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How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks
Joint letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information legislation
Swedish authorities must reject legislation that would force companies to undermine the encryption of their services.
Les autorités gabonaises doivent garantir un accès internet libre et sécurisé pendant les élections
Authorities in Gabon must ensure unfettered access to the internet throughout the upcoming elections in the country on April 12, 2025.
#KeepItOn: authorities in Gabon must safeguard open and secure internet access during elections
#KeepItOn urges authorities in Gabon to keep the internet, social media, and all communication channels open and secure during the April 12 elections.
#KeepItOn : Nous exhortons les autorités gabonaises à garantir un accès Internet ouvert et
La coalition #KeepItOn exhorte le Gabon à garantir l’accès à Internet et aux réseaux sociaux avant, pendant et après les élections du 12 avril.
Gabonese authorities must ensure internet access throughout upcoming elections
Authorities in Gabon must ensure unfettered access to the internet throughout the upcoming elections in the country on April 12, 2025.
All democratic forces must act for a strong and independent civil society
We call on all democratic forces to oppose disinformation around
the role of civil society organizations to protect the unique role in European
democracy.
Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ အဆိုးဝါးဆုံးမြေငလျင်ဒဏ်ခံရချိန်တွင်အင်တာနက်အပါအဝင် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးလိုင်းများ ဆက်လက်ဖြတ်တောက်ထားခြင်းနှင့်အင်တာနက်ကန့်သတ်မှုများ ဆက်လက်လုပ်ဆောင်နေသော စစ်ကောင်စီအား ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ရှုံချပြီး၊ အဆိုပါ ကန့်သတ်ထားမှုများကို ပယ်ဖျက်ရန်တောင်းဆို
Joint statement: five-point plan for an inclusive WSIS+20 review
Joint appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Submission on India’s draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules
Access Now’s comments and recommendations on India’s draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
Comments on MeitY’s report on AI governance guidelines
Access Now’s comments on the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) report on AI governance guidelines.
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Joint statement on emerging digital laws in Bangladesh
Access Now urges the Interim Government of Bangladesh to ensure its approach to digital governance reforms to ensure is rights-based.
2024 में किये गए रिकॉर्ड तोड़ इंटरनेट शटडाउन: अधिकारों के हनन में एशिया प्रशांत सबसे आगे
एक्सेस नाउ और #KeepItOn गठबंधन की नई रिपोर्ट ने पाया की पिछले नौ सालों के रिकॉर्ड में, 2024 इंटरनेट शटडाउन के लिए सबसे खराब साल रहा।
The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa
Digital violence in MENA : impunity and internet shutdowns in 2024
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition’s new report reveals that 41 shutdowns were imposed in 17 countries across the MENA region in 2024.
အင်တာနက်ပိတ်ဆို့မှုများ အဆိုးဆုံးကြုံရသည့်နှစ် – အာရှပစိဖိတ်ဒေသက ၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်အတွက် ရှက်ဖွယ် ကျူးလွန်သူများစာရင်းမှာ ဗိုလ်ဆွဲခဲ့
၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်သည် အင်တာနက်ပိတ်ဆို့မှု အဆိုးရွားဆုံး ဖြစ်သည့်နှစ်အဖြစ် တရားဝင် မှတ်တမ်းဝင်သွားသည်။ စံတန်ဖိုးတွေလျော့ကျဖောက်ပြန်လာသည့် …
Worst year for internet shutdowns: Asia Pacific tops the 2024 shame list
Access Now in the news
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Defending digital rights: inside Access Now’s global fight for online freedom
Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial
How to protect yourself from phone searches at the U.S. border
Cyber experts offer lukewarm praise for voluntary code governing use of commercial hacking tools
U.S. to sign Pall Mall pact aimed at countering spyware abuses
Making money out of a disaster: fake news in Myanmar quake
Gabon elections – “We urge authorities to ensure unrestricted access to the internet”
Rights group calls on Thai government to end alleged cyberattacks against civil society
Spyware maker NSO Group is paving a path back into Trump’s America
The talented Mr. Kurz: how Austria’s ex-leader made it big in Israel’s cyber industry
‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams
Myanmar’s internet blackout is costing lives in earthquake-hit areas
A new wave of blocks in Russia targets VPN apps and Cloudflare subnets
How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked
Myanmar’s internet censorship limits information about quake
Proton CEO: Tech sovereignty requires demand for European services
Events
Join us at an upcoming event hosted by Access Now or our partners, and reach out to connect with us in person or online.
RightsCon 2025, Taipei and online
February 24 @ 8:00 am – February 27 @ 4:15 pm CST
Lanzamiento del informe “Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio” de la Coalición latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia
18 December 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am CST
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression
13 December 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CET
This event brings together Saudi activists, human rights organizations, and digital rights advocates to highlight the ethical concerns surrounding IGF 2024 and amplify the voices calling for the protection of human rights in digital spaces.
Prolonged shutdowns: An analysis of the silenced voices in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
29 October 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm GMT
