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Freedom of Expression

Frente al anteproyecto de Ley Constitucional del Ciberespacio de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Las organizaciones, ciudadanos y ciudadanas abajo firmantes expresamos nuestra preocupación frente al Anteproyecto de Ley Constitucional del Ciberespacio de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, documento que se ha filtrado a los medios. Según la información recibida, el proyecto podría ser aprobado este mes de enero de 2019 por la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (ANC).…

17 January 2019

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Against the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

The undersigned organizations and citizens express our concern about the Constitutional Law of Cyberspace bill of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a document that has been leaked to the media. According to the information received, the bill could be approved this month, January 2019, by the Constituent National Assembly (ANC).…

17 January 2019

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

#KeepItOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe

Joint letter from #KeepItOn coalition members urging Zimbabwe to end the internet shutdown.…

16 January 2019

Blog

Freedom of Expression

Zimbabwe orders a three-day, country-wide internet shutdown

Sources in Zimbabwe have disclosed to Access Now that the government has ordered a three-day internet shutdown across the country, starting today.…

15 January 2019

Blog

Privacy

User privacy loses out again: it is time for the U.S. to act

The revelation that Facebook gave tech giants even more access to people’s data than it has disclosed to the public or members of the U.S. Congress shows (yet again) the necessity of comprehensive federal privacy laws in the U.S.…

19 December 2018

Press Releases

Digital Security

Australia joins Russia and China in undermining users’ security and threatening human rights

New legislation will undermine the security of communications platforms, threatening the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. …

6 December 2018

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Joint letter opposing the proposed Terrorist Content Regulation

The ‘Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online’ does not accord with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Evidence-based measures can better achieve the Regulation’s stated goals.…

4 December 2018

Press Releases

Privacy

Consumer groups, NGOs, and industry jointly urge Council to advance ePrivacy reform

Together with 37 consumer organisations, NGOs, and internet companies, we are urging the European Council to advance the ePrivacy reform.…

3 December 2018

Press Releases

EU: Leak reveals states are ready to put human rights defenders at risk to protect surveillance industry

Brussels, BE — EU member states must back proposed curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, Access Now, Amnesty International, and Reporters Without Borders said, after leaked documents published by digital rights reporters at netzpolitik.org and…

29 October 2018

Press Releases

Privacy

The GDPR Today – Stats, news, and tools to make data protection a reality

The project is an online hub for staying up-to-date on the new EU data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation.…

25 October 2018

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Civil society calls for evidence-based solutions to disinformation

Human and digital rights organisations published a joint report evaluating the European Commission’s online disinformation and propaganda initiatives.…

19 October 2018

Press Releases

Digital Security

Google’s failure to disclose data sharing incident breaches users’ trust

Regardless of the legal standards at play in this incident, it is imperative that users are notified of any security breach that may implicate our rights and interests. Google failed to do that.…

9 October 2018