Region: Middle East & North Africa
Eight years in the making: Tunisia’s controversial Biometric ID and Passport Bills risk rights
On March 6, the Tunisian Parliament officially adopted two controversial bills related to the Biometric ID and Passport.
Palestinians struggle to connect and get news amid digital shutdowns in Gaza: “without the internet everything stops”
Türkiye: Big tech should protect free speech and resist state censorship
We join ARTICLE 19, HRW, and 19 rights groups in calling on social media platforms to protect users’ free expression rights amidst increasing state censorship ahead of Türkiye’s municipal elections.
In Saudi Arabia, no safe harbor for free speech
Saudi authorities have proposed two laws that would further restrict free expression online, even potentially silencing people outside Saudi Arabia.
More accountability: U.S. blocklists Sandvine for enabling digital repression in Egypt
Access Now applauds the U.S. government for blocklisting Sandvine for supplying the Egyptian government with technology that facilitated the targeting of human rights activists and politicians.
Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?
How is Israel’s arms industry profiting from the war on Gaza?
It’s not a glitch: how Meta systematically censors Palestinian voices
This Access Now report documented cases of how Meta censors Palestinian voices on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta must act: stop the systematic censorship of Palestinian voices
Meta’s ongoing censorship of Palestine-related content during times of conflict is a systemic issue, not a glitch that needs addressing.
