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KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025

31 Mar 2026
Press Release
One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025
31 Mar 2026
One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025
KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

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
KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns 2025

Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

31 Mar 2026

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 internet shutdowns in 2025 — the highest number since 2016.

Publication
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025
31 Mar 2026
Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025

2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch

26 Mar 2026

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

Campaign
2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch
26 Mar 2026
2026 elections and internet shutdowns watch
VPN Ban

Five years after coup, Myanmar’s digital authoritarianism enters new phase

13 Mar 2026
News
Five years after coup, Myanmar’s digital authoritarianism enters new phase
Tech Policy Press ↗
13 Mar 2026
Five years after coup, Myanmar’s digital authoritarianism enters new phase
header image: pushing back against IMEI registration in Myanmar

IMEI နံပါတ်တွေ မှတ်ပုံတင်ခိုင်းတာ စစ်တပ်ရဲ့ စောင့်ကြည့်ရေး ယန္တရားဖြစ်နိုင်

6 Mar 2026
News
IMEI နံပါတ်တွေ မှတ်ပုံတင်ခိုင်းတာ စစ်တပ်ရဲ့ စောင့်ကြည့်ရေး ယန္တရားဖြစ်နိုင်
DVB TV News ↗
6 Mar 2026
IMEI နံပါတ်တွေ မှတ်ပုံတင်ခိုင်းတာ စစ်တပ်ရဲ့ စောင့်ကြည့်ရေး ယန္တရားဖြစ်နိုင်
Indian AI Impact Summit 2026

Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026

February 16 - February 20 UTC+5.5

Event
Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026

February 16 - February 20 UTC+5.5

Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026
Celebrating 10 years of Access Now Grants

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

The Taliban must restore internet access across Afghanistan now

1 Oct 2025

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition unequivocally denounce the ongoing nationwide internet blackout in Afghanistan and demand that the Taliban restore internet access immediately.

Press Release
The Taliban must restore internet access across Afghanistan now
1 Oct 2025
The Taliban must restore internet access across Afghanistan now
Digital censorship

Access Now’s statement on Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown

9 Sep 2025

Access Now is deeply alarmed by the government of Nepal’s violent crackdown on human rights, both online and off.

Press Release
Access Now’s statement on Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown
9 Sep 2025
Access Now’s statement on Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown
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