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18Jul/23

Penalties, passes, and a touch of politics: the Women’s World Cup is about to kick off

July 18, 2023FootballAmir Nasr Azadani, Auckland, Australia, Brisbane, China, Creative Commons, David Rowe, FIFA, Gianni Infantino, Harry Kane, Ireland, Mahsa Amini, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, OneLove, Qatar, Russia, Sam Kerr, Saudi Arabia, Sepp Blatter, Sydney, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zurichadmin

David Rowe, Western Sydney University

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off this Thursday night, the first football world cup hosted by Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

New Zealand opens the tournament by taking on Norway in Auckland, while Australia’s Matildas will play Ireland in front of an anticipated 80,000 fans at a sold out Stadium Australia in Sydney.

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13Jan/23

Reclaiming privacy

January 13, 2023SecurityCensorship, Circumvention, Computing, Content-control software, Digital technology, Egypt, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Great Firewall, India, Information and communications technology, Internet censorship, Internet censorship circumvention, Internet privacy, Internet security, Iran, IRanASignalProxy, Mahsa Amini, META, Proxy server, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Sri Lanka, Tehran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Statesadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Last week, WhatsApp announced a new proxy support feature that will help people stay connected during internet disruptions. The app is often targeted by government censors because messages on the end-to-end encrypted service can’t be intercepted, enabling people to organise protests and share critical information in private.
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