Aymen Zaghdoudi

Jan 7, 2025 | accessnow.org | Eliška Pírková |Aymen Zaghdoudi |Agneris Sampieri

Communications and search platforms like Facebook or Google have become crucial spaces for civic discourse and access to information. But they have also become powerful tools for commercial exploitation, political manipulation, silencing, and control.

Nov 27, 2024 | accessnow.org | Aymen Zaghdoudi

Next month, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) looks set to adopt a new convention on cybercrime; despite myriad warnings from civil society that, as it stands, the convention poses serious threats to digital rights worldwide.

Sep 13, 2024 | article19.org | Aymen Zaghdoudi

This week marks one year since Jordan’s new draconian Cybercrime Law entered into force. This law has proven to be a tool for state repression, stifling dissent and curtailing the human rights of individuals online, including the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy.

Feb 29, 2024 | accessnow.org | Aymen Zaghdoudi

In Saudi Arabia, expressing yourself online is extremely dangerous. Numerous bloggers, dissidents, and women’s rights defenders have faced unjust prosecution, harsh prison sentences, and travel bans simply for expressing dissent and standing up for human rights. This digital repression is set to get even worse. Saudi authorities have recently proposed two laws that, if enacted, would further restrict free expression online, even potentially silencing people outside Saudi Arabia.