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Addressing human rights abuses and attacks on press freedom facilitated by AppLogic Networks in Egypt

12 Feb 2026
Press Release
Addressing human rights abuses and attacks on press freedom facilitated by AppLogic Networks in Egypt
12 Feb 2026
Addressing human rights abuses and attacks on press freedom facilitated by AppLogic Networks in Egypt
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From Sandvine to AppLogic Networks: a rebrand doesn’t mean reform

12 Feb 2026

Access Now, alongside several human rights organizations and independent news platforms, are calling on AppLogic Networks (previously Sandvine) to substantiate its announced corporate reforms following its removal from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List.

Press Release
From Sandvine to AppLogic Networks: a rebrand doesn’t mean reform
12 Feb 2026
From Sandvine to AppLogic Networks: a rebrand doesn’t mean reform
Cameroon

Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran

5 Feb 2026
Press Release
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran
5 Feb 2026
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Cameroon

Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns

23 Jan 2026
Press Release
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
23 Jan 2026
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
Cameroon

#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses

13 Jan 2026

join the international community, including the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in calling on Iran to immediately restore internet and mobile communications and in demanding accountability and transparency for the grave human rights violations documented in the country

Press Release
#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
13 Jan 2026
#KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
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Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict

11 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.

Press Release
Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
11 Dec 2025
Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
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Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms

11 Dec 2025

Our latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.

Publication
Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms
11 Dec 2025
Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms
Online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war

War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights

3 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.

Press Release
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
3 Dec 2025
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
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
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ملتقى «خبز ونت»: معركة الحقيقة في ميادين التكنولوجيا

29 Oct 2025
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ملتقى «خبز ونت»: معركة الحقيقة في ميادين التكنولوجيا
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29 Oct 2025
ملتقى «خبز ونت»: معركة الحقيقة في ميادين التكنولوجيا
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