Ilaria Fevola
@ilariafevola.bsky.social
Lawyer working on #frespeech #transparency #ATI #mediafreedom #environment. LL.M #HumanRights. #Italian in #London. Yogini
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We condemn reports that barristers at @doughtystreet.bsky.social, including @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, have been subjected to a “campaign of intimidation” for representing #HongKong activist #JimmyLai. A clear attempt to deter them—these tactics will not succeed: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state
Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We condemn reports that barristers at @doughtystreet.bsky.social, including @caoilfhionn.bsky.social, have been subjected to a “campaign of intimidation” for representing #HongKong activist #JimmyLai. A clear attempt to deter them—these tactics will not succeed: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
🚨 The EU Commission is ditching key transparency rules—violating the Aarhus Convention.
@clientearth.bsky.social is taking legal action to challenge this rollback, defending the public’s right to know who influences EU decisions.
🔗 Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
@clientearth.bsky.social is taking legal action to challenge this rollback, defending the public’s right to know who influences EU decisions.
🔗 Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
ClientEarth challenges the European Commission for ditching transparency rules | ClientEarth
ClientEarth lawyers have challenged the European Commission for ditching key transparency rules, in blatant breach of EU law and binding court decisions.
www.clientearth.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨 The EU Commission is ditching key transparency rules—violating the Aarhus Convention.
@clientearth.bsky.social is taking legal action to challenge this rollback, defending the public’s right to know who influences EU decisions.
🔗 Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
@clientearth.bsky.social is taking legal action to challenge this rollback, defending the public’s right to know who influences EU decisions.
🔗 Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
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Poland must fully decriminalise defamation to combat SLAPPs and protect free expression.
ARTICLE 19 joins civil society organisations, journalists, and publishers in calling for urgent reform.
www.article19.org/resources/po...
ARTICLE 19 joins civil society organisations, journalists, and publishers in calling for urgent reform.
www.article19.org/resources/po...
Poland: Decriminalisation of defamation crucial for combatting SLAPPs - ARTICLE 19
Full decriminalisation of defamation is an essential step in combating legal harassment against public watchdogs in Poland.
www.article19.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Poland must fully decriminalise defamation to combat SLAPPs and protect free expression.
ARTICLE 19 joins civil society organisations, journalists, and publishers in calling for urgent reform.
www.article19.org/resources/po...
ARTICLE 19 joins civil society organisations, journalists, and publishers in calling for urgent reform.
www.article19.org/resources/po...
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Evidence of the surveillance of environmental activists keeps mounting, so we put together a guide on how to limit social media monitoring for those protecting our planet 🌎
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
January 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Evidence of the surveillance of environmental activists keeps mounting, so we put together a guide on how to limit social media monitoring for those protecting our planet 🌎
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🚨 Major tech companies are pushing to weaken #EUAIAct, aiming to exempt powerful models like #ChatGPT from regulation. Our colleague Ilaria is following this closely! Check out Wired article for insights on how lobbying could impact AI oversight in #EU
#TechLobbying #Transparency
shorturl.at/4cxYC
#TechLobbying #Transparency
shorturl.at/4cxYC
Le multinazionali del tech hanno ficcato il naso nell'AI Act. Forse un po' troppo
Riunioni a porte chiuse, nessun elenco dei partecipanti, troppe multinazionali e società di consulenza: la denuncia di una ong apre uno squarcio sulle regole
shorturl.at
January 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨 Major tech companies are pushing to weaken #EUAIAct, aiming to exempt powerful models like #ChatGPT from regulation. Our colleague Ilaria is following this closely! Check out Wired article for insights on how lobbying could impact AI oversight in #EU
#TechLobbying #Transparency
shorturl.at/4cxYC
#TechLobbying #Transparency
shorturl.at/4cxYC
🌍 Excited to share our new policy brief on #AccessToInformation & #Digitalization for Transparent Public Administration in #Tunisia!
It was amazing to work on this with my colleagues & present it in Tunisia. The lessons can inspire reforms worldwide.
📖 Read here: www.article19.org/resources/tu...
It was amazing to work on this with my colleagues & present it in Tunisia. The lessons can inspire reforms worldwide.
📖 Read here: www.article19.org/resources/tu...
Tunisia: Access to Information and digitalization - ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19's policy brief assesses digital technologies as transformative tools for advancing transparency and good governance in Tunisia.
www.article19.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌍 Excited to share our new policy brief on #AccessToInformation & #Digitalization for Transparent Public Administration in #Tunisia!
It was amazing to work on this with my colleagues & present it in Tunisia. The lessons can inspire reforms worldwide.
📖 Read here: www.article19.org/resources/tu...
It was amazing to work on this with my colleagues & present it in Tunisia. The lessons can inspire reforms worldwide.
📖 Read here: www.article19.org/resources/tu...
🚨 #Italy demands the immediate release of journalist Cecilia Sala, detained in Iran. Press freedom is non-negotiable—journalists must not be silenced for doing their job. #FreeCeciliaSala #PressFreedom 🌍🖊️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Italy presses Iran for immediate release of journalist held in Tehran
Foreign ministry summons ambassador as Cecilia Sala reportedly tells family she sleeps on floor of prison cell
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🚨 #Italy demands the immediate release of journalist Cecilia Sala, detained in Iran. Press freedom is non-negotiable—journalists must not be silenced for doing their job. #FreeCeciliaSala #PressFreedom 🌍🖊️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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🚨🚨 Discovery of a huge secret underground archive library belonging to the #Assad regime, containing files, documents, and reports of informants, which the informants prepared on civilians.
📌#Reports written by informants from 1980 until now, reports that are absolutely unimaginable.
📌#Reports written by informants from 1980 until now, reports that are absolutely unimaginable.
December 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
🚨🚨 Discovery of a huge secret underground archive library belonging to the #Assad regime, containing files, documents, and reports of informants, which the informants prepared on civilians.
📌#Reports written by informants from 1980 until now, reports that are absolutely unimaginable.
📌#Reports written by informants from 1980 until now, reports that are absolutely unimaginable.
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interesting. I have a memory that Straw was opposed to FoI. Prescott & Falconer appear here to have taken a more transparent approach
Govt papers from 2003/04 released today by National Archives show how cabinet ministers were uneasy about FOI coming into force - this is a memo from John Prescott to Tony Blair
December 31, 2024 at 5:37 PM
interesting. I have a memory that Straw was opposed to FoI. Prescott & Falconer appear here to have taken a more transparent approach
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‘Renting is nothing short of brutal. Rents are rising at an astronomical and unsustainable rate.’ Rents in London increased by 11.6% in the 12 months to November 2024 www.ft.com/content/fa6f...
December 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
‘Renting is nothing short of brutal. Rents are rising at an astronomical and unsustainable rate.’ Rents in London increased by 11.6% in the 12 months to November 2024 www.ft.com/content/fa6f...
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Which of the EU's Directorate-Generals is the slowest of them all? Answer 👇
Commission too slow to enforce EU rules, auditors say
Court of Auditors says better staff allocation is needed to carry out enforcement in a timely way.
www.politico.eu
December 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Which of the EU's Directorate-Generals is the slowest of them all? Answer 👇
📢 Alarming reports of journalist surveillance in #Serbia threaten press freedom & source confidentiality.
We urge authorities to:
🔍 Investigate thoroughly
⚖️ Ensure accountability
🛡️ Protect journalists' rights
Read more: www.article19.org/resources/se...
#PressFreedom #HumanRights
We urge authorities to:
🔍 Investigate thoroughly
⚖️ Ensure accountability
🛡️ Protect journalists' rights
Read more: www.article19.org/resources/se...
#PressFreedom #HumanRights
Serbia: Investigate surveillance of journalists and sources now - ARTICLE 19
Serbian intelligence services and police used spyware and other digital tools to hack journalists' phones – part of surveillance campaign.
www.article19.org
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
📢 Alarming reports of journalist surveillance in #Serbia threaten press freedom & source confidentiality.
We urge authorities to:
🔍 Investigate thoroughly
⚖️ Ensure accountability
🛡️ Protect journalists' rights
Read more: www.article19.org/resources/se...
#PressFreedom #HumanRights
We urge authorities to:
🔍 Investigate thoroughly
⚖️ Ensure accountability
🛡️ Protect journalists' rights
Read more: www.article19.org/resources/se...
#PressFreedom #HumanRights
📡 Is universal connectivity always the goal? This thought-provoking piece explores the right to opt out of digital networks and rethink what "connection" means. A must-read for advocates of tech and human rights.
👉 www.rhizomatica.org/keeping-it-a...
#DigitalRights #UniversalConnectivity
👉 www.rhizomatica.org/keeping-it-a...
#DigitalRights #UniversalConnectivity
Keeping it Analog: A framework for opting out of connectivity // rhizomatica
www.rhizomatica.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:19 AM
📡 Is universal connectivity always the goal? This thought-provoking piece explores the right to opt out of digital networks and rethink what "connection" means. A must-read for advocates of tech and human rights.
👉 www.rhizomatica.org/keeping-it-a...
#DigitalRights #UniversalConnectivity
👉 www.rhizomatica.org/keeping-it-a...
#DigitalRights #UniversalConnectivity
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🆕 Privacy is essential for Indigenous peoples to exercise their rights, to better protect their cultural heritage and prevent external exploitation, and surveillance of their lands.
Privacy and autonomy: Redefining boundaries for Indigenous communities
In 2019, the Waorani achieved a huge legal victory against the Ecuadorian government.
privacyinternational.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
🆕 Privacy is essential for Indigenous peoples to exercise their rights, to better protect their cultural heritage and prevent external exploitation, and surveillance of their lands.
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#Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack #journalists and activists!
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists
Serbian authorities are using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists in a surveillance campaign.
www.amnesty.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM
#Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack #journalists and activists!
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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🚨 Growing threats to #FoE in #Italy 🇮🇹 make the fight for #HumanRights more crucial than ever!
Check out our new webpage, showcasing
@article19.bsky.social's work to protect journos, tackle #SLAPPs, defend #MediaFreedom & access to info. @ilariafevola.bsky.social
🔖 www.article19.org/region/italy/
Check out our new webpage, showcasing
@article19.bsky.social's work to protect journos, tackle #SLAPPs, defend #MediaFreedom & access to info. @ilariafevola.bsky.social
🔖 www.article19.org/region/italy/
December 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
🚨 Growing threats to #FoE in #Italy 🇮🇹 make the fight for #HumanRights more crucial than ever!
Check out our new webpage, showcasing
@article19.bsky.social's work to protect journos, tackle #SLAPPs, defend #MediaFreedom & access to info. @ilariafevola.bsky.social
🔖 www.article19.org/region/italy/
Check out our new webpage, showcasing
@article19.bsky.social's work to protect journos, tackle #SLAPPs, defend #MediaFreedom & access to info. @ilariafevola.bsky.social
🔖 www.article19.org/region/italy/
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We continue to expand our series of #disinformation landscape #factsheets! The latest additions are:
🔗 Croatia: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Denmark: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Czech Republic: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
Access the full collection here:
🌍 www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Croatia: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Denmark: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Czech Republic: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
Access the full collection here:
🌍 www.disinfo.eu/publications...
December 16, 2024 at 11:58 AM
We continue to expand our series of #disinformation landscape #factsheets! The latest additions are:
🔗 Croatia: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Denmark: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Czech Republic: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
Access the full collection here:
🌍 www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Croatia: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Denmark: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
🔗 Czech Republic: www.disinfo.eu/publications...
Access the full collection here:
🌍 www.disinfo.eu/publications...
Tragic news: OpenAI whistleblower found dead.
This highlights the immense mental toll whistleblowers face when speaking out. Protecting those who risk everything to expose the truth from retaliation is critical.
Rest in peace. 💔
news.sky.com/story/openai...
#Whistleblowers #MentalHealth #OpenAI
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment
The New York Times published a story about Suchir Balaji's concerns around OpenAI in October, where he told them: "If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company."
news.sky.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Tragic news: OpenAI whistleblower found dead.
This highlights the immense mental toll whistleblowers face when speaking out. Protecting those who risk everything to expose the truth from retaliation is critical.
Rest in peace. 💔
news.sky.com/story/openai...
#Whistleblowers #MentalHealth #OpenAI
🚨 New webpage alert!
Explore all of @ARTICLE19org’s work in Italy:
📢 Monitoring attacks on journalists
⚖️ Analyzing defamation laws & SLAPPs
🛠️ Advocacy tools for local actors
📝 Updates on strategic litigation
👉 Check it out: www.article19.org/region/italy/
#MediaFreedom #SLAPPs #Italy
Explore all of @ARTICLE19org’s work in Italy:
📢 Monitoring attacks on journalists
⚖️ Analyzing defamation laws & SLAPPs
🛠️ Advocacy tools for local actors
📝 Updates on strategic litigation
👉 Check it out: www.article19.org/region/italy/
#MediaFreedom #SLAPPs #Italy
December 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🚨 New webpage alert!
Explore all of @ARTICLE19org’s work in Italy:
📢 Monitoring attacks on journalists
⚖️ Analyzing defamation laws & SLAPPs
🛠️ Advocacy tools for local actors
📝 Updates on strategic litigation
👉 Check it out: www.article19.org/region/italy/
#MediaFreedom #SLAPPs #Italy
Explore all of @ARTICLE19org’s work in Italy:
📢 Monitoring attacks on journalists
⚖️ Analyzing defamation laws & SLAPPs
🛠️ Advocacy tools for local actors
📝 Updates on strategic litigation
👉 Check it out: www.article19.org/region/italy/
#MediaFreedom #SLAPPs #Italy
#Syria transition period should prioritise upholding free speech, promoting dialogue and empowering citizens to participate in shaping their future and draft a new constitution reflect human rights. #FreeSpeech #Constitution #Transition #Democracy
Syria's new caretaker government is managing the country while preparing for a leadership transition.
Here's what you need to know aje.io/g2vqjo
Here's what you need to know aje.io/g2vqjo
December 15, 2024 at 9:37 PM
#Syria transition period should prioritise upholding free speech, promoting dialogue and empowering citizens to participate in shaping their future and draft a new constitution reflect human rights. #FreeSpeech #Constitution #Transition #Democracy
ARTICLE 19 welcomes #UN new Global Digital Compact!
This is a step towards a more collaborative digital future and multi-stakeholder participation.
However, we need stronger commitments to ensure open, inclusive, and people-centered digital world. #GDC
www.article19.org/resources/un...
This is a step towards a more collaborative digital future and multi-stakeholder participation.
However, we need stronger commitments to ensure open, inclusive, and people-centered digital world. #GDC
www.article19.org/resources/un...
UN: Global Digital Compact must build a truly collaborative digital future - ARTICLE 19
Civil society groups urge commitments to a transparent and rights-based approach to the implementation of the UN Global Digital Compact.
www.article19.org
December 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
ARTICLE 19 welcomes #UN new Global Digital Compact!
This is a step towards a more collaborative digital future and multi-stakeholder participation.
However, we need stronger commitments to ensure open, inclusive, and people-centered digital world. #GDC
www.article19.org/resources/un...
This is a step towards a more collaborative digital future and multi-stakeholder participation.
However, we need stronger commitments to ensure open, inclusive, and people-centered digital world. #GDC
www.article19.org/resources/un...
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#IGF2024 starts today in Riyadh #SaudiArabia.
We are not attending 🙅♀️
Hosting forum on internet governance in country known for silencing dissent and repressing #freespeech is a glaring contradiction. We cannot discuss #humanrights where those rights are systematically violated!
#IGF2024 #FreeSpeech
We are not attending 🙅♀️
Hosting forum on internet governance in country known for silencing dissent and repressing #freespeech is a glaring contradiction. We cannot discuss #humanrights where those rights are systematically violated!
#IGF2024 #FreeSpeech
December 15, 2024 at 9:52 AM
#IGF2024 starts today in Riyadh #SaudiArabia.
We are not attending 🙅♀️
Hosting forum on internet governance in country known for silencing dissent and repressing #freespeech is a glaring contradiction. We cannot discuss #humanrights where those rights are systematically violated!
#IGF2024 #FreeSpeech
We are not attending 🙅♀️
Hosting forum on internet governance in country known for silencing dissent and repressing #freespeech is a glaring contradiction. We cannot discuss #humanrights where those rights are systematically violated!
#IGF2024 #FreeSpeech
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🚨Freedom of expression is not a luxury but a necessity for civilians trapped amidst extreme violence.
Find out how FoE is protected during conflict in our new report: Clearing the Fog of War.
www.article19.org/free-express...
Find out how FoE is protected during conflict in our new report: Clearing the Fog of War.
www.article19.org/free-express...
December 4, 2024 at 12:30 PM
🚨Freedom of expression is not a luxury but a necessity for civilians trapped amidst extreme violence.
Find out how FoE is protected during conflict in our new report: Clearing the Fog of War.
www.article19.org/free-express...
Find out how FoE is protected during conflict in our new report: Clearing the Fog of War.
www.article19.org/free-express...