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Internet Shutdowns Shroud And Facilitate Brutality Of Myanmar Junta’s Airstrike In Hpakant Township
Friday, 28 October 2022, 6:13 am | Access Now
Content note: This statement contains references to indiscriminate violence and acts potentially amounting to mass murder, and war crimes. Access Now condemns the ongoing war crimes committed by the military junta in Myanmar, and its use of internet ... More >>
Resisting The Rise Of Digital Dictatorship In Eastern Europe And Central Asia
Friday, 14 October 2022, 5:50 am | Access Now
From internet shutdowns in Azerbaijan and Armenia, to Putin’s intensifying online censorship , digital dictatorship is tightening its grip across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Launching today, Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance ... More >>
Biden Signs Executive Order For EU-US Data Transfer Deal: Privacy And Surveillance Reforms Missing
Saturday, 8 October 2022, 5:47 am | Access Now
07 October 2022 (BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON DC) — Today, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities , which paves way for a new EU-US data transfer deal. But this document ... More >>
Geneva Declaration: International Community Unites To End Spyware Abuse
Friday, 30 September 2022, 7:19 am | Access Now
It’s time to make a collective commitment to human rights, and stop the dangerous, unchecked, and proliferating use of spyware technology. Access Now, the Government of Catalonia, the private sector, and civil society from across the globe are demanding ... More >>
Meta’s Actions “Adversely Impacted” Palestinians’ Rights: Access Now Welcomes BSR Findings
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:57 am | Access Now
Access Now and other civil society organizations welcome the release of the long-awaited Business for Social Responsibility’s (BSR) human rights due diligence (HRDD) findings that expose Meta’s rights-violating and biased actions against people in Palestine. ... More >>
Stop The EUMigraTool Rollout: Predictive AI Systems Have No Place In EU Migration Policies
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:34 am | Access Now
The EU-funded ITFlows project must not roll out dangerous AI tools that “predict migration flows,” and “detect risks of tensions related to migration.” Access Now and civil organisations from across Europe are calling on the ITFlows Consortium ... More >>
The World Must Support People Of Iran: Sanctions Relief Helps Connect The Nation
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 6:38 am | Access Now
In solidarity with people protesting across Iran, Access Now supports international action to keep the country connected — to information, platforms for expression, and the outside world. U.S.-based tech companies must act now to make their services ... More >>
Stop Suppressing The Population: Authorities In Iran Must #KeepItOn
Friday, 23 September 2022, 6:38 am | Access Now
Access Now is outraged by the brutal death in police custody of 22 year-old Mahsa Amini, and subsequent violent — and lethal — crackdown on protests and protesters including escalating internet shutdowns across the country. Read the #KeepItOn coalition’s ... More >>
Meta And Google Must Use Their Powers To Stop Myanmar’s Alternative Propaganda Machine
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 8:15 pm | Access Now
The Myanmar junta’s intensifying control of online spaces must be stopped — Google and Meta must use their powers to intervene. As part of its efforts to dominate and weaponize the internet against people, the military is planning to “ban” ... More >>
Turn TikTok On: Authorities In Azerbaijan And Armenia Must Not Restrict Access
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 5:42 am | Access Now
Authorities in Azerbaijan and Armenia must ensure full access to the internet — including social media platform, TikTok — for all, particularly in times of crises. “Social media platforms like TikTok are legitimate channels for freedom of opinion ... More >>
#WhyID: World Bank And Dangerous Digital ID Systems Do Not Mix
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 6:13 am | Access Now
The World Bank and other international organizations must immediately stop any and all activities that promote harmful models of digital identification systems (digital ID) anywhere in the world. Through an open letter , Access Now, Privacy International, ... More >>
U.S. Must Stand Up To Human Rights Abuses In MENA, Stop Emboldening Dictators
Friday, 2 September 2022, 5:20 am | Access Now
U.S. President Joe Biden has ignored activists and civil society groups’ call to address the extreme human rights abuses perpetrated by leaders from the Middle East and North Africa during a recent visit to the region. Access Now stands in solidarity ... More >>
Free Salma Al-Shehab, Saudi’s Twitter Activist! Even Big Tech Has A Role To Play
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 6:18 am | Access Now
Saudi Arabian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab — and all other prisoners locked up for free expression — and put an end to their oppressive regime of human rights ... More >>
From Palestine To India, Meta Must Step Up And Protect The Rights Of The Global Majority
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 6:03 am | Access Now
Meta must take responsibility and be held accountable to its actions — it’s time to bring its human rights reviews into the public eye. The company’s refusal and failure to release the full independent India Human Rights Impact Assessment ... More >>
Ooredoo’s Plans To Leave Myanmar Hands Military Full Control Of Nation’s Telco Sector - Must Mitigate Human Rights Risks
Monday, 15 August 2022, 7:11 pm | Access Now
Telecommunications company Ooredoo must put the safety of millions of people in Myanmar first, and not abandon control of the country’s last internationally-owned telco to the junta. The Qatari-owned provider has reportedly informed Myanmar regulators ... More >>
#KeepItOn In Sierra Leone: The Government Must Stop Wielding Internet Shutdowns For Political Control
Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:14 am | Access Now
Sierra Leone authorities must ensure an open and accessible internet at all times, and especially during political instability. On Wednesday, August 10 , an anti-government protest erupted in Freetown, Sierra Leone, responding to the rising cost of living. ... More >>
#KeepItOn In Libya: Authorities Must Ensure Internet Connectivity In Tobruk, Across Nation
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 6:44 am | Access Now
Controlling and restricting internet access violates human rights. Against a backdrop of alleged internet shutdowns in Libya, Access Now is calling on authorities at all levels to ensure free and open access to the internet in the city of Tobruk and across ... More >>
TikTok Forced To Pause Plans For Privacy-intrusive Ads
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 5:51 am | Access Now
When TikTok announced its plan to impose personalised ads on everyone over 18 who uses the platform in EEA, UK, and Switzerland, Access Now told the company in no uncertain terms that it must scrap this action that would risk privacy, and deny ... More >>
Four Years Of Slow Enforcement: A New EU Law Will Save The GDPR
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 5:39 am | Access Now
It's been four years since the European Union’s flagship law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), went into effect, yet slow enforcement is rendering it nothing more than pixels on a screen. The European Commission must step up and ... More >>
The World Needs U.S. Antitrust Legislation: Big Tech Must Not Determine Global Human Rights
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 5:28 am | Access Now
“Truth and democracy will forever be under attack with Big Tech calling the shots and manipulating information flows to pad their pockets.” A very small number of U.S. tech companies exercise outsized control over global human rights in the digital ... More >>
