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Restore Telecoms and Internet Connectivity in Gaza Now!

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: forensic analysis of a cross-border hack-for-hire campaign targeting civil society in MENA
Digital Security
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Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA

8 Apr 2026

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.

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Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA
8 Apr 2026
Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA
KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025
Internet Shutdowns
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When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

31 Mar 2026

The 2025 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data on internet shutdowns in 2025.

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When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
Artificial Intelligence
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Buyer beware: how AI is infiltrating humanitarian aid operations

26 Mar 2026

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.

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Buyer beware: how AI is infiltrating humanitarian aid operations
26 Mar 2026
Buyer beware: how AI is infiltrating humanitarian aid operations
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Fighting for fragile freedoms, online and off

19 Mar 2026

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.

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Fighting for fragile freedoms, online and off
19 Mar 2026
Fighting for fragile freedoms, online and off
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Surveillance
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From cooperation to complicity: meet the companies powering the EU’s war on migrants

11 Mar 2026

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.

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From cooperation to complicity: meet the companies powering the EU’s war on migrants
11 Mar 2026
From cooperation to complicity: meet the companies powering the EU’s war on migrants
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI

19 Feb 2026

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.

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Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI
19 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity

12 Feb 2026

In the second part of our series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we examine how LLMs threaten information integrity.

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Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity
12 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality

5 Feb 2026

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.

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Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
5 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!

8 Dec 2025

Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet – fund the good fight! Donate to Access Now.

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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
8 Dec 2025
Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
EU Human Rights Agenda
Artificial Intelligence
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One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights

2 Dec 2025

A year into its new mandate and the European Commission is reversing course when it comes to safeguarding human rights in the EU.

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One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights
2 Dec 2025
One year on, the new European Commission is abandoning human rights
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Access Now Grants: meet the Frontline Fighters

24 Nov 2025
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Access Now Grants: meet the Frontline Fighters
24 Nov 2025
Access Now Grants: meet the Frontline Fighters
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Access Now Grants: meet the Community Defenders

24 Nov 2025
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Access Now Grants: meet the Community Defenders
24 Nov 2025
Access Now Grants: meet the Community Defenders
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Access Now Grants: meet the Digital First Aiders

24 Nov 2025
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Access Now Grants: meet the Digital First Aiders
24 Nov 2025
Access Now Grants: meet the Digital First Aiders
Celebrating 10 years of Access Now Grants
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Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism

24 Nov 2025

Access Now grants marks 10 years of funding digital rights activism globally, celebrating 10 extraordinary grantees.

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Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism
24 Nov 2025
Access Now marks 10 years of resourcing digital rights activism
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Transparency
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Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index

21 Oct 2025

Big Tech needs to step up. We’re pushing companies in the 2025 RDR Index to do better on human rights.

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Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index
21 Oct 2025
Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index
Spyware
Surveillance
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The U.S. has reactivated its Paragon contract  — and it should alarm everyone

15 Oct 2025
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The U.S. has reactivated its Paragon contract  — and it should alarm everyone
15 Oct 2025
The U.S. has reactivated its Paragon contract  — and it should alarm everyone