Business and Human Rights
Transparency reporting is one of the strongest ways for tech companies to disclose threats to user privacy and free expression. Our index provides you with an easy way to find reports from today’s leading internet companies and telcos. We encourage more companies to join this trend toward openness in order to build trust and strengthen user rights online.…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023
3 February 2023
Access Now’s Senior UN Advocacy Officer Laura O’Brien delivered an oral statement to the UN Global Digital Compact Informal Consultations with Member States and Stakeholders on Feb 3 2023.
…3 February 2023
International community must dismantle military dictatorship, resist the coup, and push back against surveillance in Myanmar.
…31 January 2023
After two years of a violent coup in Myanmar, the international community must condemn the junta’s abuses and surveillance infrastructure.…
31 January 2023
Sanctions are a preferred foreign policy tool for many states. But they can also harm human rights. Governments, businesses, and civil society must align to protect human rights and democratic values through international sanctions regimes. …
18 January 2023
Through an open letter, Access Now urges Safaricom to delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise. …
14 December 2022
Access Now strongly endorses the SAFE Connections Act, to be considered in the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee today. The legislation would make it easier for survivors of domestic violence to separate from shared phone plans that include their abuser.…
7 December 2022
The “Declaration for content and platform governance principles in times of crisis” lays out principles for social media platforms to help ensure privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information during crises.…
29 November 2022
The “Declaration for content and platform governance principles in times of crisis” lays out principles for social media platforms to help ensure privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information during crises.…
29 November 2022
