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Privacy and human rights award 2026
The game is up: how MENA’s social media regulations silence and control
MENA’s social media regulations give the appearance of legitimacy but threaten to increase state censorship and control.
Oral statement at the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance
Same government, more victims: Access Now calls for an urgent investigation into hacking of MEP
Access Now joins more than 20 human rights organizations and individuals in condemning Pegasus spyware attack against Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist and then-Member of the European Parliament
Russia used Cellebrite tool to jail activist after company claimed to have ended contract
A Citizen Lab investigation confirms evidence Russian authorities used Cellebrite tool to hack prominent Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov after the Cellebrite claimed to have ceased sales to Russia.
La receta para una inteligencia artificial con sabor latinoamericano
El lanzamiento de LatamGPT, un sistema de procesamiento de lenguaje natural hecho por y para América Latina nos lleva a analizar dónde estamos y qué pasos debemos priorizar en esta región en cuanto a innovación técnica.
Surveilled, targeted, and now hacked: WFP must protect Palestinians in Gaza after massive data breach
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn in the strongest possible terms the cyberattack on the World Food Programme (WFP) that took place on May 14, 2026, exposing the personal data of 600,000 Palestinian households in Gaza.
AI-accelerated warfare must stop
As AI-accelerated warfare is rapidly becoming a means of rubber-stamping killing at unprecedented speed and scale, Access Now, Amnesty International, and more than 200 civil society organizations and individuals are calling attention to the militarization of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and for an immediate halt to the use of AI systems in the military kill chain.
Joint statement on AI in warfare
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are deeply alarmed by the rapid militarization of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI systems embedded into military kill chains are accelerating the speed and scale of military assaults in a manner that creates significant new risks for accountability in conflict and risks facilitating violations of international criminal, human rights, and humanitarian law.
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.
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.
Submission on amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”)
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Mi Privacidad es mi Voto: Fortaleciendo la integridad informativa en América Latina
Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
التجسس لقمع المعارضة: هجمة تصيّد إلكتروني مأجورة تستهدف المجتمع المدني في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا
كشف تحقيق جديد أجراه فريق خط المساعدة للأمن الرقمي التابع لمنظمة أكسس ناو عن هجمة تصيّد إلكتروني مأجورة، استهدفت اثنين من الصحفيين المصريين البارزين والمعارضين .للحكومة
Amicus Brief to the European Court of Human Rights on spyware and surveillance in Azerbaijan
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A critical tool for fighting against an Orwellian future’ — Why users of this encrypted messaging app are helping keep the project alive
India’s crackdown on a new WhatsApp feature risks setting a global precedent
Can the United Nations Bring the World Together on AI?
Robot dogs, Teslas, and rescue helicopters: the UN AI Summit was a lot
RightsCon Continues: what’s next for 2026
Russia used Cellebrite technology in case against activist, report says
Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Russia used Cellebrite phone-hacking tool to crack down on dissident after firm cut off country
Russia hacked a dissident’s iPhone with banned Israeli tech, records show
Computer says kill: how to say no w/ Matt Mahmoudi and Marwa Fatafta
How Google Switzerland works for Israel
Hidden spyware use in war may be more widespread than we realize
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
Palestinians risked their lives to document Gaza, then came the algorithm
Events
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Not AI for Good
July 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEST
Stronger together: digital security and resilience for LGBTQ+ people
July 14 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Join the next webinar organized by the Digital Security Helpline, to discuss key trends and strategies to keep at-risk actors safe online.
Resisting anti-rights attacks on the LGBTQ+ movement in the digital age
July 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EAT
Advancing Rights-Centered reporting on Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act
April 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm WAT
