Privacy
We defend your right to privacy, the cornerstone for human rights in the digital age. Privacy allows us each the freedom to define our own identities, to determine how we relate to each other and the world, to explore and learn without discrimination, and to express ourselves most fully.
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Some surveillance technologies are so dangerous that they inevitably cause far more problems than they solve.
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Breaking: NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware is being used as a weapon in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict.
Hacking in a war zone: Pegasus spyware in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict
A joint investigation by civil society and independent researchers has uncovered hacking of Armenia spyware victims with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
Meta shareholders to company leaders: your business model hurts human rights
As the annual shareholder meeting approaches, Meta shareholders ask leadership to review the company’s targeted advertising business model and protect human rights.
Nowhere to turn: How surveillance tech at the EU borders is endangering lives
Surveillance tech at the EU borders is endangering lives. Authorities must #ProtectNotSurveil people on the move.
Tech and conflict: a guide for responsible business conduct
This guide is meant to help tech companies think through the impacts of their decisions in the context of conflict.
Declaración conjunta: Los Estados deben tomar medidas inmediatas para poner freno al software espía que amenaza la libertad de prensa
Access Now to Indonesia court: website blocking rules violate human rights law and constitution
Access Now, Open Net Korea, and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus curiae submission challenging the validity of Indonesia’s MR5.
Abusive Spyware Ban: No Press Freedom Without Journalist Safety
Access Now, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Open Net Amicus Brief (Bahasa) on Indonesia MR5 case before the Jakarta State Administrative Court
Access Now, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Open Net submits an amicus brief asserting that Indonesia’s MR5 rules violate international law and the Constitution.
Access Now, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Open Net Amicus Brief on Indonesia MR5 case before the Jakarta State Administrative Court
Access Now, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Open Net submits an amicus brief asserting that Indonesia’s MR5 rules violate international law and the Constitution.
Joint statement: States must take immediate action to stop spyware threatening press freedom
Access Now and partners call on states to take immediate action to stop spyware threatening press freedom.
No to spyware: media, civil society demand ban on tech used for human rights abuses
On World Press Freedom Day, it’s time for a ban on rights-abusing commercial spyware.
U.S. Congress must oppose EARN IT Act, uphold freedom of expression and privacy
Access Now is calling on the U.S. Congress to protect freedom of expression and privacy by opposing the EARN IT Act.
World Press Freedom Day: India’s “fake news” law must not censor journalists
Access Now and partners are urging the government of India to withdraw a new “fake news” amendment to the IT Rules.
India: New amendment to the Information Technology Rules that threatens press freedoms must be withdrawn
Through a joint statement, Access Now and partners urge the government of India to withdraw a new “fake news” amendment to the IT Rules.