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Apply for the Digital Rights – end of – Summer School!

The applications for the 2026 Digital Rights Summer School in Montenegro are now open! The School takes place from 20 to 26 September and the program is designed for enthusiasts based in the Western Balkans and Southeast Europe (SEE), who are passionate about digital rights and eager to learn more about the latest developments in […]

Facing Digital Risks

Quarterly report In the latest overview of the SHARE Foundation’s digital rights monitoring in Serbia, a total of 35 digital rights violations were recorded between March and the end of May 2026. Fraud, threats and manipulation once again accounted for the largest number of cases, with 22 incidents. The other two categories were significantly less […]

Digital sabotage and physical endangerment

Quarterly report In the latest overview from the digital rights monitoring in Serbia, carried out by the SHARE Foundation, a total of 57 violations of human rights in the digital environment were recorded from December until the end of February 2026. The fraud, threats and manipulation category was again the most prominent with 48 violations. […]

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Instagram Sabotage: The Saga Continues

Following another wave of attacks on the Instagram accounts of activists, independent media and civil society organisations, SHARE Foundation called on Meta to investigate potential networks engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour and to take appropriate measures to dismantle them, including shutting down the accounts of those organising such activity. We also requested the establishment of […]

Call for Applications: Digital Security Fellowship

SHARE Foundation invites applications for the Digital Security Fellowship, a regional research-oriented and capacity-building programme open to participants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The Fellowship is designed for individuals who already have experience in digital security, as well as for those who aim to expand and deepen their knowledge […]

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Instagram sabotage

Amid ongoing social unrest and a tightly controlled traditional media landscape, the internet has become essential for communication and organising. Instagram, one of the most widely used platforms in Serbia, is a key source of information for many citizens about student and civic protests and enables on-the-ground reporting, particularly when documenting violence against protesters. Shutting […]

Abuses Fail to Dislodge Cellebrite from Serbia

The license for several dozen controversial forensic tools from the Israeli company Cellebrite has been extended for Serbia’s Ministry of the Interior until mid-next year, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has reported. According to their findings, the permit was renewed in April this year. Just two months earlier, Cellebrite had announced that it was “to […]

What is the future of youth participation in digital democracy?

Over the course of 2 years,  EYDR – Youth Participation in Digital Democracy: From Digital Skills to Digital Rights of Youth with Fewer Opportunities has worked to engage, connect, and empower young people in the digital world by developing their digital skills and raising awareness about their digital rights with an approach that balances protection […]

Citizens’ Nightmare: A Manual for Understanding Spyware

In recent years, spyware has emerged as one of the gravest threats to human rights and a central instrument of repression and social control. Intrusive by design, it operates silently in the background, stripping away what should be every person’s safest sanctuary – privacy. At first glance, its use can appear justified – safeguarding national […]

Revealing NoviSpy: Technical Analysis of a Serbian Android Spyware

How forced-root installation, systematic permission abuse, and stealth SMS command-and-control expose Serbia’s expanding digital repression By: Janko Marković In recent years, state-driven surveillance in Serbia has intensified considerably, evolving from sporadic interventions into a more systematic form of digital repression. Within this troubling landscape, NoviSpy has emerged as a custom-built Android spyware, reportedly engineered to […]

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