Release Type: Press Releases
Rising and resisting in the darkness: internet shutdowns in 2025
Launching today, March 31, 2026, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition’s new report, Rising repression meets global resistance: Internet shutdowns in 2025, reveals that at least 313 shutdowns were implemented in 52 countries.
Statement: human rights organizations file brief in Anthropic v. DOW
Shadowy surveillance: Access Now maps the companies implementing the EU’s migration policies
Access Now’s latest research exposes the private sector companies building and profiting from the EU’s extensive surveillance infrastructure.
Strengthening the foundation: Access Now embraces new co-leadership model
As of January 2026, Arzu Geybulla has joined Access Now as Co-Executive Director, partnering with Alejandro Mayoral Baños to co-lead Access Now through the evolving human rights landscape of the next year and beyond
From Sandvine to AppLogic Networks: a rebrand doesn’t mean reform
Access Now, alongside several human rights organizations and independent news platforms, are calling on AppLogic Networks (previously Sandvine) to substantiate its announced corporate reforms following its removal from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List.
#KeepItOn coalition raise the alarm on potential shutdown during upcoming elections in Uganda
As millions of people prepare to head to the polls in Uganda on January, 15 2026, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition — a global network of over 345 organizations from 106 countries working to end internet shutdowns, has urged President Yoweri Museveni to ensure unfettered access to the internet, digital platforms, and all other communication channels on the run-up-to, during and post-elections.
MTN Group must answer for dangerous bounty SMS campaign in the Republic of Congo
Access Now,together with several human rights organizations, are calling on MTN Group to protect mobile service subscribers and ensure transparency and accountability for data breaches perpetuated by their subsidiaries in the Republic of Congo.
Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.
#KeepItOn: Authorities in Tanzania must commit to unrestricted access to the internet during elections
In an open letter to President Samia Suluhu, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are urging authorities in Tanzania to uphold human rights and ensure open and secure access to the internet and digital communications before, during, and after the upcoming elections on October 29, 2025, to guarantee a participatory and transparent electoral process.