Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Civil Liberties Union for Europe, and 58 other civil society organisations are urgently calling on Members of the European Parliament to reject the proposed Terrorism Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.…
25 March 2021
Facebook released a long-overdue human rights policy outlining commitments across all of its products and services — but the policy’s impact largely depends on leadership’s yet-to-be-seen investment in its implementation.…
16 March 2021
Access Now joins the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and civil society organizations from around the world in welcoming and supporting a joint declaration by U.N. member states condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt — both online and off.…
15 March 2021
Access Now joined a coalition of civil society organizations in calling on the Indian government and web firms to halt censorship and surveillance of critics speaking online in response to the #FarmersProtests.…
10 March 2021
We oppose Facebook adding “Zionist” as a protected category for content moderation in the fight against anti-Semitism. It is likely to backfire, given the company’s inability to adhere to human rights principles in its content moderation practices.…
2 March 2021
Access Now submitted comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on its decision to remove former President Donald Trump from its platform, citing lack of meaningful transparency in decision-making process and other concerns.…
12 February 2021
A broad-based coalition sent a letter to the U.S. Congress and the Biden-Harris administration warning against responding to the violence in the U.S. Capitol by renewing injudicious attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. …
27 January 2021