The latest U.N. privacy resolution does not go far enough, missing the opportunity to respond firmly to the human rights threats posed by systemic racism, artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, and other key technological and social developments.…
Access Now and seven other human rights organizations have filed a reply to NSO Group’s opposition to the coalition’s amicus brief in the case of WhatsApp v. NSO in the U.S. Federal 9th Circuit Court.…
Access Now and civil society partners join the WhatsApp v. NSO Group lawsuit by filing an amicus brief that discloses stories of those who survived the Pegasus spyware attack. The amici call for NSO to be held accountable for targeting civil society around the world.…
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Five human rights defenders who suffered from the NSO Group WhatsApp hack have stepped forward to tell their stories — sharing how their governments used NSO Group’s products to surveil them, and consequences they have faced as a result.…
يصادف يوم الجمعة 2 أكتوبر ذكرى مرور سنتين على مصرع جمال خاشقجي الصحافي السعودي والنقاد البارز للنظام السعودي، بعد أن قُتل بوحشية داخل قنصلية المملكة السعودية في إسطنبول على يد مجموعة من الأعوان السعوديين. منذ ذلك الحين، أشار تقرير الأمم…
في ٢٥ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٠، كشفت منظمة العفو الدولية في تقرير صادر عن مختبر الأمن الرقمي التابع لها عن تطورات جديدة بشأن استخدام النظام المصري لبرمجيات مراقبة وتجسس تستهدف النشطاء والمدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان. كانت منظمة العفو الدولية قد اكتشفت عينات…
Friday marks two years since Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was brutally murdered after being surveilled using NSO Group technology. The company has yet to be held to account.…
Sandvine, a Canadian company owned by U.S. private equity firm Francisco Partners, supplied DPI technology that was likely used to implement internet shutdowns in Belarus. …
The impact that surveillance technology has had on vulnerable individuals and members of at-risk communities demonstrates why comprehensive, systemic regulation of this industry is both necessary and urgent.…