Region: Palestine

Meta’s actions “adversely impacted” Palestinians’ rights: Access Now welcomes BSR findings
Access Now welcomes the release of BSR’s human rights due diligence findings that expose Meta’s rights-violating actions against people in Palestine.

Joint statement: civil society welcomes independent human rights assessment on Meta’s content moderation in Palestine and Israel
Through a joint statement, civil society commends BSR’s human rights assessment on Meta’s content moderation in Palestine and Israel.

Meta’s Treatment of the India Human Rights Impact Assessment Is an Alarming Precedent for Arabic Speaking Countries
Access Now and partners demand the immediate release of Meta’s India Human Rights Impact Assessment and Palestine’s BSR report.

From Palestine to India, Meta must step up and protect the rights of the global majority
Access Now and a coalition of rights organizations urge Meta to immediately release the India HRIA report and the Palestine BSR report.

Access Now Grants: How we support the activists who defend our rights during conflict and crisis
In 2021, Access Now Grants supported grassroots, frontline, and feminist digital rights organizations and human rights defenders.

Internet shutdowns in 2021 report: MENA in the dark
In 2021, Access Now documented at least 23 shutdowns in nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021.”

Facing the consequences: Access Now welcomes legal action against NSO Group
Access Now welcomes a lawsuit filed against NSO Group for facilitating unlawful surveillance of French-Palestinian human rights defender, Salah Hammour.

What the tech sector can do to respect human rights in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and beyond
As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates to war, the tech sector must do more than merely comply with sanctions. Here are our recommendations for mitigating human rights harms.

The best and the worst in 2022: data protection laws across the world
On Data Protection Day, Access Now reviews the countries with some of the best and worst data protection laws in 2022.

NSO’s Pegasus surveilled Palestinian activists — it’s time for a moratorium on spyware sales
Access Now condemns the hacking of six Palestinian human rights defenders’ devices with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.