Region: North America

White House Executive Order on AI: a step forward on civil rights, but Congress must pass privacy law
Access Now calls on the Biden-Harris Administration to protect human rights from bad data practices and algorithmic discrimination.

A surveillance tower in Mexico becomes an unsettling landmark for privacy advocates

Five years on, still no accountability for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

El Salvador: how dirty data entraps immigrants to the U.S.
The U.S. is using unreliable information from El Salvador for immigration processes, entrapping innocent immigrants. It’s time to stop dirty data-sharing agreements, reform the process, and protect people’s rights.

Rights groups call for investigation: U.S. relies on unreliable information in immigration screening and adjudications

Organizaciones de derechos humanos piden investigación sobre intercambio de información entre Estados Unidos y gobiernos autoritarios para procesos migratorios

It’s getting harder for the government to secretly flag your social posts

Am I Being Tracked
Am I Being Tracked (AIBT) is an Access Now project in 2014 that allowed users to test if their devices were tracked by their mobile carriers.
Ben Grazda

The U.S. must outlaw deceptive designs
Access Now is proactively providing principles for lawmakers seeking to regulate deceptive interface designs in the U.S.