Region: North America
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.
US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
One small step for accountability: U.S. announces anonymous visa sanctions program for spyware violations
In a positive but limited step, the U.S.’s new sanctions policy will deny visas to individuals who are involved in, facilitate, or financially benefit from the misuse of commercial spyware.
U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call: #StopSilencingPalestine
U.S. Senator joins civil society’s call to #StopSilencingPalestine. Meta’s censorship of Palestine-related content must end now.
How to protect black and brown lives in the age of AI?
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.
