Hackers can disrupt local government services, like this library in Willmar, Texas. The town suffered a cyberattack in August 2019.
Same-sex couples often face hostility and opposition in India.
In mid-December 2021, Brazil’s Congress ratified the Budapest Convention on Cybercrimes after an unusually fast process marked by little debate and almost zero transparency. Experts warn that the roll-out was problematic, not least because the treaty may put citizen data in general at risk and open the way to criminalizing the work of InfoSecresearchers and activists.
Many governments use laws against disinformation to silence dissent