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Online safety resources for Afghanistan’s human rights defenders
دری/پښتو Last updated August 31, 2021 As the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan and citizens try to flee, there’s much uncertainty about the country’s future. Journalists, activists, and civil society, especially women, are facing threats, like being tracked, surveilled, questioned,…
17 August 2021
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To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”
The Australian “Identify and Disrupt” Bill is inching closer to passage. While the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has identified the surveillance overreach in the bill, it has not sufficiently disrupted its powers. In the absence…
17 August 2021
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Access Now urges Apple to restore trust by rolling back plans to circumvent end-to-end encryption on its devices
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.…
10 August 2021
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Made abroad, deployed at home: new report unpacks the shocking state of mass surveillance in Latin America
Leer en español / Ler em português. Today, August 9, Access Now, the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC), and LaLibre.net (Tecnologías Comunitarias) are illuminating the shadowy mass surveillance industry in Latin America. The…
8 August 2021
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Tecnologia de Vigilância na América Latina: Feita no Exterior, Implantada em Casa
Read in English / Leer en español. Ferramentas para nos identificar, destacar e rastrear onde quer que vamos são inerentemente incompatíveis com nossos direitos humanos e liberdades civis. Infelizmente, muitos governos latino-americanos estão comprando ansiosamente esta tecnologia e acelerando a…
8 August 2021
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Hecho en el extranjero, utilizado en casa: un nuevo informe revela el impactante estado de la vigilancia masiva en América Latina
Read in English / Ler em português. Hoy, 9 de agosto, Access Now, el Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas e Internet (LAPIN), la Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) y LaLibre.net (Tecnologías Comunitarias) arrojan luz sobre la sombría industria de la…
8 August 2021
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Tecnología de vigilancia en América Latina: hecha en el exterior, utilizada en casa
Read in English / Ler em portuges. Las herramientas usadas para identificarnos, individualizarnos y rastrearnos donde vayamos son inherentemente incompatibles con los derechos humanos y las libertades civiles. Lamentablemente, muchos gobiernos latinoamericanos están ansiosos por comprar esta tecnología y acelerar…
8 August 2021
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Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
Leer en español / Ler em portugues. Tools to identify, single out, and track us everywhere we go are inherently incompatible with our human rights and civil liberties. Unfortunately, many Latin American governments are eagerly purchasing this technology and ramping…
8 August 2021
