Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil gas Governments Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | June 28, 2021 Facebook ad targeting could be used to incite sectarian violence Investigation shows that highly inflammatory content targeted at people across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland was approved for use on Facebook shortly before riots took place in the country Press release | June 23, 2021 As Myanmar's military massacred civilians, Facebook's algorithm amplified pro-military, misleading and violent content New evidence shows that the social media giant failed to uphold its own rules on incitement to violence and spread of false information in relation to the military coup Press release | May 20, 2021 Congolese PR firm with links to former president behind smear campaign targeting Global Witness and partners, investigation suggests We have uncovered links between a politically-connected PR firm in DRC and an online smear campaign launched following the publication of a joint report with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa Press release | April 15, 2021 “Big blow” for advertising on social media - new polling in France and Germany finds majority oppose personal information being used to target them with advertising on digital platforms New polling of regular social media users in Germany and France reveals that 83% of people don’t want their personal data used to target them with political ads. Statement | Dec. 15, 2020 Global Witness statement on the draft Digital Services Act We are disappointed the European Commission’s newly proposed Digital Services Act fails to establish any limits on the controversial practice of micro-targeting Statement | Dec. 11, 2020 Joint Statement: in solidarity with Timnit Gebru Along with the Google Walkout organisers, our organisations call on Google to strengthen its commitment to integrity, anti-racism, and adherence to the company’s own AI Principles in its research Press release | Dec. 3, 2020 Global Witness statement on the European Democracy Action Plan Today’s EU Action Plan takes an important first step towards safeguarding European democracy, promising legislation to protect citizens from the very real harms created by the micro-targeting of political ads Press release | Nov. 30, 2020 5.3bn political ads were shown on Facebook in the week before the US election The fanfare around the company’s ban on new political ads did not prevent over $100 million dollars being spent on political ads that recycled old content or were re-targeted to new people. Facebook’s ban on new political ads ahead of the US elections was touted as a way for the platform to protect US democracy. New analysis published by Global Witness today shows that the policy was little more than a token effort. Press release | Oct. 30, 2020 New polling in key battleground states suggests voters are uneasy about targeted online political ads Half of US voters who are regular social media users in three key swing states think the use of targeted political ads is detrimental to US democracy Press release | May 14, 2020 Investigation reveals serious concerns over Guatemala COVID-19 app Global Witness investigation shows human rights risks attached to COVID-19 tracing apps
