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Access Now and Amnesty International launch Toronto Declaration on human rights and artificial intelligence

16 May 2018

Global human rights organisations Amnesty International and Access Now launched a declaration on human rights and artificial intelligence at the opening of RightsCon 2018.

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Access Now and Amnesty International launch Toronto Declaration on human rights and artificial intelligence
16 May 2018
Access Now and Amnesty International launch Toronto Declaration on human rights and artificial intelligence
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The Toronto Declaration: Protecting the rights to equality and non-discrimination in machine learning systems

16 May 2018

Open declaration by Amnesty International and Access Now, endorsed by Human Rights Watch and Wikimedia Foundation at RightsCon Toronto 2018

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The Toronto Declaration: Protecting the rights to equality and non-discrimination in machine learning systems
16 May 2018
The Toronto Declaration: Protecting the rights to equality and non-discrimination in machine learning systems
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Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepItOn

16 May 2018

Access Now and the Internet Society on the need to protect the core of the internet for digital rights.

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Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepItOn
16 May 2018
Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepItOn
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European-made FinSpy malware is being used to target critics in Turkey

14 May 2018

Today, we are releasing a report detailing the extensive deployment of FinFisher malware against activists in Turkey and beyond.

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European-made FinSpy malware is being used to target critics in Turkey
14 May 2018
European-made FinSpy malware is being used to target critics in Turkey
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New survey reveals global sentiment towards internet access, safety, and trust

14 May 2018

Access Now, working in partnership with RIWI, a Toronto-based technology firm, has released the initial results of the Global Internet Sentiment Survey.

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New survey reveals global sentiment towards internet access, safety, and trust
14 May 2018
New survey reveals global sentiment towards internet access, safety, and trust
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Dirty tricks reported during Malaysian election

9 May 2018

Reports through our Digital Security Helpline indicate that the mobile phones of opposition politicians and activists are being targeted with DDoS attacks — effectively making their phones useless to communicate.

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Dirty tricks reported during Malaysian election
9 May 2018
Dirty tricks reported during Malaysian election
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Access Now calls on U.S. Congress to look at companies’ decision on domain fronting

7 May 2018

Companies like Google and Amazon are capitulating to repressive regimes, harming human rights globally. U.S. lawmakers should urge them to change course.

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Access Now calls on U.S. Congress to look at companies’ decision on domain fronting
7 May 2018
Access Now calls on U.S. Congress to look at companies’ decision on domain fronting

تونس: مشروع قانون المعطيات الشخصية مسار مشوب بالاخلالات ومحتوى مهدد للحقوق الأساسية

3 May 2018
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تونس: مشروع قانون المعطيات الشخصية مسار مشوب بالاخلالات ومحتوى مهدد للحقوق الأساسية
3 May 2018
تونس: مشروع قانون المعطيات الشخصية مسار مشوب بالاخلالات ومحتوى مهدد للحقوق الأساسية
|Vietnam: Immediately release Pham Doan Trang

Message to Google and Amazon on domain fronting: You break it, you bought it

2 May 2018

When it comes to anti-censorship tools like domain fronting, the market leaders that have the resources to fight for human rights must be just that — leaders.

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Message to Google and Amazon on domain fronting: You break it, you bought it
2 May 2018
Message to Google and Amazon on domain fronting: You break it, you bought it
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EU “fake news” strategy needs to be based on real evidence, not assumptions

26 Apr 2018

We urge the European Commission not to rush into taking binding measures regarding “fake news” or “online disinformation” but rather, to take the expertise of civil liberties and digital rights experts into account.

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EU “fake news” strategy needs to be based on real evidence, not assumptions
26 Apr 2018
EU “fake news” strategy needs to be based on real evidence, not assumptions