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Our partner Derechos Digitales is celebrating a milestone: in 2025, they prevented Meta from censoring political activism in Argentina.
The Oversight Board reversed the removal of a political poem critical of the government, which had been published as an image.
The Oversight Board reversed the removal of a political poem critical of the government, which had been published as an image.
Nuestra incidencia en la decisión del Consejo Asesor de Meta contra la censura de un poema sobre la protesta política en Argentina
El Consejo Asesor de Contenido de Meta revirtió la eliminación de un poema político crítico hacia el Gobierno argentino, publicado en formato de imágenes. Al tomar esta decisión, el Consejo consideró…
www.derechosdigitales.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our partner Derechos Digitales is celebrating a milestone: in 2025, they prevented Meta from censoring political activism in Argentina.
The Oversight Board reversed the removal of a political poem critical of the government, which had been published as an image.
The Oversight Board reversed the removal of a political poem critical of the government, which had been published as an image.
Want to know why you are being followed around the web by the same ad? It’s really easy just go to…we’re kidding you’ll never know 😡
✨ But there are things you can do. Read our guides:
✨ But there are things you can do. Read our guides:
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privacyinternational.org
January 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Want to know why you are being followed around the web by the same ad? It’s really easy just go to…we’re kidding you’ll never know 😡
✨ But there are things you can do. Read our guides:
✨ But there are things you can do. Read our guides:
Every time you use your device, you generate unique identifiers which can be accessed by the police.
Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest
Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest
Free to Protest | Privacy International
We all need to understand the range of surveillance tools that police forces around the world can use to monitor and identify you if you attend a protest, and how you can better protect yourself from...
pvcy.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Every time you use your device, you generate unique identifiers which can be accessed by the police.
Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest
Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧 pvcy.org/freetoprotest
The new handbook for European Union Election Observation includes tips for election observers to assess the use of election technologies and adherence to data protection and privacy laws: www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
www.eeas.europa.eu
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The new handbook for European Union Election Observation includes tips for election observers to assess the use of election technologies and adherence to data protection and privacy laws: www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
We’re asking companies to
- Publish information about the algorithms they use
- Provide personalised explanations of how algorithms were involved in decisions
- Let workers & their reps test how management algorithms function
Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org
- Publish information about the algorithms they use
- Provide personalised explanations of how algorithms were involved in decisions
- Let workers & their reps test how management algorithms function
Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
We’re asking companies to
- Publish information about the algorithms they use
- Provide personalised explanations of how algorithms were involved in decisions
- Let workers & their reps test how management algorithms function
Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org
- Publish information about the algorithms they use
- Provide personalised explanations of how algorithms were involved in decisions
- Let workers & their reps test how management algorithms function
Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org
Climate activists we surveyed stated that tech was essential to their activism, and a majority rely on social media for their work. To support those protecting our planet, we created a guide to limit social media monitoring.
How to avoid social media monitoring: A Guide for Climate Activists
The defense and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists and human rights defenders.
pvcy.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Climate activists we surveyed stated that tech was essential to their activism, and a majority rely on social media for their work. To support those protecting our planet, we created a guide to limit social media monitoring.
In England’s schools, children are tracked through a vast, opaque network of digital systems that turn education into a lifelong exercise in data collection and surveillance.
Read more:
Read more:
From Playground to Database: child data in education
In England’s schools, children are not only pupils but also data subjects. From the moment they are born, a digital record begins to take shape — one that will follow them through nursery, primary...
privacyinternational.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In England’s schools, children are tracked through a vast, opaque network of digital systems that turn education into a lifelong exercise in data collection and surveillance.
Read more:
Read more:
As governments exert control over access to the Web, people are increasingly turning to VPNs to access social media and to read & share info on upcoming protests.
Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
A guide to VPN use
What protections might VPNs offer? Adds an extra layer of encryption between your device and the VPN exit, hiding the content and metadata of your traffic, and true destination of your Internet browsing,...
privacyinternational.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
As governments exert control over access to the Web, people are increasingly turning to VPNs to access social media and to read & share info on upcoming protests.
Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
Heard about companies tracking you and collecting your data to profile you? Learn about those who shape our secret identities and how to fight back!
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Heard about companies tracking you and collecting your data to profile you? Learn about those who shape our secret identities and how to fight back!
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read stories from those affected:
Read stories from those affected:
Prosecuted for Protesting
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and we’ve been tracking its use around the world for years.
privacyinternational.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read stories from those affected:
Read stories from those affected:
🃏 States are increasingly employing technologies to run their elections. Reasons given for the use of these technologies are: increased transparency, facilitation of voter identification, fighting corruption, and increasing confidence in election results.
December 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🃏 States are increasingly employing technologies to run their elections. Reasons given for the use of these technologies are: increased transparency, facilitation of voter identification, fighting corruption, and increasing confidence in election results.
🧐 There’s a misconception that privacy is just about hiding personal information, but privacy is actually so much more than that.
Privacy is foundational to who we are as human beings.
Privacy is foundational to who we are as human beings.
privacyinternational.org
December 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🧐 There’s a misconception that privacy is just about hiding personal information, but privacy is actually so much more than that.
Privacy is foundational to who we are as human beings.
Privacy is foundational to who we are as human beings.
The defence and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists. 🌱💚 We surveyed climate activists on their use of tech and created a guide to mitigate information shared online & limit social media monitoring.
How to avoid social media monitoring: A Guide for Climate Activists
The defense and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists and human rights defenders.
pvcy.org
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The defence and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists. 🌱💚 We surveyed climate activists on their use of tech and created a guide to mitigate information shared online & limit social media monitoring.
It is easy to feel helpless in face of the many companies that profile us online. That’s why we’ve given you some tips for how you could limit the intrusions into your online activity! ⬇️💪
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It is easy to feel helpless in face of the many companies that profile us online. That’s why we’ve given you some tips for how you could limit the intrusions into your online activity! ⬇️💪
It can be overwhelming to think about the amount of data big tech has about us. But there are things you can do.
For example, you might be able to ask companies to give you a copy of your data. Learn how 💪
For example, you might be able to ask companies to give you a copy of your data. Learn how 💪
7+1 tips on how to make the most out of your DSAR
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privacyinternational.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It can be overwhelming to think about the amount of data big tech has about us. But there are things you can do.
For example, you might be able to ask companies to give you a copy of your data. Learn how 💪
For example, you might be able to ask companies to give you a copy of your data. Learn how 💪
Throughout 2025 we have seen the rapid expansion of facial recognition technology (FRT) on streets across the UK, raising worrying questions for our human rights.
December 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Throughout 2025 we have seen the rapid expansion of facial recognition technology (FRT) on streets across the UK, raising worrying questions for our human rights.
Think Office365 is just about Word, Outlook and Teams? What if we told you it can also be used by your employer to spy on you?
WFH - Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveillance creep
Imagine your performance at work was assessed directly from the amount of e-mails sent, the amount of time consumed editing a document, or the time spent in meetings or even moving your mouse. This may...
privacyinternational.org
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Think Office365 is just about Word, Outlook and Teams? What if we told you it can also be used by your employer to spy on you?
Following our complaint, the EU Ombudsman opened an investigation into the European Commission’s refusal to disclose documents related to mergers. Find out more in our latest results summary, covering our autumn achievements: pvcy.org/jDDWd1
Producing real change: key highlights of our 2025 results by season
We continue producing real change by challenging governments and corporations that use data and technology to exploit us.Though 2025 has been a tumultuous year, we’ve achieved some wins and we would…
pvcy.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Following our complaint, the EU Ombudsman opened an investigation into the European Commission’s refusal to disclose documents related to mergers. Find out more in our latest results summary, covering our autumn achievements: pvcy.org/jDDWd1
We think that big tech’s data dominance is affecting the functioning of democracy and have profound societal impacts.
Competition and Data | Privacy International
Effective competition is necessary for privacy and innovation. Increasingly the digital economy is characterised by a few companies in dominant positions. These companies are able to impose terms and...
privacyinternational.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We think that big tech’s data dominance is affecting the functioning of democracy and have profound societal impacts.
It’s easy to feel like there’s nothing you can do to stop being tracked online by advertisers.
✨ But we want you to know that there are steps you can take right now to be a bit more protected. 👇
✨ But we want you to know that there are steps you can take right now to be a bit more protected. 👇
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privacyinternational.org
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s easy to feel like there’s nothing you can do to stop being tracked online by advertisers.
✨ But we want you to know that there are steps you can take right now to be a bit more protected. 👇
✨ But we want you to know that there are steps you can take right now to be a bit more protected. 👇
Online tracking can take many forms and shape. One of those is the seemingly harmless share buttons you sometimes encounter.
Tracking as a service: ShareThis to be profiled!
Behind their tecchie names, AddThis and ShareThis are simple services: they allow web-developers and less tech-savvy users to integrate social networking "share" buttons on their site.
privacyinternational.org
December 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Online tracking can take many forms and shape. One of those is the seemingly harmless share buttons you sometimes encounter.
Everything you do online might be used to profile you. But who are the profilers? What do they do with your data? 🤔
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Everything you do online might be used to profile you. But who are the profilers? What do they do with your data? 🤔
Apps and websites are full of prying third parties who want to know more about you 👀. It’s time for you to know more about them and learn how to fight back
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Apps and websites are full of prying third parties who want to know more about you 👀. It’s time for you to know more about them and learn how to fight back
Dazzled and confused by the myriad of companies harvesting your personal data to profile you?
Dive in with us to understand who these companies are and what they do 💪
Dive in with us to understand who these companies are and what they do 💪
The companies in control of our secret identities
Now more than ever with a global pandemic happening, our lives are being shaped by our interaction with the digital world.
privacyinternational.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Dazzled and confused by the myriad of companies harvesting your personal data to profile you?
Dive in with us to understand who these companies are and what they do 💪
Dive in with us to understand who these companies are and what they do 💪
Schools should not be gateways to lifelong data surveillance. It is time to ask where these boundaries should lie, and who gets to decide.
From Playground to Database: child data in education
In England’s schools, children are not only pupils but also data subjects. From the moment they are born, a digital record begins to take shape — one that will follow them through nursery, primary...
privacyinternational.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Schools should not be gateways to lifelong data surveillance. It is time to ask where these boundaries should lie, and who gets to decide.