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Drone use: does it combat the pandemic or strengthen surveillance?
The use of technology has become a world trend, with the argument of combating the new coronavirus and the pandemic it has generated. Although the application of technology may reinforce preestablished public health policies, it is worrying that it may also be used for mass surveillance purposes. The newspaper Última Hora reported on March 24 […]
Patriarchy produces more deaths than Covid: gender violence in a context of pandemic
In previous articles, we have analyzed how the pandemic has increased the chances of human rights violations to occur. As an example, we can mention the violation of the rights to privacy and to freedom of expression through mass surveillance carried out with the help of new intrusive technologies. In this article, however, we will […]
Mass surveillance in the context of a state of emergency
This research presented by Paloma Lara Castro was carried out within the Global Network Initiative Fellowship and was published originally here. Emergency laws have historically been used to legitimize and amplify mass surveillance and control. Many countries have declared states of emergency to respond more effectively to the coronavirus pandemic, including Paraguay. As a GNI-Internews […]
Call logs: between the Right to Privacy and the prosecution of crimes
The judicial investigation of the murder of young liberal Rodrigo Quintana at the headquarters of the Liberal Party exposed the implication of high leaders of the political power. The lawyers for the complaint insist that call logs can be used as evidence to clarify who gave the order to enter the party’s premises in the […]
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Creative Commons Paraguay
Creative Commons es una organización global sin fines de lucro, dedicada a apoyar una Internet abierta y accesible, que sea enriquecida con conocimiento libre y recursos creativos, que la gente alrededor del mundo pueda usar, compartir y cultivar. Fue fundada el año 2001 por abogados especialistas en derecho informático y copyright: James Boyle, Michael Carroll, […]
Radio Cyborg
Una radio online colaborativa y libre, donde todas y todos compartiremos nuestra voz. Seguinos a través del RSS Feed. Nos podés encontrar también en nuestras cuentas de Mixcloud, Archive, Spotify, Vimeo, Youtube y Spreaker.
Retorno de los Pyrawebs
El retorno de los Pyrawebs es una serie ilustrada co-creada con El Surtidor sobre el estado de indefensión en que nos encontramos porque Paraguay no cumple con estándares mínimos de protección de datos personales. En cinco capítulos, relatamos en detalle la forma en la que evolucionaron los mecanismos de vigilancia, los riesgos a los que […]
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