Tag Archives: Amnesty International

Qatar’s contact tracing app put over one million people’s info at risk

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Contact tracing apps have the potential to slow the spread of COVID-19. But without proper security safeguards, some fear they could put users’ data and sensitive info at risk. Until now, that threat has been theoretical. Today, Amnesty International...

Amnesty International: Facebook and Google are a threat to human rights

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Amnesty International, the premiere human rights organization, says Facebook and Google pose an unprecedented systematic threat to human rights. Specifically, Amnesty is concerned with the companies' "pervasive surveillance." In a new report, the org...

Nigeria announces cease-fire with Boko Haram

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According to the New York Times, Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government have reached a cease-fire and may mark the end of a five-year conflict. The newspaper notes that while...