FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
We work for freedom of expression for all, from circumventing censorship, to promoting rights-respecting solutions to regulating online speech, to standing up for those who are silenced for speaking truth to power.
#FreeAlaa: After years behind bars, Alaa Abd el Fattah is finally free!
After more than a decade of persecution and jailings for his human rights advocacy, Egyptian-British activist, blogger, and software developer Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been released from prison through a presidential pardon. His freedom is a victory for collective action — the relentless efforts of his family, civil society, and people worldwide who refused to let his voice be silenced.
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Tell governments: #NoExamShutdown
Each year sees an increase in the number of governments imposing internet shutdowns during national school exams. It’s time to take action and demand change! #NoExamShutdown
Mi Privacidad es mi Voto: Fortaleciendo la integridad informativa en América Latina
Stop political scapegoating: Ghanaian MPs must reject dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Access Now and Rightify Ghana have urged the government of Ghana to put human rights first and reject the repressive Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.
When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
The 2025 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data on internet shutdowns in 2025.
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 internet shutdowns in 2025 — the highest number since 2016.
2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch
Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.
DSA Human Rights Alliance publishes principles calling for DSA enforcement to incorporate global perspectives
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
War profiteers: online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war
As governments deploy propaganda for war using online ads, Access Now examines the application of international human rights law and explores digital platforms’ responsibility to respect human rights.
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.
One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights
A year into its new mandate and the European Commission is reversing course when it comes to safeguarding human rights in the EU.
Joint civil society statement on outcomes of the UNGA 80 Third Committee
Tell MENA authorities: #NoExamShutdown
Year after year, the MENA region has led the world in exam-related shutdowns. It’s time to take action and demand change! #NoExamShutdown
Access Now’s statement on Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown
Access Now is deeply alarmed by the government of Nepal’s violent crackdown on human rights, both online and off.
LGBTQ+ Ghanaians found freedom online – now they might lose it
