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Unsafe anywhere: women human rights defenders speak out about Pegasus attacks

A new investigation reveals the hacking of two women human rights defenders from Bahrain and Jordan using Pegasus spyware.…

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Access Now in the News

Major changes to Australian internet legislation needed says report

Sean Mitchell, IT Brief

31 July 2020

Access Now in the News

Privacy Shield Is Gone – What Now!?

Jennifer Baker, CPO Magazine

29 July 2020

Access Now in the News

Business and Human Rights

Senators chart moderate new path on Section 230 reform

Brendan Bordelon, National Journal

29 July 2020

Access Now in the News

Freedom of Expression

Coronavirus crisis threatens internet opportunity for Native Americans

Avi-Asher Schapiro, Reuters

28 July 2020

Press Releases

U.S. FCC should help Indigenous communities access broadband

Access Now calls on the U.S. FCC to extend the application deadline for Indigenous communities to apply for federal spectrum.…

23 July 2020

Access Now in the News

US-EU Privacy Shield data-sharing pact invalidated over surveillance fears

Katie Collins , CNet

16 July 2020

Access Now in the News

A Tangled, Twisted Route to Privacy Shield Invalidity?

Jennifer Baker, CPO Magazine

15 July 2020

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Press Releases

Digital Security

Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act would cripple digital security

Access Now strongly opposes the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, dangerous legislation that would erode digital security safeguards.…

8 July 2020

Press Releases

ISPs lose a critical motion in Maine broadband privacy fight

Access Now applauds state of Maine for protecting broadband privacy rights in court motion.…

7 July 2020

Access Now in the News

Freedom of Expression

Warner leads bill to expand access to affordable high-speed internet

Augusta Free Press

2 July 2020

Press Releases

U.S. House of Representatives should pass the Moving Forward Act

It is incumbent on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Moving Forward Act to provide essential broadband internet service to marginalized communities.…

30 June 2020

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

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Data Protection

The wild west of COVID-19 exposure mapping and why the U.S. needs a data protection law

The U.S. Congress must act to protect the privacy and civil rights of users amidst the deployment of COVID-19 response technologies across the country.…

22 June 2020

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Press Releases

Data Protection

COVID-19 response technology must protect civil rights

Access Now joins coalition letter to U.S. Congress calling for civil rights and privacy protections in COVID-19 response technology.…

11 June 2020

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Freedom of Expression

Standing with #BlackLivesMatter — for human rights, for justice, and for democracy

Access Now stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and all those exercising their fundamental right to protest across the United States and around the world to call for justice and an end to human rights violations against the Black community.…

4 June 2020

Press Releases

Access Now and partners defend Maine broadband privacy law

Access Now and partners file amicus brief in internet service providers’ challenge to Maine broadband privacy statute. …

1 June 2020

Press Releases

Freedom of Expression

Twitter corrects Trump’s inaccurate ballot tweet, so he retaliates with legally nonsensical executive order

Access Now lambasts President Trump’s executive order to undermine Section 230 and defends Twitter’s decision to fact-check the president’s erroneous tweet.…

28 May 2020

Press Releases

California bill would help close digital divide and make the state a leader on connectivity

Access Now applauds California State Senator Lena Gonzalez’s SB 1130, legislation that would update the state’s broadband buildout program.…

20 May 2020

Access Now in the News

Search Results Web results NCAC Urges Speaker Pelosi to Support Critical Change to Patriot Act

National Coalition Against Censorship

18 May 2020

Access Now in the News

Freedom of Expression

Consumer Groups Call For Immediate Lifeline Expansion

Kelcee Griffis, Law 360

15 May 2020

Press Releases

Access Now and Consumer Reports call for FCC to expand broadband access in response to COVID-19 crisis

Access Now and Consumer Reports file petitions at the FCC signed by more than 50,000 concerned citizens to expand broadband internet access during the pandemic.…

14 May 2020

Access Now in the News

Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant

Caleb Chen, Privacy News Online

13 May 2020

Press Releases

The HEROES Act will help bring millions of disconnected people back online in the U.S.

Access Now applauds the U.S. House of Representatives’s introduction of the HEROES Act, COVID-19 relief that would help bring millions of disconnected people back online.…

12 May 2020

Press Releases

Privacy protections inadequate in USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020

Access Now joins a coalition of civil society organizations in calling on the U.S. Senate to improve H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020.…

11 May 2020

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Press Releases

U.S. Senate Republicans’ COVID-19 data protection bill misses the mark

Access Now calls on the U.S. Senate to improve the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act.…

8 May 2020

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