Press Releases
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Press Releases
Debate with UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin hosted by S&D MEPs Josef Weidenholzer and Birgit Sippel
On 27 February, Access Now, EDRi, and CDT will co-host an event to assess the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online.…
14 February 2019
Press Releases
Bloqueo a redes sociales en Venezuela. La crisis política se acentúa.
Ayer, el miembro de la coalición #KeepItOn, NetBlocks detectó bloqueos en Twitter e Instagram, así como interrupciones parciales en el tráfico de YouTube, en el proveedor estatal de servicios de internet venezolano, CANTV. Estas interrupciones se produjeron junto con el enfrentamiento entre la Guardia Nacional y 27 de sus miembros que desafían al gobierno de Nicolás Maduro.…
22 January 2019
Press Releases
Social media shutdown in Venezuela is a warning of what is to come as political tensions rise
Yesterday, #KeepItOn coalition member NetBlocks detected blocks to Twitter and Instagram, as well as partial disruptions to YouTube traffic, on Venezuela’s state internet service provider CANTV. These disruptions came alongside clashes between the National Guard and 27 of its members challenging the government of Nicolás Maduro. …
22 January 2019
Press Releases
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
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
Blog
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
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