Fighting for Net Neutrality
Paid “fast lanes” for the internet undermine free expression and innovation. Internet access should be offered to everyone on a nondiscriminatory basis, without favoring certain websites, applications, services, or business models. We advocate for net neutrality to ensure access to a free and open internet around the world.
Civil society won’t back down: the fight for net neutrality continues in California
Internet service providers (ISPs) oppose SB 822, which grants California residents the best net neutrality protections in the United States.
Resources
Connectivity
Zero rating: a global threat to the open internet
We discuss two primary models for “zero rating” — both of which are a form of network discrimination and harm human rights.
Connectivity
Open letter to the EU: protect people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine
In a letter to the EU, Access Now provides recommendations related to tech platforms and telecoms operators in the context of the war in Ukraine.
Data Protection
Cambodia should scrap rights-abusing National Internet Gateway
Access Now and a coalition of rights organizations call on Cambodia to revoke plans to establish an internet gateway.
Latest Updates
A statement to our community on why RightsCon 2026 is not taking place in Zambia
The Guardian view on the splinternet: where China led, Iran and others are eagerly following
Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks
Access Now urges the Ninth Circuit to protect encryption from NSO’s spyware
Yesterday, Access Now and ten other civil society organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S.’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals calling to protect encryption from NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware and to keep the lower court’s permanent injunction forbidding NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp or its customers’ devices ever again.
Palestinians risked their lives to document Gaza, then came the algorithm
What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don’t)
Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Criminalizing truth: Gulf governments must end the crackdown on information
Microsoft: it’s time to come clean about your ties to the Israeli military
Through a new joint letter, we’re calling on Microsoft to publish the findings of its review into the Israeli military’s use of the company services.
Joint letter to Microsoft regarding Israeli military use of Azure cloud and AI services
A follow up to our open letter regarding Microsoft’s formal review of recent allegations about Israel’s usage of Azure cloud for the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians.
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‘Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
Submission on amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”)
Google le da la mano a Bukele para experimentar con el sistema de salud salvadoreño
The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
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