Release Type: Press Releases

Access Now is disappointed that Alphabet’s management voted down a proposal to commission a human rights assessment of the planned expansion of Cloud centers at the AGM.

Meta must instil Persian content moderation practices at Instagram that promote human rights in the country — especially freedom of expression.

ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran are making recommendations to Meta and Meta’s Oversight Board in an effort to streamline processes to ensure freedom of expression is protected for people who rely on their platform in Iran.

Access Now supports UN human rights experts’ condemnation of the Myanmar military’s efforts to cement a “digital dictatorship.”

Access Now is urgently calling on India’s MeitY to substantially amend the Rules, ensuring the rights of people across India are upheld.

Sandvine has been providing Russia with DPI tech that enables surveillance and censorship. We call on Sandvine to withdraw its technology from Russia, and urge the U.S. to launch an investigation and pursue robust regulations for abusive technology.

The UK government has listened to civil society’s assertion that blocking the flow of information in and out of Russia will strike a blow to the rights of millions.  

Access Now and a coalition of organisations and individuals are urging India’s CERT-In to withdraw the April Directions.

Civil society urge Alphabet shareholders to ensure that the company upholds human rights principles before it proceeds with its Saudi Google Cloud center.

Alphabet shareholders should ensure human rights principles are upheld before Google proceeds with its cloud region plan in Saudi Arabia.