Release Type: Press Releases

The incoming Biden-Harris administration must ensure agency hires hail from diverse backgrounds and prioritize civil rights and technology equities.

After years of calls from civil society for transparency and accountability, MTN has taken an important first step.

This nomination has serious implications, not only for how Brazil’s data protection law will be implemented, but also for any adequacy determination, the advancement of global data protection standards, and the guarantee of independence of the data protection authority. 

The government of Myanmar has a long history of implementing targeted internet shutdowns, slowdowns, and throttling. With the country’s federal election scheduled for November 8, Access Now calls for stable and open internet and digital communication channels across all states.

Access Now is calling out the Council of the European Union for failing to reconsider and strengthen the EU dual-use recast compromise amendments. Council members must urgently reevaluate their positions to meet their human rights obligations. 

Numerous reports have emerged that Telegram and VPNs have been blocked in Cuba. Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition are calling for transparency, and to ensure internet and digital communications channels are secure, accessible, and open at all times.

Desde el 14 de octubre, han surgido numerosos reportes señalando que Telegram, una popular aplicación de mensajería, y algunas herramientas de evasión como las redes privadas virtuales (VPN), han sido bloqueadas en Cuba.

Muchos usuarios en Cuba han señalado que no han podido acceder a Telegram desde el 14 de octubre de 2020 y tampoco a algunas redes privadas neutrales (VPN por sus siglas en inglés) que permiten a los ciudadanos el acceso a estas plataformas, lo que podría mostrar un intento deliberado de las autoridades cubanas para restringir el ejercicio de derechos fundamentales como la libertad de opinión y expresión, así como el derecho de acceso a la información, a través de estos canales.

There have been numerous reports that Telegram is not working in Cuba. Many users have pointed out that they have not been able to access the application since October 14, 2020.

Austrian-owned A1 Telekom Austria Group must acknowledge its role in election-related internet shutdowns in Belarus, maintain free and open internet, and resist and denounce any and all future orders by the Alyaksandr Lukashenka government to interfere with internet access.