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Mallory Knodel

Mallory Knodel

Crusade to stop abortion comes to the internet

Crusade to stop abortion comes to the internet

Stop taking down abortion websites. After this week's unanimous US Supreme Court decision to preserve access to abortion pills Jessica Valenti writes, "Anti-abortion groups will continue chipping away at everything they can on various fronts- fronts-from the bullshit claim that abortion medication poisons the environment and harassment

A news-heavy week in standards

A news-heavy week in standards

The US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke at the Atlantic Council earlier this week. I was a keen audience member because Tai has recently walked back lines drawn by the US in the WTO's e-commerce negotiations, which I've written about previously. A core quote from her

World Summit on the Information Society

World Summit on the Information Society

Our WSIS+20 HLE Panel Highlights Human Rights and Internet Standards (my blog last week @CDT) On May 27th, government officials and representatives of the private sector, academia and civil society from around the world will gather in preparation for marking the two decades since the first World Summit on

A human rights-based approach to standards

A human rights-based approach to standards

I really enjoyed this conversation with colleagues in which I got to go into some of the specific threats to human rights in the current technical landscape. Video formats are fun, and so is reaching out to a new audience: And on the theme of non-English contexts I also spoke

Internet shutdowns

Internet shutdowns

Everyone should read the newly published annual report on internet shutdowns in 2023. In "SHRINKING DEMOCRACY, GROWING VIOLENCE," the #KeepItOn coalition led by Access Now reports on the latest trends in shutdowns, which are only growing in number and duration: * Shutdowns continue to shroud grave human rights abuses

Supporting Internet Privacy from the Ground Up

Supporting Internet Privacy from the Ground Up

Supporting Internet Privacy from the Ground Up – Read on the CDT blog Sometimes even simple online actions can have serious consequences. A link in your email could be malware. Your cellphone plan provider might be tracking all of the websites that you visit. And in some countries, it might not

An AdCo for Quad9 considers Human Rights Impact

An AdCo for Quad9 considers Human Rights Impact

Quad9 Announces Advisory Council to Consider Human Rights Impacts (read on Quad9.net) On Sunday, April the 28th, the eve of the NetMundial+10 convergence in Sao Paulo, the recursive DNS resolver Quad9 launched an advisory council to tackle questions of human rights impacts, especially on privacy and equity for