Digital rights violations and threats in Palestine
Ene, 18, 2023
Hi-network.com
A new report,Internet Freedoms in Palestine: Mapping of Digital Rights Violations and Threats,shows a decline in Internet freedoms in the Palestinian Territories, focussing principally on attacks on the freedom of expression, media freedoms, and privacy online, reported from 2015 to 2017. The analysis of accessibility to the Internet as a human right includes technical and infrastructure issues, noting that 'no independent Palestinian ICT infrastructure has been allowed to develop since the agreement was signed in 1995 between Israel and the Palestinians due to a number of Israeli restrictions.' Accessibility is also affected by the complexities of the three different governments: the Israeli government, the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and thede factoHamas administration in the Gaza Strip.