Net Discrimination

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.

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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.

EU Ukraine

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.

internet gateway

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

Human Rights 75 Pledges
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights

8 Dec 2023

Access Now welcomes this opportunity to provide relevant information to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform the High Commissioner’s Vision on the Future of Human Rights in the framework of the Human Rights 75 Initiative.

Press Release
Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights
8 Dec 2023
Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights
Watermark and generative AI
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

EU’s AI talks sputter over intrusive security loopholes

7 Dec 2023
News
EU’s AI talks sputter over intrusive security loopholes
Politico ↗
7 Dec 2023
EU’s AI talks sputter over intrusive security loopholes
digital ceasefire gaza
Transparency
Transparency

Israel-Hamas conflict sparks Meta Oversight Board’s first emergency case

7 Dec 2023
News
Israel-Hamas conflict sparks Meta Oversight Board’s first emergency case
WIRED ↗
7 Dec 2023
Israel-Hamas conflict sparks Meta Oversight Board’s first emergency case
Palestine-Header
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation

6 Dec 2023

Access Now and the #StopSilencingPalestine campaign are again calling Meta to end its long history of censoring Palestinian voices.

Press Release
#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation
6 Dec 2023
#StopSilencingPalestine: Meta must overhaul its biased content moderation
مؤتمر المناخ كوب 28
Surveillance
Surveillance

Las personas migrantes en Latinoamérica están siendo vigiladas por sus gobiernos

4 Dec 2023
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Las personas migrantes en Latinoamérica están siendo vigiladas por sus gobiernos
4 Dec 2023
Las personas migrantes en Latinoamérica están siendo vigiladas por sus gobiernos
surveillance tech at the EU borders
Surveillance
Surveillance

Civil society joint statement: Europe’s (digital) borders must fall

4 Dec 2023

Civil society is calling for an end to the expansion of EURODAC, the EU database for the registration of asxylum-seekers. EURODAC is being transformed into an expansive, violent surveillance tool that will treat people seeking protection as crime suspects.

Press Release
Civil society joint statement: Europe’s (digital) borders must fall
4 Dec 2023
Civil society joint statement: Europe’s (digital) borders must fall
digital ceasefire gaza
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

العدوان الإسرائيلي الرقمي على غزة والفلسطينيين

3 Dec 2023
News
العدوان الإسرائيلي الرقمي على غزة والفلسطينيين
AlAraby ↗
3 Dec 2023
العدوان الإسرائيلي الرقمي على غزة والفلسطينيين
Restore Telecoms and Internet Connectivity in Gaza Now!
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

How corporate media helped lay the groundwork for Israel’s genocide in Gaza

2 Dec 2023
News
How corporate media helped lay the groundwork for Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Truthout ↗
2 Dec 2023
How corporate media helped lay the groundwork for Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Data Protection
Data Protection

#MigrarSinVigilancia

29 Nov 2023

#MigrarSinVigilancia es un frente común para resguardar los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes desde la protección de sus datos personales.

Campaign
#MigrarSinVigilancia
29 Nov 2023
#MigrarSinVigilancia
Armenia spyware victims: Pegasus hacking in war
Surveillance
Surveillance

Belarus Internet Governance Forum: no civil society dialogue from behind bars

29 Nov 2023
News
Belarus Internet Governance Forum: no civil society dialogue from behind bars
Tech Policy Press ↗
29 Nov 2023
Belarus Internet Governance Forum: no civil society dialogue from behind bars
Image: AI's human rights impact
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Open letter: Council of the E.U. risks failing human rights in the AI Act 

28 Nov 2023

Ahead of the next AI Act trilogue, the we urge the Council of the European Union to effectively regulate the use of AI systems by law enforcement, migration control and national security authorities throughout Europe.

Press Release
Open letter: Council of the E.U. risks failing human rights in the AI Act 
28 Nov 2023
Open letter: Council of the E.U. risks failing human rights in the AI Act 
Armenia spyware victims: Pegasus hacking in war
Surveillance
Surveillance

Kritičari vlasti u Srbiji navodno meta špijunskog napada

28 Nov 2023
News
Kritičari vlasti u Srbiji navodno meta špijunskog napada
Radio Slobodna Evropa ↗
28 Nov 2023
Kritičari vlasti u Srbiji navodno meta špijunskog napada
digital ceasefire gaza
Digital Divide
Digital Divide

Palestinians are locked out of Google’s online economy

28 Nov 2023
News
Palestinians are locked out of Google’s online economy
WIRED ↗
28 Nov 2023
Palestinians are locked out of Google’s online economy
Hacking Meduza: Pegasus spyware used to target Putin’s critic
Surveillance
Surveillance

Critics of Serbia’s government targeted with ‘military-grade spyware’

28 Nov 2023
News
Critics of Serbia’s government targeted with ‘military-grade spyware’
The Guardian ↗
28 Nov 2023
Critics of Serbia’s government targeted with ‘military-grade spyware’
spyware
Surveillance
Surveillance

Spyware abuses travel to Serbia for first time

28 Nov 2023
News
Spyware abuses travel to Serbia for first time
Washington Post ↗
28 Nov 2023
Spyware abuses travel to Serbia for first time
spyware
Surveillance
Surveillance

Spyware in Serbia: civil society under attack

28 Nov 2023

Access Now and our partners have discovered that civil society in Serbia have been targeted with invasive spyware technology. Here’s what we know.

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Spyware in Serbia: civil society under attack
28 Nov 2023
Spyware in Serbia: civil society under attack