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Access Now & Others Tell Govts: Don't Use Covid-19 Pandemic As Cover To Expand Digital Surveillance
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 7:24 am | Access Now
Today, Access Now, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Privacy International, and more than 100 human rights and civil liberties organisations and consumer groups from all over the world are uniting to tell governments not to use the coronavirus ... More >>
Access Now Releases Recommendations On Privacy And Data Protection In The Fight Against Covid-19
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 8:22 am | Access Now
Since late 2019, the world has been fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In response to the pandemic, governments around the world have been using data and technology in their efforts to contain the spread of the virus. Access Now puts forward ... More >>
Access Now calls to halt the sale of .org
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 8:17 am | Access Now
While the internet community gathered at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to debate better internet governance structures, we learned that Internet Society (ISOC), with no warning or public input, intends to sell the control of the .ORG domain registry ... More >>
EU states vote on ePrivacy reform
Saturday, 23 November 2019, 11:49 am | Access Now
Brussels, Belgium —Today, the representatives of the EU states have rejected the text presented by the Finnish Presidency on the ePrivacy Regulation. With this vote, the ePrivacy reform could stay at a standstill for many months or even be withdrawn ... More >>
Human rights groups press for evaluation of digital ID
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 7:55 am | Access Now
Washington, D.C. (October 21, 2019) — Today a group of more than 60 civil society organizations, technologists, and experts from around the world released Why ID: Protecting Our Identity in the Digital Age . The open letter calls on international ... More >>
Facebook Should Go Ahead with Its Plans to Encrypt
Friday, 4 October 2019, 10:30 am | Access Now
October 3, 2019 — News broke today that authorities in the U.K., U.S., and Australia are calling on Facebook to delay plans to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services. More >>
G7 internet charter has foundations right, details dangerous
Friday, 20 September 2019, 8:50 am | Access Now
September 19, 2019 — G7 member countries -with the exception of the United States- have signed the “ Charter For A Free, Open and Safe Internet ” (“the charter”), a voluntary pledge similar to the Christchurch Call that lists out actions that countries ... More >>
Strike Down the Toothless Privacy Shield
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 8:36 pm | Access Now
September 18, 2019 —Access Now is calling upon the European Commission to strike down the EU-US “Privacy Shield” arrangement in light of the repeated failure by the US administration to take the necessary steps to protect European privacy ... More >>
Internet shutdowns will further hurt Hong Kong
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 8:30 am | Access Now
As part of a larger crackdown on the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam has suggested that her administration would consider using legacy emergency legal powers to allow the Government of Hong Kong to censor, disrupt, and block social ... More >>
India: Keep Internet Open And Secure in Jammu and Kashmir
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 2:11 pm | Access Now
Global Coalition Calls for India to Keep the Internet Open And Secure in the Territory of Jammu And Kashmir More >>
Christchurch Call emphasizes human rights but more needed
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 10:12 am | Access Now
Today, a group of governments led by New Zealand, and major tech companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and Twitter, signed and published the “ Christchurch Call ,” a voluntary pledge with commitments aimed at eliminating terrorist and ... More >>
Global coalition urges India to withdraw proposed amendments
Saturday, 16 March 2019, 2:05 pm | Access Now
Global coalition urges India to withdraw proposed amendments to Intermediary Guidelines More >>
Social media shutdown in Venezuela a warning
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 1:47 pm | Access Now
SOCIAL MEDIA SHUTDOWN IN VENEZUELA IS A WARNING OF WHAT IS TO COME AS POLITICAL TENSIONS RISE More >>
U.S. Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council Condemned
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 12:37 pm | Access Now
Today, Access Now condemns the Trump Administration after its announcement that the United States is pulling out of the United Nations Human Rights Council (“HRC”). The HRC is a 47-state body entrusted with protecting and promoting human rights, ... More >>
European Parliament must vote to stop surveillance equipment
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 12:22 pm | Access Now
EU: European Parliament must vote to stop surveillance equipment going to rights-abusing governments Brussels, BE - European Parliament’s (EP) vote tomorrow could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according ... More >>
EU adopts strong position on surveillance export controls
Friday, 24 November 2017, 7:04 pm | Access Now
Brussels, BE —Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) adopted a strong position on the EU dual-use recast. This develops on the European Commission proposal presented on 28 September 2016. Whereas the EU Commission ... More >>
Five Eyes governments On encryption
Saturday, 21 October 2017, 7:00 pm | Access Now
This summer, a five-nation coalition of rights groups asked leaders in the "Five Eyes" surveillance partnership -- Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- to disavow any and all plans to mandate deliberate ... More >>
Deadline Approaching for 2017 Human Rights Awards
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 8:55 am | Access Now
Don't forget: we need your nominations for the 2017 Heroes & Villains Awards! The deadline is quickly approaching. More >>
Turnbull is Playing a Dangerous Shell Game
Friday, 7 July 2017, 6:56 pm | Access Now
Prime Minister Turnbull is Playing a Dangerous Shell Game with Calls to Break Encryption July 7, 2017 — Ahead of this week’s G20 economic summit, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is once again raising the subject of encryption. According to Australian ... More >>
Access Now Urges EC to Push for US Surveillance Reform
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 5:28 pm | Access Now
Access Now Urges European Commission to Push for US Surveillance Reform through the “Privacy Shield” Review More >>
