Protecting Minors Online Must Not Come at the Cost of Privacy and Free Expression - York, Jillian C. (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
Safety matters—but so do privacy, access to information, and the fundamental rights of all users. We urge the Commission to avoid endorsing disproportionate, one-size-fits-all technical solutions. Instead, we recommend user-empowering approaches.

Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived - Beckett, Lois (The Guardian, 2025)
Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state
Keywords: Art; Art and design; Culture; Los Angeles; Los Angeles Ice protests; Pussy Riot; US news; World news

En Suède, la solastalgie du seul peuple autochtone d’Europe face à la ruée minière - Wolton, Emma (The Conversation, 2025)
Qu’est-ce que la solastalgie ? C’est ce sentiment de détresse psychologique que l’on ressent face au changement de son environnement. Au nord de la Suède, l’exploitation minière met en péril le mode de vie des Samis, unique peuple autochtone d’Europe. Elle transforme les paysages qu’ils habitent traditionnellement, menace leurs coutumes et pèse sur leur bien-être individuel et collectif.

KGB defector turned to Britain only after US rejected him several times, book reveals - Walker, Shaun (The Guardian, 2025)
Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operations
Keywords: CIA; Cold war; Espionage; MI6; Russia; UK news; US news; World news

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked - Alberge, Dalya (The Guardian, 2025)
Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
Keywords: Books; British Library; British Museum; Culture; Libraries; Oscar Wilde; UK news

En RDC, l'extension des mines provoque le déplacement de population à Kolwezi (RFI, 2025)
En RDC, la Mining Week de Lubumbashi s'est ouverte mercredi 11 juin. Des organisations de la société civile dénoncent le déplacement des populations de Kolwezi. Connue comme la capitale mondiale du cobalt, la ville est chaque année un peu plus grignotée par l'exploitation industrielle du minerai. Ce déplacement de population entraîne une inflation dont les populations sont les premières victimes.

L'ONU dénombre 122 millions de personnes déplacées de force par la guerre ou les violences (Franceinfo, 2025)
Ce bilan, fin avril, est en hausse par rapport à avril 2024, mais en baisse par rapport à décembre 2024, notamment car de nombreux réfugiés syriens sont retournés en Syrie après la chute de Bachar al-Assad. À la mi-mai, l'ONU estime que plus de 500 000 Syriens sont rentrés au pays, sur un total d'environ 1,2 million de déplacés internes retournés dans leur région d'origine depuis la fin novembre. Le Soudan, où la guerre civile fait rage depuis la mi-avril 2023, est désormais le pays qui compte le plus de déplacés de force, avec un total de 14,3 millions de personnes. Malgré les retours, la Syrie compte toujours 13,5 millions de réfugiés et déplacés internes, suivie de l'Afghanistan (10,3 millions) et de l'Ukraine (8,8 millions).

Légère baisse du nombre de déplacés de force, grâce au retour des Syriens chez eux (France 24, 2025)
Dans son rapport annuel publié jeudi, le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies aux réfugiés chiffre à 122,1 millions le nombre de déplacés de force dans le monde. Un chiffre en légère baisse par rapport à fin 2024 en raison de la chute de Bachar al-Assad en Syrie, qui a permis le retour de nombreux déplacés.

Face à "l'hypocrisie d'un certain nombre de pays", le Vanuatu porte le combat climatique en justice, prévient son ministre de l'Environnement - Coralie Cochin (France Info, 2025)
Désabusé d'essayer de convaincre les Etats d'agir, ce petit archipel du Pacifique est déterminé à "tout tenter" pour éviter d'être englouti par la montée des eaux. Son ministre de l'environnement a accordé un entretien à l'AFP, en marge de la Conférence des Nations unies sur les océans à Nice.

Document goes missing in police torture case - Gontsana, By Mary-Anne (GroundUp News, 2025)
One of the three police officers on trial for the assault of a barber during a raid at his workplace in Mowbray in 2023 intends to plead guilty to the charge of torture. However, proceedings could not continue at the Wynberg Regional Court in Cape Town on Thursday because the officer’s plea proposal had gone missing.

European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers - Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Giuffrida, Angela (The Guardian, 2025)
Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activists
Keywords: Data and computer security; Espionage; Europe; Giorgia Meloni; Italy; Malware; Media; Press freedom; Technology; World news

From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history - O'Brien, Shannon Bow (The Conversation, 2025)
A nation’s history is told by its records. The White House no longer publishing Trump’s full remarks makes this history less complete.

La parité entre femmes et hommes sera atteinte dans 123 ans, selon le Forum économique mondial - Parrino, Beatrice (Le Point, 2025)
La parité entre femmes et hommes sera atteinte… dans 123 ans. Le Global Gender Gap Report 2025 indique une réduction de l’écart, mais souligne que des obstacles à l’égalité persistent, et s’inquiète des risques liés aux avancées technologiques. Si l'on en croit les chiffres…, la tendance est encourageante : l'écart entre les femmes et les hommes se réduit, atteignant 68,8 % ; un bond significatif depuis la pandémie. Mais ne nous emballons pas trop vite ! Les auteurs de l'étude soulignent que si l'on maintient le rythme actuel, l'égalité totale ne sera une réalité que dans… 123 ans !

El pueblo mapuche como ejemplo de lucha de protección de las costas marinas - Riaño, Astrid Puentes (El País, 2025)
La conferencia de la ONU que se celebra en estos días en Niza es una oportunidad real para reconocer y responder a la urgencia a la que se enfrentan los mares y para contribuir realmente a detener las actividades que causan su destrucción.Un ejemplo es el pueblo mapuche lafkenche de Chile y sus acciones para proteger su maritorio, como le dicen a su territorio en las costas marinas. La expansión industrial de la producción de salmón, que ha afectado a la biodiversidad local.

Ukraine joins European archival space with 450+ unique digitized records - UkrinForm (Ukrinform, 2025)
More than 450 unique documents from Ukraine’s National Archival Fund have been made publicly available, with annotations in English, on the Archives Portal Europe.

Supreme Court hearing on "Neither confirm nor deny" policy: A landmark case for state secrecy (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
On 11 June 2025, the United Kingdom Supreme Court heard the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s appeal against a Coroner’s decision to disclose a gist of information in the inquest into the 1994 sectarian murder of Paul "Topper" Thompson by loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast, in which there is suspected state collusion.

Supreme Court hearing on "Neither confirm nor deny" policy: A landmark case for state secrecy (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
On 11 June 2025, the United Kingdom Supreme Court heard the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s appeal against a Coroner’s decision to disclose a gist of information in the inquest into the 1994 sectarian murder of Paul "Topper" Thompson by loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast, in which there is suspected state collusion.

Gisèle Pelicot settles claim for invasion of privacy against French magazine - Chrisafis, Angelique (The Guardian, 2025)
Pelicot, who became a feminist hero after she decided to waive her right to anonymity in the trial of her former husband and 50 other men last year, took legal action against the publication in April.
Keywords: Europe; France; Gisèle Pelicot; Gisèle Pelicot rape trial; Media; Privacy & the media; World news

La crisis climática agrava la desigualdad en América Latina - Javier Palumno (El País, 2025)
El debilitamiento democrático, el auge del extractivismo y la crisis ambiental ponen en riesgo el futuro de los pueblos de nuestra región.

Can crowdsourced maps help save millions from climate disaster? - Maddy Crowell (Grist, 2025)
The group had been recruited by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, or HOT, a nonprofit that uses an open-source data platform called OpenStreetMap to create a map of the world that resembles Google’s with one key exception: Anyone can edit it, making it a sort of Wikipedia for cartographers. The organization has an ambitious goal: Map the world’s unmapped places to help relief workers reach people when the next hurricane, fire, or other crisis strikes.

Pourquoi les femmes souffrent davantage des catastrophes naturelles et des migrations - Zaiter, Shérazade (The Conversation, 2025)
Chaque minute, soixante personnes quittent leur foyer, chassées par des phénomènes extrêmes aggravés par le dérèglement climatique. Pourtant, cet exode massif reste largement ignoré, invisible aux yeux de l’opinion publique et absent des grandes résolutions internationales. Un phénomène sur lequel Shérazade Zaiter lève le voile dans Le Grand Déplacement : l’exode climatique. Découvrez le chapitre de l’ouvrage consacré au sort que connaissent beaucoup trop de femmes durant ces migrations.

Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe (UN News, 2025)
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a UN investigative body said on Tuesday, as humanitarian agencies warned of continued mass suffering across the Strip.

Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe (UN News, 2025)
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a UN investigative body said on Tuesday, as humanitarian agencies warned of continued mass suffering across the Strip.

Monitoring Internal Whistleblowing Systems (Transparency.org, 2025)
A framework for collecting whistleblowing data and reporting on performance and impact.

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations - Perkins, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Outcry after report that private investigators had been trailing and recording pro-Palestinian protesters for months
Keywords: Higher education; Israel-Gaza war; Michigan; Protest; Surveillance; US education; US news; US politics; US universities

In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources - Viner, Katharine (The Guardian, 2025)
Today, the Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation
Keywords: Investigative journalism; Media; Newspapers & magazines; The Guardian

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say - Hoffmann, Anette (The Conversation, 2025)
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.

Climat : Pourquoi l’ouverture des données scientifiques est cruciale pour nos littoraux - Schmitt, Anaïs (The Conversation, 2025)
Dans les zones côtières, les problèmes concernent souvent un grand nombre d’acteurs aux objectifs variés. Leur permettre d’accéder à un socle commun de connaissances est impératif pour trouver des compromis justes.

Menaces sur l’information - Les journalistes gazaouis réclament un statut de victimes à la Cour pénale internationale (RFI, 2025)
Depuis le début de la guerre contre Gaza, près de 200 journalistes palestiniens ont été tués sur place, selon Reporters sans frontières (RSF). L'ONG française a porté plainte auprès de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) et réclame en plus que les reporters puissent bénéficier du statut de victimes auprès de l'instance internationale. Une démarche inédite. Un de ces journalistes actuellement témoin dans la procédure, c'est le photoreporter Mohamed Zaanoun. Il était à Paris cette semaine pour témoigner au nom de ses collègues palestiniens morts et vivants de Gaza.

How The Times Obtained Secret Russian Intelligence Documents - Judah, Jacob; Sonne, Paul (The New York Times, 2025)
A directive from Russia’s domestic security service was part of a cache that was advertised online by a cybercrime group.
Keywords: China; Classified Information and State Secrets; Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Federal Security Service; International Relations; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Xi Jinping

How Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App - Krolik, Aaron; Sonne, Paul (The New York Times, 2025)
Moscow has long been suspicious of foreign messaging apps. WeChat’s weak encryption makes it vulnerable.
Keywords: China; Computer Security; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Federal Security Service; Instant Messaging; Mobile Applications; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Surveillance of Citizens by Government; WeChat (Mobile App)

How Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App - Krolik, Aaron; Sonne, Paul (The New York Times, 2025)
Moscow has long been suspicious of foreign messaging apps. WeChat’s weak encryption makes it vulnerable.
Keywords: China; Computer Security; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Federal Security Service; Instant Messaging; Mobile Applications; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Surveillance of Citizens by Government; WeChat (Mobile App)

Les écoles des camps de réfugiés menacées de fermeture faute de financements (RFI, 2025)
Au Bangladesh, l'un des plus grands camps de réfugiés du monde est en crise. Plus d'un million de rohingyas, qui ont fui la répression de l'armée birmane, s'entassent dans des camps du sud du pays. Mais…

Premières découvertes sur le site du cimetière militaire de Thiaroye (RFI, 2025)
Au Sénégal, des archéologues ont découvert des squelettes humains avec des balles dans le corps dans le cimetière militaire de Thiaroye. Des fouilles y sont menées depuis le début du mois de mai pour déterminer si des tirailleurs africains ont été massacrés par l’armée coloniale française le 1er décembre 1944, alors qu’ils réclamaient leurs soldes.

US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge - Gambino, Lauren (The Guardian, 2025)
Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health records
Keywords: Data protection; Privacy; Technology; Trump administration; US news; US politics; US supreme court

How Yemen's Houthis are carrying out a campaign of digital repression - Djamel Belayachi (The Observers - France 24, 2025)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have launched an online campaign in an attempt to encourage the population not to share information online, especially about the recent US air strikes.

Commémorer le massacre de Tiananmen, en dépit du bâillon de Pékin (RFI, 2025)
Ce 4 juin 2025 marque les 36 ans de la répression de la place Tiananmen à Pékin, quand l'armée chinoise réprima dans le sang les manifestations lancées pendant plusieurs semaines par la population pour demander des réformes sociales et économiques. On estime que des milliers de personnes ont été tuées dans la répression de 1989. Aujourdhui, en Chine, impossible de parler de cet événement ou de le commémorer. À Taïwan et dans le reste du monde, en revanche, le souvenir ne s'efface pas.

Misinformation versus freedom, rights and science - GroundUp Editors (GroundUp News, 2025)
We are bombarded with more information than ever in history. It is becoming extremely hard to separate fact from nonsense. GroundUp has written an 11-part series called The Right to be Informed.

Hell No: The ODNI Wants to Make it Easier for the Government to Buy Your Data Without Warrant - Guariglia, Matthew (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
New reporting has revealed that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is attempting to create the Intelligence Community’s Data Consortium–a centralized online marketplace where law enforcement and spy agencies can peruse and buy very personal digital data about you collected.

Démocraties en danger : pourquoi nous minimisons les risques, selon les sciences du comportement - Hertwig, Ralph; Lewandowsky, Stephan (The Conversation, 2025)
La psychologie sociale explique pourquoi le risque d’effondrement démocratique n’est pas suffisamment pris au sérieux par les populations qui vivent en démocratie depuis longtemps. Quels outils mobiliser pour amener à une prise de conscience ? La chute du mur de Berlin en 1989 a ouvert la voie à la démocratisation de nombreux pays d’Europe de l’Est et a triomphalement inauguré l’ère de la démocratie libérale mondiale que certains universitaires ont célébrée comme « la fin de l’histoire ». L’idée était que l’histoire politique de l’humanité aurait suivi une progression inéluctable, culminant avec la démocratie libérale occidentale, perçue comme le point final d’une forme sécurisée de gouvernement. Malheureusement, les événements se sont déroulés quelque peu différemment.

Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures - Joan Aurelia (the Guardian, 2025)
Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle
Keywords: Architecture; Art and design; Asia Pacific; Books; Children; Culture; Environment; Extreme heat; Indonesia; Libraries; World news

Elders of Cork’s Traveller community draw on their memories of days of old to inform new archive - Martin Mongan (Irish Independent, 2025)
An online archive focused on preserving and sharing cultural heritage while keeping the stories of Cork Travellers documented and accessible for future generations was launched.

Struggle and archive - BY (Africa is a Country, 2025)
The formerly exiled ANC activist and later judge Albie Sachs is archiving his life, including a new film that forms part of a larger project of legacy-making.

US immigration authorities collecting DNA information of children in criminal database - Bhuiyan, Johana (The Guardian, 2025)
Collection of migrants’ DNA has increased by 5,000% in three years in a ‘massive expansion of genetic surveillance’
Keywords: Children; Migration; Privacy; Surveillance; Technology; US immigration; US news

‘Like touching climate change’: glaciers reveal records of the way the world was - Giuffrida, Angela (The Guardian, 2025)
Scientists drill for ice cores containing information on preindustrial pollutants, but they are in a race against time
Keywords: Climate crisis; Environment; Glaciers; Polar regions

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds - Hall, Rachel; Keenan, Rachel (The Guardian, 2025)
Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods
Keywords: Digital media; Health; Media; Mental health; Social media; Society; Technology; TikTok

She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down. - Alajaji, Rindala (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Lawmakers who support reproductive rights must recognize that abortion access and mass surveillance are incompatible. The systems built to track stolen cars and issue parking tickets have become tools to enforce the most personal and politically charged laws in the country.

Parties promise to shut down any false info flowing from their camps - Sashana Small (Jamaica Gleaner, 2025)
Recognising the threat the use of disinformation and misinformation poses to Jamaica’s democratic process, the island’s two main political parties say they have committed to rooting out any instances of this among their ranks.

SAFEnet Slams Indonesia's Block on Archive.org as Digital Rights Violation - Ananda Ridho Sulistya (Tempo, 2025)
Indonesian ministry said the decision to block Archive.org was made after discovering content related to online gambling and pornography on the site.

In Japan, newly released archives reveal the scale of human experimentation between 1938 and 1945 - Philippe Pons (Le Monde, 2025)
Newly uncovered documents confirm Japan's ambition to develop biological weapons during the Pacific War. The infamous Unit 731 of the Imperial Army in Harbin, China, was not the only group to use human test subjects.

Photos: Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy amid desert threats - Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera, 2025)
Centuries-old manuscripts in Oualata libraries face destruction as desert sands encroach on ancient Mauritanian town.

Being monitored at work? A new report calls for tougher workplace surveillance controls - Blackham, Alysia; Goldenfein, Jake; Tham, Joo-Cheong (The Conversation, 2025)
Australian employers are monitoring employees, frequently without workers' knowledge or consent. A new report found workers are being watched using optical, listening, data, tracking and physical surveillance. Poor regulation means there is a lack of control on surveillance and the collection of data.

Strengthening the linkages between social registries and climate risk data in Asia and the Pacific - World Food Programme (World Food Programme, 2025)
Explore how climate risk data enhances social registries and supports shock-responsive protection systems, with lessons from Sri Lanka, Lao PDR, and regional experiences across Asia and the Pacific.

Mort du photographe Sebastião Salgado : l'Amazonie perd un fervent défenseur - Bernard, Raphaël (Reporterre 🌍 le média de l'écologie - Indépendant et en accès libre, 2025)
Le photographe franco-brésilien décédé le 23 mai aura été l’un des premiers à alerter sur la dégradation de l’Amazonie. Ses photos de la grande forêt et de ses habitants ont marqué le monde et contribué à leur protection.

Journalists ask parliamentiarians not to restrict access to government documents - NL Times (NL Times, 2025)
Professional journalist organizations and various social organizations are appealing to parliament to take “no steps backwards” with the Open Government Act (WOO). The call the law that regulates the access to government information “essential for our democracy.” The organizations have serious objections to various motions that parliamentarians have submitted.

Bashar al-Assad’s Secret Archive: 8 Million People Were Under Surveillance! - Shuhrat Razzakov (Zamin, 2025)
It has been revealed that during the rule of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the country's intelligence services conducted mass and secret surveillance of the population. According to a source from Syria's Ministry of Interior, cited by Germany's Deutsche Welle.

ICC counsel to Bato: No testimonies in Duterte case forced - News, GMA Integrated (GMA News Online, 2025)
The ICC does not force nor make testimonies for witnesses, and the procedure in taking testimonies is very transparent, a lawyer said after Sen. Bato dela Rosa claimed ex-police officials are being forced to execute affidavits against him and detained former President Rodrigo Duterte.

‘Alarming’ rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds - Hawkins, Amy (The Guardian, 2025)
Tens of millions of internet users in China’s Henan denied access to five times more websites than usual.
Keywords: Asia Pacific; Censorship; China; Internet; Technology; World news

Presentamos MakingJusticeWork.org: Conectando el conocimiento, fortaleciendo la justicia - Federación Internacional por los Derechos Humanos (Federación Internacional por los Derechos Humanos, 2025)
En el Día de la Unión Europea contra la Impunidad por el Genocidio, los Crímenes de Lesa Humanidad y los Crímenes de Guerra, la Iniciativa Global contra la Impunidad por Crímenes Internacionales y Violaciones Graves de los Derechos Humanos lanza MakingJusticeWork.org, una plataforma digital diseñada para reforzar el trabajo de los actores clave comprometidos con la lucha por la rendición de cuentas.

Introducing MakingJusticeWork.org: Connecting knowledge, strengthening justice - International Federation for Human Rights (International Federation for Human Rights, 2025)
On the European Union (EU) Day Against Impunity for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes, the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations (GIAI) launches MakingJusticeWork.org, a digital platform designed to strengthen the work of key stakeholders and actors engaged in the fight for accountability.

Présentation de MakingJusticeWork.org : relier les connaissances, renforcer la justice - La Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains, 2025)
À l’occasion de la journée européenne de lutte contre l’impunité des auteurs de génocides, de crimes contre l’humanité et de crimes de guerre, l’Initiative mondiale contre l’impunité pour les crimes internationaux et les violations graves des droits humains (GIAI) lance MakingJusticeWork.org, une plateforme numérique conçue pour renforcer le travail des acteur·ices engagé·es dans la lutte pour la reddition de comptes.

Menaces, arrestations... Le quotidien des étudiants ougandais opposés à Total - Reporterre (Reporterre, 2025)
La mobilisation en Ouganda contre le projet Eacop est rare et durement réprimée. La jeunesse étudiante tente de s’organiser, au prix de pressions, de procès et d’arrestations ininterrompues.

Syrians Rush to Preserve Remembrances of a Painful Revolution - Sednaya, Raja Abdulrahim (The New York Times, 2025)
Many in Syria want to enshrine remnants of their recent history, not only to remember it, but as a cautionary tale.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Assad, Bashar al-; Assad, Hafez al-; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Politics and Government; Sednaya Prison (Syria); Syria

Weather and climate data freely available - MeteoSwiss (MeteoSwiss, 2025)
As part of the Open Government Data (OGD) initiative, the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is making its wealth of collected, processed and refined meteorological and climatological data available to all interested parties free of charge.

NSW education department caught unaware after Microsoft Teams began collecting students’ biometric data - Taylor, Josh (The Guardian, 2025)
Gathering of face and voice data went unnoticed for one month after it was automatically enabled for video conferencing app users in March.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Australia news; Australian education; Child Rights; Computing; Microsoft; Privacy; Technology

New Law Threatens Free Speech, Trans Rights - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
A law enacted in Peru purports to combat sexual violence against children and adolescents, but instead undermines freedom of expression and access to information, and discriminates against transgender people, Human Rights Watch said today. The law’s vague and overly broad provisions could also be used to suppress expressions of identity, artistic content, and educational materials while failing to effectively address pervasive sexual violence against children and adolescents in the country.

Israel Recovers Troves of Documents Belonging to Its Most Famous Spy - Moses, Claire (The New York Times, 2025)
Israel has long sought to bring home from Syria the remains of Eli Cohen, whose spying work is credited with helping Israel win the Arab-Israeli War of 1967.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Cohen, Eli (1924-65); Damascus (Syria); Defense and Military Forces; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Israel; Mossad; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Syria

Afghan War Crimes Victims Still Awaiting Justice - Patricia Gossman (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
Family members of Afghans unlawfully killed by foreign military forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan have been waiting a long time for justice. Last week revealed two quite different approaches by countries that should provide it.

Afghan War Crimes Victims Still Awaiting Justice - Patricia Gossman (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
Family members of Afghans unlawfully killed by foreign military forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan have been waiting a long time for justice. Last week revealed two quite different approaches by countries that should provide it.

Afghan War Crimes Victims Still Awaiting Justice - Patricia Gossman (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
Family members of Afghans unlawfully killed by foreign military forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan have been waiting a long time for justice. Last week revealed two quite different approaches by countries that should provide it.

Surge in refusals for freedom of information undermines trust in Australian government, watchdog warns - Knaus, Christopher (The Guardian, 2025)
The Australian government is refusing freedome of information requests at a rate not seen in a decade, prompting concern among transparency advocates. However the federal government is releasing more FOIs in full that its state and territory counterparts.
Keywords: Australia news; Australian politics; Freedom of information

The largely forgotten history of Philadelphia’s police bombing of Black organization MOVE - Mike Fritz (PBS News, 2025)
This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police department dropped an improvised bomb on a residential home that housed the Black revolutionary organization MOVE. The bomb and ensuing fire killed 11 people, including five children, and destroyed more than 60 nearby homes.

How accurate are my medical records? You might be surprised how often errors creep in - Lloyd, Sheree (The Conversation, 2025)
Medical records of hundreds of patients at a Sydney hospital's cancer genetics service have been reviewed following irregularities related to care by a single specialist.

Amid States’ Negligence, Activists Working to Ensure Accountability for Israel’s Actions in Occupied Palestinian Territory - UN News (UN News, 2025)
The Foundation files requests for prosecution in national courts against “traveling soldiers” — a reference to Israeli soldiers traveling abroad. In States that have incorporated the principle of universal jurisdiction into their criminal codes, jurisdiction can be established by the mere physical presence of a perpetrator on their territory. It also files requests for prosecution in soldiers’ own countries — based on the principle of national jurisdiction. “There is no statute of limitations for these crimes and States' responsibility to act never expires,” he said. Finally, the Foundation shares information with international legal bodies like the International Criminal Court.

La Hongrie va, comme la Russie, légiférer pour cibler des médias et ONG financés par l'étranger - AFP (Franceinfo, 2025)
Le gouvernement hongrois a poursuivi son offensive contre les ONG et médias indépendants avec le dépôt au Parlement, mercredi 14 mai, d'une proposition de loi ciblant toute structure financée par des fonds étrangers qui "menacerait la souveraineté" du pays d'Europe centrale. Ce texte sur "la transparence de la vie publique", déposé par un député du parti au pouvoir (Fidesz), suscite déjà l'inquiétude dans la presse et l'opposition et des comparaisons avec la loi russe sur les "agents de l'étranger".

Attack claimed by pro-Ukraine hackers reportedly erases a third of Russian court case archive - Antoniuk, Daryna (The Record, 2025)
About a third of the case file archive of Pravosudiye — Russia's national electronic court filing system — was deleted in a previously reported cyberattack, auditors said. A pro-Ukrainian group has claimed the intrusion.

A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia’s under-16s social media ban. But the tech is flawed - Maddox, Alexia; Heemsbergen, Luke; Le, My (The Conversation, 2025)
Australia's ban on under-16s from social media is due to take effect in December 2025. The law says social media platforms can't use official identification such as passports to check ages, and shouldn't track Australians. An age assurance technology trial is in its final stages.

New technologies risking ‘mental privacy’ of workers - Parliament of Victoria (Parliament of Victoria, 2025)
Imagine your employer having access to your brain activity. It may sound fanciful, but neurotechnology is one of a range of emerging technologies that are finding their way into workplace surveillance and will need to be subject to carefully considered regulation.

Aux machines, citoyens ! - Stanislas Deprez (La Vie des idées, 2025)
Contre la tendance des experts à vouloir garder le contrôle exclusif du développement technologique – au nom de l’incompétence du grand public –, Adeline Barbin suggère de confier davantage de pouvoir aux citoyens, afin que les techniques et les sciences soient conformes aux valeurs démocratiques. Dans son livre La démocratie des techniques la philosophe Adeline Barbin défend la double thèse selon laquelle une démocratie des techniques est souhaitable et possible, contre l’idéologie technocratique des élites politiques et scientifiques.

Keeping People Safe Online – Fundamental Rights Protective Alternatives to Age Checks - Windwehr, Svea (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
This is the final part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In part one, we give an overview of the political debate around age verification and explore the age verification proposal introduced by the European Commission, based on digital identities.

Viols collectifs, esclavage sexuel… Des experts de l'ONU dénoncent des violences sexuelles "systématiques" au Soudan - AFP (Franceinfo, 2025)
Les femmes et les filles au Soudan, pays ravagé par la guerre, sont confrontées à des violations généralisées et systématiques de leurs droits, incluant viols collectifs, esclavage sexuel et assassinats, principalement de la part des forces paramilitaires, ont alerté, mercredi 14 mai, des experts des Nations unies.

Western countries gave Mossad information used to track and kill Palestinian terrorists in 1970s - Burke, Jason (The Guardian, 2025)
Declassified documents reveal secret support by intelligence agencies without oversight by elected politicians
Keywords: France; Germany; Israel; Italy; Middle East and north Africa; Munich massacre; Palestinian territories; Switzerland; The Mossad; UK news; US news

Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content - Hall, Rachel (The Guardian, 2025)
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Beeban Kidron; House of Lords; Intellectual property; Labour; Politics; Technology; UK news

Pfizergate: EU Court Rules Commission in Violation of Transparency Law Over von der Leyen–Pfizer Texts - Hanna, Rachel (Access Info Europe, 2025)
14 May 2025 – The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission decision to refuse access to text messages relating to COVID-19 vaccine negotiations, stating that doing so violated EU access to documents law and breached the principle of good administration. In early 2021, it was revealed that President von der

Des travailleurs migrants électrocutés, décapités et victimes de chutes mortelles au travail - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
Les autorités devraient agir pour empêcher les décès, et indemniser sans faille les familles lors d’accidents mortels.

Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death at Workplaces - Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
Scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia die in gruesome yet avoidable workplace-related accidents, including falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation

BBC boss says disinformation ‘trust crisis’ putting social fabric of UK at risk - Savage, Michael (The Guardian, 2025)
Britain’s status as a cohesive, democratic society is at risk for the first time in a generation as the rise of social media platforms and disinformation fuel a “trust crisis”, the BBC’s director general has said. In a wide-ranging address about the future of the corporation, Tim Davie said BBC News would start to make special content for platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, where disinformation can go unchecked, as he couched the broadcaster as a “precious national asset” preventing the UK from becoming a society in which there were no shared facts.
Keywords: BBC; BBC licence fee; Culture; Digital media; Media; Social media; TV news; Television; The news on TV; Tim Davie

Au Mali, la junte dissout les partis politiques et suspend TV5 Monde - AFP (France 24, 2025)
La junte au pouvoir au Mali a annoncé mardi la dissolution des "partis politiques" et des "organisations à caractère politique", selon un décret présidentiel lu à la télévision publique. Elle a également…

Les expulsions de migrants aux Etats-Unis suscitent de "graves préoccupations", s'inquiète l'ONU - AFP (Franceinfo, 2025)
Volker Türk, haut-commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme, dénonce "la manière dont certaines personnes ont été détenues et déportées", ainsi que "la rhétorique humiliante utilisée contre les migrants".

Liberian Massacre Sites Documented in New Database - Mehnpaine, Tina S. (Liberianobserver.com, 2025)
The Ducor Institute releases a database on massacres during Liberia's civil war, aiming to supplement human rights activities and establish a War and Economic Crimes Court. Public contributions requested for database enhancement.

Boxes of Nazi Material Are Found After Decades in Basement of Argentina Court - Moses, Claire (The New York Times, 2025)
Thousands of documents in the boxes could result in new information about Nazi activity in Argentina in the early years of World War II.
Keywords: Argentina

EU told to set up agency to fight Russian bots, election interference - Anupriya Datta (Euractiv, 2025)
Democracy in the EU is under threat from Russian-backed foreign information manipulation.

Un eurodéputé demande la création d'une agence pour lutter contre les campagnes de désinformation venues de l'étranger - Anupriya Datta (Euractiv, 2025)
L’eurodéputé Tomas Tobé (PPE) propose la création d’une agence européenne pour lutter contre la désinformation étrangère. L’objectif : renforcer la résilience de l’UE face à l’ingérence étrangère, notamment en période électorale.

Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. - Zraick, Karen (The New York Times, 2025)
The Agriculture Department pledged to restore online climate information that farmers said helped them do business, but which officials had deleted.
Keywords: Agriculture Department; Agriculture and Farming; Clayton, Walter J; Environmental Working Group; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Natural Resources Defense Council; Northeast Organic Farming Assn; Suits and Litigation (Civil); United States Politics and Government

Hackers leak to press passenger details of Trump deportation flights - Gerard Edic (PBS News, 2025)
More than a month after The Atlantic broke the story that top U.S. officials were sharing military attack plans on Signal, the Trump administration’s handling of sensitive data is still under scrutiny. Hackers targeted another app used by Trump officials and also stole passenger lists from an airline used to deport migrants.

Trump fires top US copyright official - Katherine Tully-McManus (POLITICO, 2025)
President Donald Trump continued a firing spree at the Library of Congress on Saturday when he dismissed the top copyright official in the nation — a position traditionally overseen by the legislative branch.

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress - Balk, Tim (The New York Times, 2025)
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.
Keywords: Appointments and Executive Changes; Black People; Books and Literature; Democratic Party; Hayden, Carla D (1952- ); Libraries and Librarians; Library of Congress; Race and Ethnicity; Trump, Donald J; United States; United States Politics and Government

Feu vert de Kiev et ses alliés à la création d'un tribunal spécial pour juger les crimes russes - Brzozowski, Alexandra (Euractiv FR, 2025)
Les Européens soutiennent la création d'un tribunal spécial pour juger les crimes d'agression des hauts responsables russes dans le cadre de la guerre en Ukraine, mais l’absence de soutien des États-Unis risque de compromettre les chances de succès de l'initiative.

How Europe wants to bring Putin to The Hague - Brzozowski, Alexandra (Euractiv, 2025)
EU officials say Washington has informally signalled it will not object to the evidence being collected for the tribunal – a cautious but notable concession.

‘If it isn’t recorded it will disappear’: the Muslim photographer shining a light on Bradford’s Jewish community - Green, Graeme (The Guardian, 2025)
When Nudrat Afza learned that her friend’s synagogue was closing she began a multi-year project to document the city’s declining Jewish population. ‘In Bradford people from different communities respect each other,’ she says
Keywords: Art; Art and design; Culture; Exhibitions; Judaism; Photography

Trump news at a glance: military to immediately remove trans troops and use medical records to oust more - Guardian staff (The Guardian, 2025)
Buoyed by supreme court ruling, Pentagon will remove as many as 1,000 service members.
Keywords: Donald Trump; JD Vance; Pete Hegseth; Trump administration; US military; US news; US politics

How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups - Klosowski, Thorin (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2025)
Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up, you can accidentally undermine your privacy.

Male bias in medical trials risks women’s lives. But at least the data gap is finally being addressed - Perez, Caroline Criado (The Guardian, 2025)
We know some medications work differently in men and women. Why is it taking so long for studies to reflect this?
Keywords: Health; Medical research; Science; Society; Women; Women's health

50 ans après, la mémoire incomplète du génocide : épisode du podcast Retours de terrain - Valerin, Arnaud (France Culture, 2025)
Le journaliste Arnaud Vaulerin rentre du Cambodge, où l'on commémore les 50 ans du génocide perpétré par les hommes de Pol Pot. Il y raconte les souvenirs douloureux des survivants mais aussi l'impunité dont bénéficient encore la majorité des anciens Khmers rouges.

Ukraine says it has busted Hungarian spy ring collecting military data - Walker, Shaun (The Guardian, 2025)
Two Ukrainians arrested as authorities claim operation had one eye on a possible future military incursion
Keywords: Europe; Hungary; Ukraine; Viktor Orbán; World news

Memo of Understanding to Issue Identity Documents for the Most Vulnerable Women - Human Access (HUMAN ACCESS, 2025)
The signed agreement is part of legal support services and includes a mechanism for receiving cases and procedures for issuing personal documents, which are key to accessing vital services, education, and rights. Without these documents, families face significant barriers to receiving aid and accessing opportunities, exacerbating the challenges they already face.

Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: ‘Major loss’ - Press, Associated (The Guardian, 2025)
US agency will no longer update major weather database in latest showing of Trump’s influence on climate resources
Keywords: Climate crisis; Donald Trump; Environment; Extreme weather; Natural disasters; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Riefenstahl review – nauseating yet gripping story of Nazi poster woman - Bradshaw, Peter (The Guardian, 2025)
The only important woman in the Nazi movement entranced Hitler, directed Triumph of the Will – and spent the rest of her life alternately fearful and defiant
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Film; Nazism; World news

Files documenting worst abuses at residential schools to be destroyed unless survivors ask otherwise - Schwientek, Samantha (CBC News, 2025)
Files documenting the worst abuses at residential schools are set to be destroyed in 2027 and, despite a multi-year outreach, some survivors say they didn't know they could opt to have their files preserved.

‘You feel the huge weight of history’: the room where Nazi Germany surrendered - Henley, Jon (The Guardian, 2025)
Military armistice ending second world war was signed in this nondescript Reims schoolhouse before VE Day
Keywords: Europe; France; Second world war; VE Day; World news

Argentina declassifies archives on Nazi war criminals who fled after World War II - Tamilla Hasanova (Caliber, 2025)
The records had been held in Argentina’s General Archives since 1992, when they were transferred there under a presidential decree by then-President Carlos Menem. They are the result of decades-long investigations carried out between 1950 and 1980 by Argentine federal agencies.

The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data - Elkind, Peter (ProPublica, 2025)
The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.

A Push to Remove Symbols of Imperial Russia Divides Odesa, Ukraine - Méheut, Constant; Mitiuk, Daria (The New York Times, 2025)
A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.
Keywords: Babel, Isaac; Black Sea; Books and Literature; Catherine II, Empress of Russia; Language and Languages; Monuments and Memorials (Structures); Odessa (Ukraine); Politics and Government; Pushkin, Aleksandr; Russian Language; Ukraine; Writing and Writers

Life for the displaced in Calais – in pictures - Ozan Acıdere (The Guardian, 2025)
Photographer Ozan Acıdere documents the plight of migrants as French authorities impose hostile policies on them – while trying to attract more tourists to the coastal city
Keywords: Calais; Migration; Photography; Refugees; World news

Palestinian activist says home raided ‘in revenge’ for appearing in Louis Theroux documentary - Pearce, Matthew (The Guardian, 2025)
Issa Amro shares videos of confrontations with balaclava-clad military who he claims ‘want revenge’ after the BBC film The Settlers
Keywords: Culture; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Louis Theroux; Social media; Television; Television & radio

Palestinian activist says home raided ‘in revenge’ for appearing in Louis Theroux documentary - Pearce, Matthew (The Guardian, 2025)
Issa Amro shares videos of confrontations with balaclava-clad military who he claims ‘want revenge’ after the BBC film The Settlers
Keywords: Culture; Israel; Israel-Gaza war; Louis Theroux; Social media; Television; Television & radio

Sabotage and secret identities: Russia’s spy network - Pidd, Helen; Walker, Shaun; Moore, Hannah; Khaleeli, Homa; Cassin, Elizabeth (The Guardian, 2025)
Shaun Walker reports on the history of Russia’s ‘Illegals’ programme and what it looks like today
Keywords: Cold war; Espionage; Europe; Russia

Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Week 2025: Preserving Information Integrity in Conflict Settings: Action-Oriented Responses from Local Communities, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Actors - ReliefWeb (ReliefWeb, 2025)
In his 2021 report “Our Common Agenda”, the Secretary-General acknowledged large-scale disinformation as an existential threat to humanity and proposed a global code of conduct to promote integrity in public information.

Undersea cable control: The information dimension - Richard Dunley (Lowy Institute, 2025)
Marine infrastructure has become somewhat less “invisible” than it has traditionally been, but efforts to target this infrastructure are not new. Most of the time, we view efforts to interfere with cables through two lenses. It is either an effort to tap an adversary’s cables for eavesdropping, like the Cold War-era Operation Ivy Bells, or it is an effort of sabotage, aimed at disrupting communication for military advantage or to undermine civil society.

‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database - Schreiber, Melody (The Guardian, 2025)
US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse
Keywords: Autism; Health; Medical research; Privacy; Robert F Kennedy Jr; Society; Trump administration; US news; US politics

Las Maricas No Olvidamos: Dissident Archives Against Deliberate Erasure - Andrea Alejandro Freire (NACLA, 2025)
A sex-dissident archive recovers the memory of the struggle to decriminalize homosexuality in Ecuador through affective and archival work that combats invisibilization and patriarchal erasure.

Poland’s suspension of asylum claims a serious threat to human rights and lives - Darina Boykova (Jurist News, 2025)
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday criticized Polish legislation suspending the right to asylum applications for migrants crossing the border from Belarus. According to AI, the law effectively codifies the unlawful forced return of migrants by authorizing border guards to disregard asylum applications without properly considering a person’s individual’s circumstances.

Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary - Tait, Robert (The Guardian, 2025)
Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failures
Keywords: Donald Trump; US news; World news

There is a war on journalists raging around the world: let their voices be heard - Kelly, Annie (The Guardian, 2025)
Today is World Press Freedom Day. The Guardian is determined to highlight the dangers faced by reporters working in some of the world’s most perilous places, and to tell their stories
Keywords: Global development; Media; Newspapers; Newspapers & magazines; Press freedom; World Press Freedom Day 2025

Message From the Russian Military: ‘We Lost Your Son’ - MacFarquhar, Neil; Mazaeva, Milana (The New York Times, 2025)
Russia lacks any formal, organized effort to account for legions of missing soldiers. That often leaves relatives in limbo, fending for themselves with scant government information.
Keywords: Missing Persons; Putin, Vladimir V; Russia; Ukraine

These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest against Trump’s attacks on DEI - Oladipo, Gloria (The Guardian, 2025)
The Freedom to Learn campaign included panels and coffee meetups and will end Saturday with a rally and prayer
Keywords: Black US culture; Culture; Museums; Protest; Race; Trump administration; US news; US politics

La ola de ataques a la libertad de prensa pone de relieve la necesidad urgente de reformar el Código del Sector Digital - Amnesty International (Amnistía Internacional, 2025)
La reciente ola de sanciones impuestas por las autoridades de Benín a medios de comunicación independientes pone de relieve la necesidad urgente de proteger la libertad de prensa.

La vague d’attaques contre la liberté de la presse souligne l’urgence de réformer le Code du numérique - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
La vague de sanctions prises par les autorités béninoises contre des médias souligne l’urgence de protéger la liberté de la presse.

Wave of attacks on press freedom highlights urgent need to reform Digital Code - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
The Benin authorities’ recent wave of sanctions against independent media outlets highlights the urgent need to protect press freedom.

La desesperada carrera por salvar décadas de datos sobre el cambio climático y el clima extremo que están siendo borrados por el gobierno de Trump - Chris Baraniuk (BBC News Mundo, 2025)
Un grupo de científicos está luchando por salvar una gran cantidad de datos que están siendo eliminados de los sitios web del gobierno de EE.UU.

Conservative offers perspective on Trump’s effort to exert authority over history and art - Jeffrey Brown; Anne Azzi Davenport (PBS Newshour, 2025)
President Trump has accused the Smithsonian and other museums of promoting “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

TikTok fined €530m by Irish regulator for failing to guarantee China would not access user data - Milmo, Dan (The Guardian, 2025)
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found video app breached GDPR and had submitted ‘erroneous information’ to inquiry.
Keywords: Business; China; Data protection; European Union; Ireland; Privacy; Social media; Surveillance; Technology; TikTok; World news

TikTok fined €530m by Irish regulator for failing to guarantee China would not access user data - Milmo, Dan (The Guardian, 2025)
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found video app breached GDPR and had submitted ‘erroneous information’ to inquiry.
Keywords: Business; China; Data protection; European Union; Ireland; Privacy; Social media; Surveillance; Technology; TikTok; World news

This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working - Plum, Alexander; Dasgupta, Kabir (The Conversation, 2025)
New Zealand’s clean slate scheme is meant to let people leave their criminal past behind. But people are waiting seven years to leave their past behind, hurting their job prospects.

Exploring the efforts to control how U.S. history is presented in museums and monuments - Jeffrey Brown (PBS News, 2025)
The Trump administration has put its mark on the nation’s cultural sector. One focus is on how American history is told and presented in museums and monuments. That has roiled many in the academic and art worlds.

Disasters and Disinformation: AI and the Myanmar 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake - Keith Paolo Catibog Landicho, Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2025)
A devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025, its tremors reaching as far as Bangkok, Thailand. In addition to the dire impacts, the victims were not spared from disinformation. Amid the chaos and the critical need for information, misleading AI-generated content spread widely, highlighting the dangerous intersection of technology and humanitarian crises.

La victoire sur le nazisme vue de Kiev - Latysh, Éric Aunoble & Yurii (Le Monde diplomatique, 2025)
En 2023, Kiev adoptait le 8 mai pour célébrer la défaite de l’Allemagne hitlérienne, que Moscou commémore le 9. Mais, à l’approche du quatre-vingtième anniversaire, l’Ukraine semble céder à son ennemi le prestige de cet héritage : en effaçant la mémoire des Ukrainiens ayant combattu dans l’Armée rouge, elle masque aussi leur contribution majeure à la victoire sur le nazisme.

La victoria contra el nazismo vista desde Kiev - Latysh, Éric Aunoble & Yurii (Le Monde diplomatique, 2025)
En 2023, Kiev adoptó el 8 de mayo para celebrar la derrota de la Alemania de Hitler, que Moscú conmemora el 9 de mayo. Pero, a medida que se acerca el octogésimo aniversario, Ucrania parece estar cediendo el prestigio de este patrimonio a su enemigo: sus políticas de desrusificación tienden a borrar el recuerdo de los ucranianos que combatieron en el Ejército Rojo y, en consecuencia, su gran contribución a la victoria sobre el nazismo.

Ukrainian nationalists rewrite history - Latysh, Éric Aunoble & Yurii (Le Monde diplomatique, 2025)
Eighty years after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the legacy of the war is still vitally important to both Ukraine and Russia. But Kyiv’s de-Russification policies are having troubling consequences.

South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa sets up inquiry into sparse apartheid prosecutions - Chibelushi, Wedaeli (BBC, 2025)
Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court.

UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: The war of narratives continue - Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA, 2025)
Circulating unsubstantiated claims to undermine UNRWA : a lifeline for 2 million people is ongoing. Such claims are threatening the lives and wellbeing of UNRWA staff across the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Dehumanising and polarising statements further deepen people’s suffering. They divert attention from the humanitarian crisis and the immense needs of people impacted by over 1.5 year of a systematic destruction of life. This is propaganda. It aims at intimidating and fostering a hostile atmosphere to silence voices showing the ugliness of this brutal war. Words and statements are a responsibility. Those using dis-information as a weapon of war must be held accountable.

UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: The war of narratives continue - Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA, 2025)
Circulating unsubstantiated claims to undermine UNRWA : a lifeline for 2 million people is ongoing. Such claims are threatening the lives and wellbeing of UNRWA staff across the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Dehumanising and polarising statements further deepen people’s suffering. They divert attention from the humanitarian crisis and the immense needs of people impacted by over 1.5 year of a systematic destruction of life. This is propaganda. It aims at intimidating and fostering a hostile atmosphere to silence voices showing the ugliness of this brutal war. Words and statements are a responsibility. Those using dis-information as a weapon of war must be held accountable.

Open satellite image archives could boost sustainable development goal - Science X staff (MSN, 2025)
Commercial satellite image archives should be opened to enhance research on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Access to very-high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery is crucial for monitoring smallholder farms, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where such farming is vital for food security.

Man Accused of Hacking Climate Groups Can Be Sent to U.S., Judge Says - Zraick, Karen (The New York Times, 2025)
A London court approved the extradition of Amit Forlit, who ran companies that allegedly stole information on behalf of a lobbying firm hired by Exxon.
Keywords: Extradition; Exxon Mobil Corp; Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; London (England); Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

Digital Health in Somalia: A Game-Changer in Humanitarian Crisis Response - Action Against Hunger (ReliefWeb, 2025)
In South-Central Somalia, where conflict, displacement, and recurring natural disasters have for long deepened humanitarian needs, health systems have long struggled under the weight of outdated, paper-based processes. In a context where any delay results in loss of lives, the lack of reliable data and real-time visibility into health services and suboptimal supply chain performance has compromised operational efficiency, decision-making accuracy, and ultimately, the overall quality of healthcare.

Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data - Johnson, Corey G. (ProPublica, 2025)
Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.

The Disappeared: Mexico’s Industrial-Scale Human Rights Crisis - nés M. Pousadela (Inter Press Service, 2025)
They found shoes, hundreds of them, scattered across the dirt floor of an extermination camp in Jalisco state. These abandoned shoes, once belonging to someone’s child, parent or spouse, stand as silent witnesses to Mexico’s deepest national trauma.

How did Hitler’s film-maker hide her complicity from the world? - Apperly, Eliza (The Guardian, 2025)
A new documentary delves into controversial German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl’s private archive to uncover a director who spent a lifetime covering up her central role in the Nazi propaganda machine.
Keywords: Culture; Documentary films; Film; Germany; Holocaust; Nazism; Poland; Second world war

TikTok announces new measures to combat misinformation ahead of Romanian election - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
TikTok has launched an election centre to combat disinformation ahead of Romania’s repeat presidential vote in May, amid doubts whether the platform had failed to protect the integrity of the previous annulled election.

Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns - Frenkel, Sheera; Natan Odenheimer (The New York Times, 2025)
Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the war. The technologies have sometimes led to fatal consequences.
Keywords: Arabic Language; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Internet; Defense and Military Forces; Drones (Pilotless Planes); Facial Recognition Software; Gaza Strip; Hamas; Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Israel; Social Media

Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns - Frenkel, Sheera; Natan Odenheimer (The New York Times, 2025)
Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the war. The technologies have sometimes led to fatal consequences.
Keywords: Arabic Language; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Internet; Defense and Military Forces; Drones (Pilotless Planes); Facial Recognition Software; Gaza Strip; Hamas; Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ); Israel; Social Media

Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material - Kroll, William Turton,Avi Asher-Schapiro,Christopher Bing,Andy (ProPublica, 2025)
The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.

As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify The ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’ - Orion, Damon (Eurasia Review, 2025)
In the context of website scrubbing, censorship and erasure, independent internet archives, such as the Freedom Archives and the Internet Archive, have become important sources of information and evidence. These initiatives preserve and provide access to collections related to progressive movements, labour histories, and other struggles.

Meta squares up for fine fight with Brussels over personalised ads - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Meta introduced the "pay or consent" model for European users in November 2023.

Grand chief requests halt to auction of Hudson's Bay items linked to First Nations - Hudes, Sammy (CityNews Vancouver, 2025)
As Hudson’s Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may be belong to or be linked with First Nations people. A letter by assembly Grand Chief Kyra Wilson to […]

Invaders remove almost 360,000 archival documents from Kherson – intelligence - Interfax-Ukraine (Interfax-Ukraine, 2025)
After the liberation of Kherson, it was established that the Russian occupiers illegally removed almost 360,000 documents of the National Archival Fund of Ukraine (NAF), reports the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Aid groups are erasing climate change from their websites - Irwin Loy (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
Aid groups are erasing climate change from their websites

Exit to Open - Jim Fruchterman & Steve Francis (Standard Social Innovation Review, 2025)
In a difficult time when many nonprofits will be forced to close, nonprofit leaders and funders must act to preserve data and other intangible assets.

Macron seeks 'forgiveness' for colonialism on Madagascar visit - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2025)
Keywords: France

Macron seeks 'forgiveness' for colonialism on Madagascar visit - Le Monde (Le Monde, 2025)
Keywords: France

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy - Makuch, Ben (The Guardian, 2025)
Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group’s efforts inside Ukraine
Keywords: Europe; Far right (US); Russia; US news; US politics; Ukraine; World news

Enacted law hinders freedom of expression and association and jeopardizes access to justice for victims - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
Amnesty International rejects the recent enactment of the law that modifies the creation of the APCI, a norm that violates freedom of expression and association and access to justice for victims in Peru.

Serbian students take aim at state TV in battle against propaganda - Geslin, Laurent (Euractiv, 2025)
For Serbian civil society, it is the authorities’ widespread corruption that is seen as the trigger behind the tragedy at the heart of the mobilisations.

50 ans après la destruction khmère rouge, les voix inaudibles des Cambodgiens - Guillou, Anne Yvonne (The Conversation, 2025)
Khmers rouges, sous les ordres de Pol Pot, prenaient Phnom Penh, faisant basculer le Cambodge dans l’horreur. Un quart de la population n’a pas survécu à ces quatre années de régime génocidaire. Comment une société se reconstruit-elle après un génocide ? L’anthropologue Anne Yvonne Guillou, qui vient de publier Puissance des lieux, présence des morts. Sur les traces du génocide khmer rouge au Cambodge (Société d’ethnologie, 2025), s’attache à comprendre la singularité de la résilience de la société cambodgienne, bien éloignée de la lecture occidentale de ce génocide.

Decolonise How? Who owns the story? - Patrick Gathara (The New Humanitarian, 2025)
What journalists owe to those they report on goes right to the heart of the colonial power imbalances that should weigh heavily on the profession.

Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage - Walker, Adria R. (The Guardian, 2025)
GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture
Keywords: Black US culture; Georgia; Gullah Geechee; South Carolina; US news

With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster - Malik, Nesrine (The Guardian, 2025)
A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI); Facebook; Politics; Social media; WhatsApp; X; YouTube

DHS Removed 100+ Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Records - Nick Schwellenbach (POGO, 2025)
POGO is making available over 160 investigative memos documenting alleged abuses and problems across the Department of Homeland Security.

How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election - Stevis-Gridneff, Matina; Nikolov, Nikolay; Hanley, Karen; Surdam, James; Jouppi, David (The New York Times, 2025)
After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap.
Keywords: Canada; Elections; Facebook Inc; Meta Platforms Inc; News and News Media; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media

News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void. - Stevis-Gridneff, Matina; Thompson, Stuart A. (The New York Times, 2025)
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
Keywords: Ballingall, Jeff; Canada; Canada Proud; Carney, Mark J; Computers and the Internet; Elections; Facebook Inc; Instagram Inc; Meta Platforms Inc; News and News Media; Rumors and Misinformation; Social Media

'There's no right time': FSU collects memorials around campus for archives after shooting - Jean, Tarah (Tallahassee Democrat, 2025)
Sites on Florida State University’s campus that were once flooded with memorials of flowers, candles, cards and stuffed animals after a recent mass shooting are now left with small portions of the community’s united support. As the Seminole family continues to mourn, FSU is archiving the memorial objects to preserve them.

Mass convictions of opposition activists after sham trial marks a dangerous moment - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
A Tunisian court has sentenced forty individuals to harsh prison terms after they were convicted on trumped-up charges.

Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive - Futurism (Futurism, 2025)
Elon Musk's DOGE has cut finding to the American nonprofit Internet Archive, which was busy archiving websites targeted by Trump.

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike - Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (The Guardian, 2025)
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Journalist safety; Media; Middle East and north Africa; Palestinian territories; World news

Experts raise red flags about privacy loopholes in EU health data initiative - Pirnay, Emma (Euractiv, 2025)
The EU's health data plan faces privacy concerns and calls for stronger protections.

An archivist’s job is to ‘keep the receipts.’ What happens when they can’t do their job? - Sorapuru, Julian E. J. (BostonGlobe.com, 2025)
Several archivists told the Globe they see the president’s actions as a threat to government transparency.

Une génération franco-cambodgienne en quête de mémoire, 50 ans après l'horreur des Khmers rouges - Baptiste Condominas (RFI, 2025)
Après plusieurs années de guerre civile, Phnom Penh tombe entre les mains des Khmers rouges le 17 avril 1975. Pendant quatre ans, le régime du Kampuchéa démocratique multiplie les atrocités et mène près de deux millions de personnes à la mort. Nombre de Cambodgiens choisissent l'exil, et beaucoup refont leur vie en France. Cinquante ans après, leurs enfants cherchent à se saisir d'une histoire familiale souvent tue, dans une quête d'identité parfois complexe.

Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief - Daniel Johnson (UN News, 2025)
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in the enclave.

MEPs blast back at Meta over allegations it targeted depressed teens online - Datta, Anupriya (Euractiv, 2025)
Meta is under investigation under the EU Digital Services Act over its treatment of minors online.

Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past - Reuters (Reuters, 2025)
French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past - Reuters (Reuters, 2025)
French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

Documentary heritage: 74 new entries on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - UENSCO (UNESCO, 2025)
UNESCO today added 74 new documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, bringing the total number of inscribed collections to 570. The entries - from 72 countries and 4 international organizations - cover topics such as the scientific revolution, women's contribution to history and major milestones of multilateralism.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register - UN News (UN News, 2025)
The Register consists of documentary collections including books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and sound or video recordings, which bear witness to the shared heritage of humanity. These items often are extremely fragile and at risk of deterioration or exposure to disaster.

UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: Since the war began 1.5 years ago, the Israeli Authorities have banned the entry of international media to Gaza - UNRWA (UNRWA, 2025)
Since the war began 1.5 years ago, the Israeli Authorities have banned the entry of international media to Gaza to report independently.

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war - Isaac, Anna; editor, Anna Isaac City (The Guardian, 2025)
Civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policy
Keywords: Business; China; Civil service; Economics; European Commission; European Union; Global economy; JD Vance; Politics; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trump tariffs; UK news; Ursula von der Leyen; Xi Jinping

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war - Isaac, Anna; editor, Anna Isaac City (The Guardian, 2025)
Civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policy
Keywords: Business; China; Civil service; Economics; European Commission; European Union; Global economy; JD Vance; Politics; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trump tariffs; UK news; Ursula von der Leyen; Xi Jinping

Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation - Wong, Edward (The New York Times, 2025)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put about 40 employees on leave who had tracked disinformation by China, Russia, Iran and terrorist groups.
Keywords: Censorship; Conservatism (US Politics); Global Engagement Center; Rubio, Marco; Rumors and Misinformation; Shutdowns (Institutional); State Department; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records - Burgis, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Data protection; Genetics; Health; Medical research; Privacy; Science; Society; Technology; World news

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records - Burgis, Tom (The Guardian, 2025)
Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears
Keywords: Asia Pacific; China; Data protection; Genetics; Health; Medical research; Privacy; Science; Society; Technology; World news

Genocide Prevention & Responsibility to Protect - Gareth Evans and Jennifer Welsh (Inter Press Service, 2025)
April marks Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the history, causes and victims of past genocides and to mobilize the necessary resolve to confront risks facing populations around the world today who face the threat of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes not for anything they have done, but for who they are.

Jeju Massacre archives added to UNESCO Memory of the World - Darryl Coote (UPI, 2025)
Archives documenting an early Cold War-era massacre on a South Korean island and the decadeslong truth-finding process seeking reconciliation that followed have been selected by UNESCO for preservation.

German archive where victims of the Nazis come back to life - Céline LE PRIOUX (KTEN, 2025)
If it wasn't for the Arolsen Archives, half-sisters Sula Miller and Helen Schaller would never have met.

Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive - Harter, Fred (The Guardian, 2025)
In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images
Keywords: Africa; Christianity; Ethiopia; Global development; Religion; World news

Irish data privacy watchdog opens investigation into Musk's Grok AI model - Hartmann, Théophane (Euractiv, 2025)
Under the GDPR, X could be fined up to 4% of its annual global turnover.

Why is evidence of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza disappearing? - Lila Hassan (Al Jazeera, 2025)
Israel’s siege and tech censorship are erasing evidence of Gaza’s war crimes faster than they can be saved.

Politicians Shouldn’t Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts - Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde; Ovenden, Richard (The New York Times, 2025)
The Trump administration has started purging the government’s digital memory. Democracies die without proper archiving and public records.
Keywords: Archives and Records; Computers and the Internet; Data Storage; Data.gov; Medicine and Health; National Archives and Records Administration; Research; Trump, Donald J; United States Politics and Government

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters - Lerner, Sharon (ProPublica, 2025)
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

The Trump Administration’s Assaults on Black History - Trey Walk (Human Rights Watch, 2025)
This week, it was reported that the United States National Park Service had begun scrubbing information from its exhibits about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad; one of the most significant stories of resistance against chattel slavery in the United States.

Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ horrific and widespread use of sexual violence leaves lives in tatters - Amnesty International (Amnesty International, 2025)
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across the country.