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UN roundup and delegate guide: digital rights at the United Nations

Our new brief tracks progress on digital rights at the UN, providing recommendations for advancing international norms and standards to safeguard human rights online. …

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Press Releases

Digital Security

India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill must be revamped to protect human rights

India’s Draft Telecommunication Bill is yet another attack on end-to-end encryption, and people’s fundamental rights and freedoms.…

22 September 2022

Shutdowns right to education

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Internet Shutdowns

Courts must #KeepItOn to protect the right to education

Governments cite administration of education as a rationale for internet shutdowns during exams. Here’s why shutdowns are never compatible with the right to education.…

21 September 2022

header image: pushing back against IMEI registration in Myanmar

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စစ်ကောင်စီ ဘာကြောင့် ကိုယ်ရေးအချက်အလက်တွေ ကောက်နေလဲ

BBC

21 September 2022

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Data Protection

Access Now’s submission on Bangladesh’s Draft Data Protection Act

Access Now’s submission to the Information and Communication Technology Division, Bangladesh, on the Draft Data Protection Act, 2022.

21 September 2022

photo by: Jeremy Bezanger

Press Releases

Meta and Google must use their powers to stop Myanmar’s alternative propaganda machine

The Myanmar junta is building an alternative propaganda machine and banning Youtube and Facebook across the country. MTube and OKPar apps are being offered as alternatives. …

21 September 2022

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Telegram Has a Serious Doxing Problem

Peter Guest, WIRED

20 September 2022

Ooredoo

Press Releases

Ooredoo’s plans to leave Myanmar hands military full control of nation’s telco sector — it must mitigate the human rights risks

Access Now calls on Ooredoo to mitigate the human rights risks that will arise from the sale to junta-linked entities.…

15 September 2022

Kazakhstan internet

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India’s Supreme Court Demands Clarity On Internet Shutdowns

Emma Woollacott, Forbes

13 September 2022

#KeepItOn Report - The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021

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India’s dubious record on internet shutdowns set to continue

Economic Times

10 September 2022

Iran internet

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ကမ္ဘာ့မျက်မှောက်ရေးရာ။

BBC

3 September 2022

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India ranks second in cyber attacks on health system in 2021, report shows

Scroll

2 September 2022

cert-in directions

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Global VPN Providers Pull India Servers Over New Cybersecurity Rules

Newly Purnell, Wall Street Journal

1 September 2022

Kazakhstan internet

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Taliban Continues Censorship, Web Blocks As It Promises 4G

Jamie Tarabay & Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg

31 August 2022

Meta Human Rights

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights

Meta’s Treatment of the India Human Rights Impact Assessment Is an Alarming Precedent for Arabic Speaking Countries

Access Now and partners demand the immediate release of Meta’s India Human Rights Impact Assessment and Palestine’s BSR report. …

23 August 2022

Meta Human Rights

Press Releases

Content Governance

From Palestine to India, Meta must step up and protect the rights of the global majority

Access Now and a coalition of rights organizations urge Meta to immediately release the India HRIA report and the Palestine BSR report.…

23 August 2022

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Connection unstable: Kashmir’s influencers seek internet fame but can’t get online

Gafira Qadir, Rest of World

16 August 2022

what is disinformation

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Hanoi brings back loudspeakers as old-school propaganda methods return to Vietnam

Andrew Nachemson, The Guardian

15 August 2022

Spyware

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As spyware abuse emerges in Thailand, the pressure for accountability mounts across the world

Dhevy Sivaprakasam & Ruchapong Chamjirachaikul, Prachatai

11 August 2022

The #KeepItOn coalition calls on authorities in Iran to immediately reinstate full internet access across the country.

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Keeping Hope Alive

Sonali Dhawan & Waliullah Rahmani, CPJ

11 August 2022

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Security firm finds flaws in Indian online insurance broker

Krutika Pathi, Sheikh Saaliq & Frank Bajak, Associated Press

10 August 2022

Sierra Leone

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Internet Suspended In Kashmir And Manipur To ‘Maintain Law And Order’

Vallari Sanzgiri, MediaNama

8 August 2022

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Data Protection Bill wasn’t perfect but new one shouldn’t be opaque

Namrata Maheshwari & Raman Jit Singh Chima, Times of India

6 August 2022

Ooredoo

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Schlimmer ist es nur in China

Veronika Silberg, Der Spiegel

5 August 2022

Myanmar CCTV camera

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Track and target: FAQ on Myanmar CCTV cameras and facial recognition

The military junta in Myanmar is rolling out China-made CCTV cameras with facial recognition capabilities to intensify surveillance against the people.…

3 August 2022

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