Held to Account

When courts and researchers catch up.

Most of what we publish describes something going wrong. This series is the counterweight: cases where a court, a researcher or a stubborn organisation forced an answer out of an institution that would rather not have given one.

The wins are partial and they take years, sometimes decades. That is exactly why they are worth collecting in one place.

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1. 70 years on, Argentine court declares ‘Operation Massacre’ a crime against humanity
   July 20, 2026 — A verdict seven decades after the killings, and why the delay is part of the story.
2. Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data
   July 20, 2026 — A court treats location history as something private by default.
3. EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay
   July 20, 2026 — A legal challenge to the secrecy surrounding biometric surveillance.
4. How an AI research tool helped challenge support for police violence in Brazil
   July 26, 2026 — Researchers turn the tools of automation back on the people using them.

The series continues

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