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Italy to Revoke Export License for Cyber Surveillance Company
Brussels, BE — Today, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development will decide whether to revoke the currently suspended export licence to Area, a company under review for supply of surveillance technologies to Syrian intelligence. Access Now and a coalition of…
27 June 2017
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Coalition to U.S. intelligence director: No backtracking on surveillance transparency
This week, Access Now joins a coalition letter urging the U.S. Director of National Intelligence not to abandon a commitment to provide additional transparency for highly invasive, privacy-stripping U.S. surveillance programs. The coalition, led by New America’s Open Technology Institute,…
13 June 2017
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كمّ أفواه ما تبقّى من الأصوات الحرة: مصر تحجب 21 موقعاً إخبارياً إلكترونياً
مساء الأربعاء (24 مايو 2017)، أقدمت مصر على حظر 21 موقعاً إخبارياً إلكترونياً على الأقل، من بينها الموقع الرئيسي لشبكة تلفزيون الجزيرة القطرية، وقناة “هافنغتون بوست عربي”، والموقع الإخباري المحلي المستقل البارز “مدى مصر“. وقد أمرت السلطات المصرية بحجب موقع…
30 May 2017
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Access Now: Congress is broken but the internet works
Washington D.C. — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today voted 2-1 to advance Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to dismantle the 2015 Open Internet Order — Net Neutrality rules that prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from favoring particular online content, services,…
18 May 2017
