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Web Freedom Has Taken a Hit In the course of the Covid-19 Pandemic

From arrests to surveillance, governments are utilizing the novel coronavirus as cowl for a crackdown on digital liberty.
From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty.

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Author: Lily Hay Newman

Lily Hay Newman has recently written 9 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Better anti-tracking measures have become the norm for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other modern browsers. But they still disagree on how exactly they should work". (January 30, 2020)
  2. "The platform has promised to do better after a string of incidents. But the hardest part might be managing user expectations". (February 28, 2021)
  3. "The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers". (April 7, 2021)
  4. "Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection". (October 11, 2020)
  5. "The new Manage Activity feature will let you archive and bulk delete posts for the first time". (June 2, 2020)
  6. "Five years ago, the Department of Defense set dozens of security hygiene goals. A new report finds that it has abandoned or lost track of most of them". (April 15, 2020)
  7. "Just like foods that display health information the package, researchers are exploring a tool that details how connected devices manage data". (June 9, 2020)
  8. "In an interview with WIRED, Facebook's chief privacy officers argue that the company has turned a corner. Again". (October 22, 2020)
  9. "A bad code update allowed anyone to easily reveal which accounts posted to Facebook Pagesincluding celebrities and politiciansfor several hours". (January 11, 2020)
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