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International Women's Day

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Business and Human Rights

What is doxxing, and how does it endanger women?

This International Women’s Day, we’re telling platforms like Telegram, Twitch, and Meta to take women’s safety seriously.…

7 March 2022

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Dictators in Egypt and Saudi Arabia love smart cities projects — here’s why

Here’s why “smart” cities projects are really surveillance projects — a dangerous tool for dictators.…

1 March 2022

Digital ID Systems

Access Now in the News

Digital Identity

ماذا في اليوم الدراسي الخاص بمشروع جواز السفر وبطاقة التعريف البيومتريين؟

Hakaek Online

26 February 2022

Digital ID Systems

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Go back to the drawing board: Kenya must scrap unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021

Civil society organizations are calling on the Kenyan parliament to immediately scrap the unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021.…

23 February 2022

#WhyID biometrics

Press Releases

Data Protection

Public petition: withdraw the Huduma Bill 2021

Access Now joins civil society in petitioning the Kenyan parliament to scrap the Huduma Bill 2021.…

23 February 2022

Tunisia biometric passports

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Human rights organizations call for dropping the draft bill introducing biometric passports and ID cards in Tunisia

Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations call for withdrawing the project on biometric passports and ID cards in Tunisia. …

31 January 2022

Tunisia biometric passports

Press Releases

Digital Identity

منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدعو إلى عدم اعتماد مشروع إنجاز جواز السفر البيومتري وبطاقة التعريف البيومترية في تونس

.تعرب المنظمات والجمعيات الموقعة على هذا البيان عن رفضها مجدّداً لمشروع جواز السفر وبطاقة التعريف البيومتريين في تونس، وتدعو إلى سحبه وعدم اعتماده…

24 January 2022

2021 Digital Rights Wins

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What victories for digital rights happened this year? Test your knowledge with this quiz

Activists across the world won major advances in digital rights in 2021. What do you know about these victories?…

20 December 2021

European Ombudsman surveillance

Press Releases

European Ombudsman responds to NGOs’ complaint, investigates EU’s facilitation of Africa’s surveillance network

In a win for human rights, the European Ombudsman is investigating the EU’s support for African countries to develop surveillance capabilities.…

15 December 2021

Access Now in the News

Mass biometric surveillance in the EU: private sector opportunity or tightening restrictions?

Frank Hersey, Biometric Update

30 November 2021

U.N. Joint Statement RightsCon

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Business and Human Rights

Access Now addresses the U.N. Security Council on countering hate speech online

Before the United Nations Security Council, Access Now explained proactive ways to address and counter hate speech online.…

28 October 2021

UNGA76 digital surveillance

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Business and Human Rights

UNGA76 Side Event: The digital surveillance crisis and threats to human rights defenders

This October 21, 2021 event discussed how states, facilitated by private companies, are unlawfully deploying targeted surveillance technologies against civil society around the world. …

21 October 2021

European Ombudsman surveillance

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights

يسهل الاتحاد الأوروبي لوصول الدول إلى أدوات المراقبة: تدعو منظمة اكساس ناو و الخصوصية الدولية إلى فتح تحقيق

Read in English / للقراءة بالانجليزية التحقت منظمة اكساس ناو اليوم بمنظمة الخصوصية الدولية (Privacy International) ومنظّمة مراقبة البحر (Sea-Watch) وشبكة رصد العنف على الحدود (BVMN) ومنظمة هومو ديجيتاليس (Homo Digitalis) والفدرالية الدولية لحقوق الإنسان (FIDH) من أجل دعوة إيميلي…

18 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

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Digital Identity

We need to talk about digital ID: why the World Bank must recognize the harm in Afghanistan and beyond

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund met this week. They didn’t discuss digital identity programs, even though the World Bank itself funds “Big ID” systems.…

14 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Blog

Digital Identity

Desterrando mitos sobre el Big ID

Read in English. En la India, las personas debieron entregar sus huellas digitales, faciales y de su iris para poder recibir alimentos, atención de la salud, educación, y beneficios de seguridad social. Esto se debe a Aadhaar, el sistema de…

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Report

Digital Identity

Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India

This report turns to India’s Aadhaar Big ID program to bust some of the most common myths around Big ID programs, and underline their dangers.

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Press Releases

Digital Identity

Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights

Big ID programs — frequently involving biometric data collection — are being rolled out across the globe, and endangering human rights. Read Access Now’s new report.…

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Press Releases

Digital Identity

India’s Aadhaar proves Big ID is still a bad idea

Despite all the propaganda in favour of it, Aadhaar, India’s Big ID program, has had a disastrous impact on the lives of millions. Read Access Now’s new report.…

5 October 2021

mitos big ID human rights

Blog

Digital Identity

Busting Big ID’s myths

Big ID programs threaten our human rights yet are spreading like wildfire around the world. To buck the trend, we need to debunk the myths that propel digital ID systems forward. …

5 October 2021

amicus brief Colombia Coronapp

Press Releases

Colombia’s mandatory CoronApp violates people’s privacy and freedom of movement

Leer en español. People should not be forced to give away personal data to exercise their freedom of movement — but that’s exactly what’s playing out in Colombia with the contact-tracing CoronApp. As part of the fight against the app’s…

23 September 2021

Digital ID Systems

Press Releases

Digital Identity

#WhyID: Organizaciones piden al gobierno de México detener la identificación digital biométrica

Read in English. A través de una carta conjunta, Access Now, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D), Privacy International y más de 20 organizaciones más están pidiendo urgentemente al gobierno de México que detenga el proyecto de Cédula…

22 September 2021

sistemas de identificación digital

Press Releases

Digital Identity

#WhyID: Organizations call on the government of Mexico to halt biometric digital ID

Access Now and 20+ organizations are calling on the government of Mexico to halt the mandatory Unique Digital Identity Card (CUID) project.…

22 September 2021

Digital ID Systems

Access Now in the News

Digital Security

Afghanistan: The biometric, social and business data the Taliban could use to target left-behind Afghans

Victoria Elms, Sky News

27 August 2021

#WhyID biometrics

Press Releases

Digital Security

#WhyID: international actors in Afghanistan must clean up, restrict dangerous biometric trail

#WhyID: Access Now and civil society is calling on international actors to take immediate action to restrict and secure biometric data in Afghanistan.…

25 August 2021

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