.
Keywords: Defense and Military Forces; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Moskalkova, Tatyana N; Politics and Government; Russia

Cabinet Office accused of covering up for royal family after blocking release of Andrew documents - Davies, Caroline; Quinn, Ben (The Guardian, 2025)
Minutes of travel expenses of former Duke of York as UK trade envoy withheld from National Archives
Keywords: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor; Diana; Monarchy; National Archives; Princess of Wales; Queen Mother; UK news

The Cover-Up: Inside the Plot to Conceal Assad’s Crimes - Goldbaum, Christina; Alnassife, Saad (The New York Times, 2025)
Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war.
Keywords: Assad, Bashar al-; Assad, Maher al-; Embargoes and Sanctions; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; International Relations; Mamlouk, Ali; Political Prisoners; Syria; internal-open-access-from-nl

US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner - Walker, Peter; Crerar, Pippa (The Guardian, 2025)
Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies
Keywords: Censorship; Digital media; Donald Trump; Elon Musk; Law; Media; Pam Bondi; Social media; Technology; Trump administration; UK news; US news; World news

US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner - Walker, Peter; Crerar, Pippa (The Guardian, 2025)
Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies
Keywords: Censorship; Digital media; Donald Trump; Elon Musk; Law; Media; Pam Bondi; Social media; Technology; Trump administration; UK news; US news; World news

Algeria's parliament approves law declaring France's colonisation a crime - Chothia, Farouk (BBC News, 2025)
Lawmakers unanimously approve a law, which demands an apology and reparations from the former colonial power.

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate - Baraniuk, Chris (The Guardian, 2025)
Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions
Keywords: Climate crisis; Culture; England; Environment; Heritage; Music; UK news

Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection - Osuh, Chris (The Guardian, 2025)
New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects
Keywords: Africa; Art; Art and design; British empire; Colonialism; Culture; England; Greater Manchester; Heritage; Manchester; Museums; Sculpture; UK news; World news

A key piece of Port Arthur-era gun reform remains unfinished. Could it have helped prevent the Bondi attack? - Bogle, Ariel (The Guardian, 2025)
A national fireams register would have allowed police to better assess risk posed by alleged Bondi shooters before attack. A register, which would track weapons across the country in real time, was a priority for law enforcement and gun control advocates after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. Almost 30 years later, it remains unfinished, hampered by poor resourcing and poor recordkeeping.
Keywords: Bondi beach terror attack; Gun control

Journalism, Free Expression in Further Peril (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
(London, December 17, 2025) – Authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted independent journalists and media outlets in recent weeks, a coalition of nine human rights groups said today. The authorities have searched the newsroom of an independent news agency, detained media workers, and pressured journalists over their reporting.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Use Blue Shield Markings to Protect State Archives (Mezha.net, 2025)
Ukrainian Armed Forces apply Blue Shield protective markings to state archive buildings preserving cultural heritage, ensuring their protection under international law during conflict.

Transitional Govt. arrests international law expert - ANHA (ANHA, 2025)
The Transitional Government in Syria arrested the international law expert Shamis Mahfouz from his office in Damascus on charges of "conspiring against state security," confiscating his archives and transferring him to Investigation Branch 202.

Azerbaijan’s Surveillance Platform Risks Sweeping Privacy Violations - Giorgi Gogia (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
On November 21, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree establishing a new centralized digital platform that dramatically expends state surveillance powers.

Fighting Anti-Queer Backlash with Citizen Archivists - Lindsay Eanet (In These Times, 2025)
Queer archivist groups like Invisible Histories and the Queer Zine Archive Project are preserving queer history and making it accessible in the face of the federal government's erasure. You can do the same.

Displacement and Migration through the Magnum Archive - Philippine Masson (Magnum Photos, 2025)
On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), we take a look at Magnum's coverage of refugee and displacement crises around the world, from the 1940s to the present day.

Declassification des Archives Thiaroye 44 (RTS Officiel, 2025)
Invitée de l’émission En Vérité sur Radio Sénégal, l’ambassadrice de France au Sénégal, Mme Christine Fages, est longuement revenue sur la commémoration du massacre de Thiaroye 44 et sur la question sensible de la déclassification des archives réclamées par les historiens sénégalais.

Declassification des Archives Thiaroye 44 (RTS Officiel, 2025)
Invitée de l’émission En Vérité sur Radio Sénégal, l’ambassadrice de France au Sénégal, Mme Christine Fages, est longuement revenue sur la commémoration du massacre de Thiaroye 44 et sur la question sensible de la déclassification des archives réclamées par les historiens sénégalais.

The Far Right in Germany Keeps Trying to Unseal National Secrets - Schuetze, Christopher F. (The New York Times, 2025)
Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning.
Keywords: Alternative for Germany; Defense and Military Forces; Europe; Germany; Legislatures and Parliaments; Politics and Government; Russia; Ukraine

The Far Right in Germany Keeps Trying to Unseal National Secrets - Schuetze, Christopher F. (The New York Times, 2025)
Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning.
Keywords: Alternative for Germany; Defense and Military Forces; Europe; Germany; Legislatures and Parliaments; Politics and Government; Russia; Ukraine

Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation - Schuetze, Christopher F. (The New York Times, 2025)
The German foreign ministry’s announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.
Keywords: Cyberwarfare and Defense; Germany; Russia

Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation - Schuetze, Christopher F. (The New York Times, 2025)
The German foreign ministry’s announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.
Keywords: Cyberwarfare and Defense; Germany; Russia

Soutenir la voix des documentaristes à Bishkek - . (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains, 2025)
Comme chaque année, la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) apporte son soutien au festival indépendant de documentaires Bir Duino, qui s’ouvre ce samedi 13 décembre 2025 à Bichkek. Ilya Nuzov, directeur du bureau Europe de l’Est et Asie centrale à la FIDH, fera partie du Jury.

Supporting the voice of documentary filmmakers in Bishkek - . (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
Like every year, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) supports the independent documentary film festival BIR DUINO, which opens this Saturday, 13 December, in Bishkek. Ilya Nuzov, Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk at FIDH, will be part of the jury.

Symposium on Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to International Law - Chris Carpenter (Opinio Juris, 2025)
To live in a crisis zone today is to be watched, recorded, and broadcasted—often without one’s knowledge or consent. Digital evidence plays a central role in investigating international crimes and human rights abuses—as has been demonstrated vis-à-vis Israel’s atrocities in Gaza in the UN Special Rapporteur’s report on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Anatomy of a Genocide, and Forensic Architecture’s digital forensic investigation, Cartography of Genocide.

Questions Lawmakers Should Ask About Inspector General Report on Signalgate - Hendrix, Justin (Just Security, 2025)
The OIG report on the "Signalgate" incident is far from the “total exoneration” claimed by Hegseth and his aides.

SAHR Announces its New Database - Almeras, Clemence (International Council on Archives, 2025)
SAHR Announces its New Database “Truth and Reconciliation Mechanisms Archives Locator” (TRMAL) on International Human Rights Day.

‘If I must die’: poetry from Gaza creates an alternative archive of testimony - Guerin, Clodagh Philippa (The Conversation, 2025)
Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.

YouTube and big tech censorship threatens global accountability, Palestinian rights groups say - Jawad, Majd (Mondoweiss, 2025)
After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.

Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2025)
Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza plan
Keywords: Benjamin Netanyahu; Espionage; Gaza; Israel; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; US news; World news

Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources - Graham-Harrison, Emma (The Guardian, 2025)
Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza plan
Keywords: Benjamin Netanyahu; Espionage; Gaza; Israel; Middle East and north Africa; Palestine; US news; World news

Finland's Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations - Eilís Quinn (Eye on the Arctic, 2025)
Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has urged sweeping reforms to strengthen Sámi rights and overhaul the country’s approach to Indigenous affairs, according to details of the nearly 68 recommendations published on Thursday. The Commission, set up by the Finnish government, spent the pa

Leaked photos expose an archive of death in Assad's Syria - Nicole Sadek and Karrie Kehoe (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, 2025)
Photographs of more than 10,000 regime victims capture a campaign of torture and mass murder in haunting, meticulous detail.

'Low- and Middle-Income Countries Need Better Data, Not Just Better Tech’ - Parvaiz, Athar (Inter Press Service, 2025)
Development experts have warned that LMICs were being pushed into digital transformation without the basic statistical systems.

The Deepfake Blindspot in AI Governance - Patel, Dipa (LSE International Development, 2025)
Deepfakes are no longer just a novelty or disinformation threat — they're reshaping digital trust. Despite mounting evidence of their harms in multiple domains, regulatory responses remain fragmented and misaligned with the actual threats. MSc Development Management candidate Rachel Ntow argues that this governance gap is systematically eroding the accountability and digital credibility that institutions

Gazans race to preserve cultural heritage damaged in war - Elkas, Dawoud Abu; Abed, Ramadan (Reuters, 2025)
Workers are busy with shovels, trying to dig out the few surviving remnants of the past.

ICA SAHR Tuesday Talks - The Archives of the Guatemalan Project Recovery of Historical Memory (REHMI) - ICA International Council on Archives; Patricia Ogaldes (2025)

Unmasking the “Angel of Death”: Newly Declassified Argentine Archives Reveal Josef Mengele’s Open, Unpunished Postwar Life in South America - Fern Sidman (The Jewish Voice, 2025)
By: Fern Sidman – Jewish Voice News For decades, the trail of Josef Mengele—Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death,” the SS physician whose name became synonymous with the mechanized cruelty of the Nazi killing machine—has remained shrouded in myth, speculation, and scattered intelligence reports that seemed to illuminate his path only dimly. But the recent release of […]

South African radio host arrested over recruiting fighters for Russia - Gavin Blackburn (euronews, 2025)
The South African government has warned people to be cautious of campaigns promoted by South African social media influencers promising jobs and study opportunities in Russia.

Ethiopia’s Fight Against Anti-Abortion Propaganda - Misikir, Maya (Foreign Policy, 2025)
How Ethiopians are resisting U.S.-backed disinformation on abortions.

Black Archives Day on 29 November 2025 (British Library, 2025)
Join us in celebrating and contributing to the living power of Black archival memory, activism, and cultural transformation.

Taliban used discarded UK kit to track down Afghans who worked with west, inquiry hears - Eleni Courea (The Guardian, 2025)
Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves
Keywords: Afghanistan; Military; Ministry of Defence; Politics; Taliban; UK news; World news

Taliban used discarded UK kit to track down Afghans who worked with west, inquiry hears - Eleni Courea (The Guardian, 2025)
Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves
Keywords: Afghanistan; Military; Ministry of Defence; Politics; Taliban; UK news; World news

‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future - Burgen, Stephen (The Guardian, 2025)
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently
Keywords: Culture; Education; Europe; European Union; Kneecap; Language; Languages; World news

A database could help revive the Arapaho language before its last speakers are gone - Cowell, Andrew (The Conversation, 2025)
Many Native American languages only have a few native speakers left.

25 years since the opening of the Securitate archives. (Foundation Office Romania, 2025)
The event will bring together historians and archival specialists from Romania and Moldova, as well as representatives of the key institutions that managed the Securitate files after 1990. A panel discussion will explore the role of archives in rebuilding a democratic society, and a special session will analyze the ethical and legal controversies surrounding the disclosure of the Securitate files.

25 years since the opening of the Securitate archives. (Foundation Office Romania, 2025)
The event will bring together historians and archival specialists from Romania and Moldova, as well as representatives of the key institutions that managed the Securitate files after 1990. A panel discussion will explore the role of archives in rebuilding a democratic society, and a special session will analyze the ethical and legal controversies surrounding the disclosure of the Securitate files.

Blue Shield Appeal for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Sudan - Almeras, Clemence (ICA, 2025)
The International Council on Archives expresses its full support for the Blue Shield’s urgent appeal to protect Sudan’s cultural heritage amid ongoing conflict. Historic sites, archives, and sacred spaces are at risk, and ICA joins the call for all parties to uphold international law and safeguard the cultural memory of affected communities.

Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture U.S. Ties - Abi-Habib, Maria (The New York Times, 2025)
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.
Keywords: Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates; International Relations; Latin America; Mexico; Morena (Mexican Political Party); Politics and Government; RT (TV Network); Russia; United States International Relations

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal - Barratt, Luke; Rehman, Atika (The Guardian, 2025)
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
Keywords: Air pollution; Artificial intelligence (AI); Computing; Environment; India; Mumbai; Pollution; South and central Asia; Technology; World news

Commission defends changing scope of personal data in GDPR privacy law - Claudie Moreau (Euractiv, 2025)
The Commission says its Digital Omnibus aims to codify recent rulings of the Court of Justice but privacy experts point to other interpretations of case law

Archiveros ciudadanos del sur de Asia confrontan marginación digital de culturas y lenguas orales · Global Voices en Español - Amrit Sufi (Global Voices, 2025)
Para contrarrestarlo, muchos archiveros ciudadanos graban videos de culturas orales y los publican en Wikimedia Commons. Luego los transcriben para lograr mayor accesibilidad, los vinculan a plataformas de conocimiento abierto, como Wikisource y Wikipedia, y redactan entradas en blogs sobre el trabajo. Todo forma parte del proyecto Impulsar la cultura oral índica de los proyectos de Wikimedia, que apoya y guía a archiveros de 14 comunidades lingüísticas del sur de Asia.

How citizen archivists in South Asia confront the online marginalization of oral cultures and languages - Amrit Sufi (Global Voices, 2025)
Citizen archivists are preserving South Asia’s oral traditions — folk songs, riddles, and histories — by recording, uploading, and transcribing them on Wikimedia platforms, challenging text-centric knowledge systems and reviving marginalized voices.

Documenting War Crimes in Sudan Begins Now - Janine di Giovanni (Foreign Policy, 2025)
Stopping ongoing violence in conflict zones is urgent, but with today’s technology, so is gathering evidence.

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal - Levin, Sam (The Guardian, 2025)
Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
Keywords: Activism; FBI; US immigration; US news

Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project - Connolly, Kate (The Guardian, 2025)
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
Keywords: Germany; Harvard University; Holocaust; International law; Nazism; Second world war; US news; War crimes

Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project - Connolly, Kate (The Guardian, 2025)
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
Keywords: Germany; Harvard University; Holocaust; International law; Nazism; Second world war; US news; War crimes

Harvard Law releases digitized Nuremberg Trials archive on 80th anniversary - Karen Sloan (Reuters, 2025)
Harvard’s collection of Nuremberg Trials documents is the second most-complete outside of the U.S. National Archives, according to the law school’s library. The library received most of its collection in 1949 after the final trial, then added documents over the years through donations from trial participants.

Data & Justice: Mapping police violence in Rio’s Favela da Maré - Aline Galdino de Oliveira & André Galdino de Oliveira & Aristênio Gomes dos Santos (OpenGlobalRights, 2025)
Data analysis can serve as a potent tool to hold law enforcement accountable

Datos y justicia: mapeo de la violencia policial en la Favela da Maré de Río - Aline Galdino de Oliveira & André Galdino de Oliveira & Aristênio Gomes dos Santos (OpenGlobalRights, 2025)
El análisis de datos puede ser una herramienta eficaz para exigir responsabilidades a las fuerzas del orden.

Commission plans sweeping cuts to tech laws to pave the way for AI - Claudie Moreau (Euractiv, 2025)
The digital simplification package is being framed as a playbook for growing European AI, as commissioners aim to steer out of political pushback over privacy rule cuts

EBU launches Ukraine Archive with 30,000 verified digital stories - Jacob Granger (Journalism UK, 2025)
Journalists can access a treasure trove of trusted audio and video war-time reporting

European Commission accused of ‘massive rollback’ of digital protections - Rankin, Jennifer (The Guardian, 2025)
Proposed changes to AI Act would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train models without consent
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Data protection; Europe; European Commission; European Union; GDPR; Privacy; Technology; World news

President Lai hails National Archives as unifying force for Taiwan (Focus Taiwan - CNA English News, 2025)
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Monday that the newly launched National Archives will offer the public a deeper, unifying understanding of the endeavors of Taiwan's democracy pioneers.

Platform Afterlife: How Archives Keep Queer Cinema Alive - Ahmadi, Darius (Medium, 2025)
When access is care — on bodies, voice, and the quiet power of memory

White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia - Wilson, Jason (The Guardian, 2025)
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
Keywords: Antisemitism; Artificial intelligence (AI); Elon Musk; Far right (US); Internet; Race; The super-rich; US news; Wikipedia; World news; X

Vatican to Return Indigenous Cultural Items to Canada Taken a Century Ago - Povoledo, Elisabetta; City, Ian Austen Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Vatican (The New York Times, 2025)
Dozen of pieces used in a 1925 exhibition, including a whale-hunting kayak, will be returned to Canada early next month.
Keywords: Arts and Antiquities Looting; Canada; Francis; Indigenous People; Inuit Indians; Leo XIV; Pius XI; Popes; Roman Catholic Church; Vatican Museums

‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum - Duff, Michelle (The Guardian, 2025)
Minister rejects claims Māori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to the Treaty of Waitangi
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Education; Māori; New Zealand

Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses (Amnesty International, 2025)
Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognition technology.

For its 40th anniversary, RSF transfers its archives to specialist history centre La Contemporaine to aid research (RSF, 2025)
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is transferring its archives to La Contemporaine, a library, archive and museum of 20th and 21st century history, based in a suburb to the west of Paris. The archives, which have been amassed over forty years, will enable researchers from around the world to study the history of both RSF and press freedom in the years to come.

La demanda de Amnistía Internacional y STOP revela abusos relativos a la vigilancia cometidos por el Departamento de Policía de Nueva York (Amnistía Internacional, 2025)
Los documentos obtenidos por Amnistía Internacional y el Proyecto Supervisión de la Tecnología de Vigilancia (STOP) revelan preocupantes abusos relativos a la vigilancia contra manifestantes y comunidades de color, incluido el frecuente uso de tecnología de reconocimiento facial que entraña violaciones de derechos.

Les documents obtenus par Amnesty International et S.T.O.P. à la suite d’une action en justice révèlent des utilisations abusives de la surveillance par la police de New York (Amnesty International, 2025)
Les documents obtenus par Amnesty International et S.T.O.P. révèlent des utilisations abusives contre des manifestant·e·s et des personnes de couleur.

Vrinda Grover on Holding Russia Accountable for Crimes in Ukraine - Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (International Policy Digest, 2025)
Vrinda Grover details evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the UN’s pursuit of accountability through victim-centered justice.

Vrinda Grover on Holding Russia Accountable for Crimes in Ukraine - Jacobsen, Scott Douglas (International Policy Digest, 2025)
Vrinda Grover details evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the UN’s pursuit of accountability through victim-centered justice.

Borderline ambiguity: How Google Maps removes disputed Western Sahara border for Morocco users - Agence France-Presse (The Guardian, 2025)
The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco
Keywords: Africa; Google; Morocco; Western Sahara

Borderline ambiguity: How Google Maps removes disputed Western Sahara border for Morocco users - Agence France-Presse (The Guardian, 2025)
The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco
Keywords: Africa; Google; Morocco; Western Sahara

Indigenous Knowledge Holders Want to Be Acknowledged - Dhakal, Tanka (Inter Press Service, 2025)
Generational lived experiences are key to confronting and living with a changing climate, say Indigenous knowledge holders.

US ethics officials removed for inquiring into improper access of mortgage files - Levine, Sam (The Guardian, 2025)
Fannie Mae officers were investigating whether Trump ally inappropriately accessed mortgage details of federal officials.
Keywords: Letitia James; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Human rights groups slam Kazakhstan's LGBT propaganda law - Искаков, Ерлан (Kursiv Media Kazakhstan, 2025)
International human rights organizations have condemned proposed amendments in Kazakhstan that would ban the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual orientation.”

Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war - Giuffrida, Angela; Willsher, Kim (The Guardian, 2025)
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege. The investigation originated from a legal complaint submitted by Ezio Gavazzeni, a Milan-based writer who gathered evidence on the allegations, as well as a report sent to the prosecutors by the former mayor of Sarajevo, Benjamina Karić.
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe; Italy; World news

Protesters target major new Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts row - Egbejule, Eromo (The Guardian, 2025)
Protest at Mowaa comes amid dispute over ownership of Benin bronzes looted by British colonial forces
Keywords: Africa; British empire; Culture; Museums; Nigeria; Protest; World news

Protesters target major new Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts row - Egbejule, Eromo (The Guardian, 2025)
Protest at Mowaa comes amid dispute over ownership of Benin bronzes looted by British colonial forces
Keywords: Africa; British empire; Culture; Museums; Nigeria; Protest; World news

A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks - Samantha Cole (2025)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.

US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid - Lay, Kat (The Guardian, 2025)
Draft template seen by the Guardian has no reference to countries receiving benefits for sharing information, such as guaranteed access to medicines developed as a result
Keywords: Aid; Epidemics; Global development; Global health; Infectious diseases; Medical research; Society; US news; USAID; World news

Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’ - Pacific Media Watch (Asia Pacific Report, 2025)
From YouTube to X, Wikipedia, and TikTok, Zionists are capturing all means of communication to erase the evidence of its genocide, reshape the historical record, and censor those critical of it.

Erasing the archives: How authoritarian regimes wage war on memory (Turkish Minute, 2025)
Turkey’s authoritarian leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has accused his strongest political rival, İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, of “spying for the British” — a claim that many observers see as part of a broader campaign to silence dissent. At the same time the government has seized one of the country’s few remaining independent broadcasters, TELE1, and immediately disabled access to its digital archive and YouTube channel — a symbolic act of erasing collective memory.

Integrating Local, Indigenous, and Traditional Knowledge into Early Warning Systems for Climate Resilience (Start Network, 2025)
integrating Local, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge into formal Early Warning Systems can significantly enhance their reach, relevance, and effectiveness. This knowledge is sustained by community structures including elders and practitioners who steward knowledge, social mechanisms that transmit it (storytelling, ceremony, apprenticeship), and local forums that apply it (customary rules, committees, communal assemblies).

Unesco adopts global standards on ‘wild west’ field of neurotechnology - Down, Aisha (The Guardian, 2025)
The standards define a new category of data, “neural data”, and suggest guidelines governing its protection. A list of more than 100 recommendations ranges from rights-based concerns to addressing scenarios that are – at least for now – science fiction.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Computing; Neuroscience; Science; Technology; Unesco; United Nations; World news

Secret Harvard archive preserves Israeli publications ‘in case Israel ceases to exist’ - Zein Khalil and Mohammad Sio (Anadolu Ajansı, 2025)
Haaretz says hidden facility at Harvard stores Israel’s cultural and scientific output as safeguard against potential national collapse - Anadolu Ajansı

Secret Harvard archive preserves Israeli publications ‘in case Israel ceases to exist’ - Zein Khalil and Mohammad Sio (Anadolu Ajansı, 2025)
Haaretz says hidden facility at Harvard stores Israel’s cultural and scientific output as safeguard against potential national collapse - Anadolu Ajansı

Privacy watchdog gives Commission green-light for EU-Brazil data transfers - Claudie Moreau (Euractiv, 2025)
But the European Data Protection Board does recommend the EU's executive clarifies law enforcement and national security exemptions

Privacy watchdog gives Commission green-light for EU-Brazil data transfers - Claudie Moreau (Euractiv, 2025)
But the European Data Protection Board does recommend the EU's executive clarifies law enforcement and national security exemptions

Bookstores on Edge as Kremlin Sets Sights on Policing Books - Petersburg, Nanna Heitmann Reporting from the many bookstores of St; Russia (The New York Times, 2025)
Restrictions on publishers and sellers have grown more severe. Volumes are being pulled from shelves or redacted like secret documents, but bookstores remain important sources of community.
Keywords: Book Bans; Books and Literature; Censorship; Fines (Penalties); Homosexuality and Bisexuality; Popcorn Books; Russia; St Petersburg (Russia); Writing and Writers; internal-open-access-from-nl

Documenting Peoplehood: Archives as Resources for UNPO Members’ Fundamental Rights - . (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, 2025)
Archives have long been used as evidence in humanitarian and legal contexts. But, for unrepresented communities they play an even broader role, acting as proof of peoplehood, tools of cultural preservation and foundations for self-determination.

AI firm wins high court ruling after photo agency’s copyright claim - Booth, Robert (The Guardian, 2025)
Ruling in case brought by Getty Images against Stability AI is seen as a blow to copyright owners
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Intellectual property; Law; Media; Media law; News photography; Technology; UK news