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Israel’s digital occupation of Palestine
Access Now calls for a physical and digital ceasefire for Palestinians currently under seige in Gaza and facing online attacks around the world. We stand in solidarity with all those impacted by this conflict.
Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA
A new investigation by Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has exposed a hack-for-hire campaign targeting two prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics.
When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
The 2025 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data on internet shutdowns in 2025.
Buyer beware: how AI is infiltrating humanitarian aid operations
Access Now’s latest research unpacks how AI tools are dodging procurement vetting to infiltrate humanitarian organisations, creating new risks for them and the communities they serve.
Fighting for fragile freedoms, online and off
Arzu Geybulla, Access Now’s new Co-Executive Director, reflects on a life lived under repression and in exile, and how it has shaped her advocacy for human rights in the digital age.
From cooperation to complicity: meet the companies powering the EU’s war on migrants
In new research, Access Now reveals the private sector companies helping to build Fortress Europe, via relationships with the EU agencies focused on migration and border security.
Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI
In the third part of our blog series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we look at how the availability of systems is impacted by the proliferation of large language models.
Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity
In the second part of our series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we examine how LLMs threaten information integrity.
Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
In the first part of our blog series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we unpack how LLMs can jeopardize the confidentiality of people’s data.
Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet – fund the good fight! Donate to Access Now.
One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights
A year into its new mandate and the European Commission is reversing course when it comes to safeguarding human rights in the EU.
Access Now Grants: meet the Frontline Fighters
Access Now Grants: meet the Community Defenders
Access Now Grants: meet the Digital First Aiders
Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism
Access Now grants marks 10 years of funding digital rights activism globally, celebrating 10 extraordinary grantees.
Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index
Big Tech needs to step up. We’re pushing companies in the 2025 RDR Index to do better on human rights.