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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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Privacy

‘No one is safe’: As UN debates spyware threats, rights groups say ban it

Dania Akkad, Middle East Eye

29 September 2022

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

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‘The internet is dead in Iran’: Protests targeted by shutdown

Sanam Mahoozi, Reuters

29 September 2022

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Freedom of Expression

Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron

Middle East Monitor

27 September 2022

Press Releases

Content Governance

Meta’s actions “adversely impacted” Palestinians’ rights: Access Now welcomes BSR findings

Access Now welcomes the release of BSR’s human rights due diligence findings that expose Meta’s rights-violating actions against people in Palestine.…

27 September 2022

Press Releases

Content Governance

Joint statement: civil society welcomes independent human rights assessment on Meta’s content moderation in Palestine and Israel

Through a joint statement, civil society commends BSR’s human rights assessment on Meta’s content moderation in Palestine and Israel. …

27 September 2022

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

The world must support people in Iran: sanctions relief helps connect the nation

Access Now supports sanctions relief to keep Iran country connected — to information, platforms for expression, and the outside world.…

26 September 2022

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Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown

Matt Burgess, WIRED

23 September 2022

Press Releases

Internet Shutdowns

Stop suppressing the population: authorities in Iran must #KeepItOn

Access Now is outraged by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, and calls on authorities in Iran to reinstate internet access across the country. …

22 September 2022

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Iran Restricts Internet Access as Women’s Rights Protests Spread

Benoit Faucon, Wall Street Journal

22 September 2022

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Iran Shuts Down WhatsApp And Instagram As Protests Spread

Emma Woollacott, Forbes

22 September 2022

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

تونس: يجب على الرئيس إلغاء المرسوم الذي يقوض الحق في حرية التعبير والصحافة

Read in English / للقراءة بالانجليزية

21 September 2022

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Tunisia: President must scrap decree-law undermining free expression and the press

Civil society condemn the new decree-law 54 in in Tunisia and urge the President to withdraw it in order to uphold freedom of expression and press freedom.…

21 September 2022

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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

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Iran shutters mobile networks, Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests

Jonathan Greig, The Record

21 September 2022

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منظمات وجمعيات حقوقية تدين مضامين المرسوم الرئاسي عدد 54 وتدعو الى سحبه

Shems FM

21 September 2022

Press Releases

Internet Shutdowns

Joint statement: authorities in Iran must ensure internet access during protests in Saqqez

Through an open letter, civil society organizations call on Iran to keep the internet accessible in Saqqez. …

19 September 2022

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ADPPA vs GDPR: how does the proposed US law compare to EU privacy standards?

Chiara Castro, TechRadar

13 September 2022

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

U.S. must stand up to human rights abuses in MENA, stop emboldening dictators

Access Now stands in solidarity with civil society organizations calling on the U.S. government to stand up to human rights abuses in MENA.…

1 September 2022

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ما يمنعه على الفلسطينيين يحله للأوكرانيين.. موقع أميركي يكشف ازدواجية المعايير لفيسبوك

Al Jazeera

29 August 2022

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights

على السلطات السعودية الإفراج عن ناشطة حقوق المرأة سلمى الشهاب

في بيان مشترك، تطالب اكسس ناو وشركاؤها في المجتمع المدني السلطات السعودية بالإفراج الفوري عن سلمى الشهاب.…

29 August 2022

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Business and Human Rights

Free Salma al-Shehab, Saudi’s Twitter activist! Even Big Tech has a role to play

Access Now and partners call on Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab.…

29 August 2022

Press Releases

Business and Human Rights

Saudi authorities must release women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab

In a joint statement, Access Now and partners call on Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately release Salma al-Shehab.…

29 August 2022

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Internet Shutdowns

Empty promises: more internet shutdowns during exams in MENA

As students in MENA sit down for national exams, governments cut off the internet and implement shutdowns. Here’s what happened in 2022.…

24 August 2022

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