Ending internet shutdowns to #KeepItOn
Internet shutdowns pose a threat to human rights around the world. They harm everyone: businesses, emergency services, journalism, human rights defenders, and demonstrators. Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition work with stakeholders across sectors to end internet shutdowns worldwide.
Community resources
Blog
Targeted, cut off, and left in the dark: how internet shutdowns became an even greater threat to human rights in 2019
Our new report highlights internet shutdown trends that emerged in 2019, explores the #KeepItOn coalition’s ongoing efforts to fight shutdowns, and examines some of the challenges we foresee for 2020.…
24 February 2020
Access Now in the News
India Keeps Lid on Kashmir’s Internet 6 Months Into Lockdown
14 February 2020
Access Now in the News
India: Supreme Court order on internet lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir makes right noises but leaves matters of relief to the future
The judgment has one clear, unqualified message: any government order that impacts the exercise of fundamental rights must be a reasoned and publicly-accessible order.…
11 January 2020
Blog
Urgent: shutdowns in Kashmir, Myanmar, and Bangladesh leave oppressed groups disconnected from the world
The Indian government is responding to citizen protests in major cities by deliberately cutting access to mobile networks, an inherently anti-democratic tactic that threatens human rights and puts people’s lives in danger. Sadly, this is part of an ongoing trend globally and across Asia, and the people it is hurting the most have the least capacity to defend their rights. …
19 December 2019
Access Now in the News
2 Dead in Protests Over India’s Religion-Based Citizenship Bill
12 December 2019
Blog
Network shutdowns in Rohingya camps: how they’re damaging the fragile information ecosystem of refugees from Myanmar
Visits to the refugee camps show that degrading cell service is harming the Rohingyas’ capacity to get access to vital information, express themselves freely, and otherwise exercise their fundamental human rights.…
2 October 2019
Press Releases
#KeepItOn: Joint open letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Jammu and Kashmir
The global #KeepItOn coalition, representing more than 191 organizations from 60+ countries, asks the Union Government of India to restore the internet in Jammu and Kashmir and keep it on.…
14 August 2019
