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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…
22 November 2019
Access Now is pleased to announce that Eric Null has joined us as the U.S. Policy Manager, where he will lead our efforts on protecting the digital rights of users in the United States on consumer privacy, broadband policy, and surveillance, among other issues.…
21 November 2019
The recent reports of Apple’s removal of the Chinese version of the Quartz news app and the HKmap.live app from the App Store, as well as the censorship of iOS mobile games in China, raise questions about the company’s commitment to freedom of expression.…
21 November 2019
The recent decisions by Apple to remove the Chinese version of the Quartz news app and the HKmap.live app from the App Store, as well as reports of the censorship of iOS mobile games in China, underscore why we urged Apple to fully commit to respecting freedom of expression.…
21 November 2019
El Gobierno de la Provincia de Córdoba hizo pública una prueba experimental de un sistema de vigilancia con reconocimiento biométrico que ya está siendo implementado. Debido a la falta de transparencia y de información sobre ese sistema, la ONG de derechos humanos Access Now presentó un pedido de acceso a la información pública.…
13 November 2019
الرسالة باللغة الإنجليزية. [1] يُعرَّف إيقاف أو قطع تشغيل الإنترنت على أنه تعطيل متعمد للإنترنت أو الاتصالات الإلكترونية، مما يمنع أو يحد إمكانية الوصول إليها أو استخدامها فعليًا ، من قبل سكان في بقعة جغرافية معينة أو داخل موقع…
8 November 2019
Arabic version in PDF here. [1] An internet shutdown is defined as an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the…
8 November 2019
Quienes suscriben, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, académicas y particulares dedicados al estudio de políticas públicas de Internet y a la defensa de derechos fundamentales, nos dirigimos a ustedes para expresar nuestra preocupación frente a los reiterados casos de persecución a investigadores de seguridad digital.…
1 November 2019
Las organizaciones y las personas que firmamos el presente comunicado manifestamos nuestra oposición ante las iniciativas de gobiernos como los de Estados Unidos de América, Reino Unido y Australia que buscan limitar o eliminar el uso de cifrado de extremo…
31 October 2019
The government must clarify whether it has transactions with NSO Group, and if not, establish an independent inquiry into over-broad, illegal surveillance of journalists and other members of civil society in India.…
31 October 2019