Release Type: Press Releases

The undersigned civil society organizations, write to invite Ralph Mupita, new Chief Executive Officer at MTN, into dialogue with our community, and provide guidance on how telcos like MTN can better respect the human rights of their users. 

A coalition of organizations including Mawjoudin, Damj, and Access Now are asking Instagram and others to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in the face of hatred and violence on the platform.

Access Now, CPJ, EFF, and digital security experts Ron Deibert and Christopher Parsons are calling on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to look into the activities of Sandvine and its owners Francisco Partners for potential legal violations arising out of their contracts with Belarus.

Mark your calendars: from discussing digital cooperation at UNGA 75, to exploring innovative strategies to stop internet shutdowns, these are the events that should be on your radar.

On September 24 at 10:00 am UTC, join our webinar to hear from experts from media, education, health, technology, and civil society about the innovative strategies they are using to fight internet shutdowns during COVID-19, elections, and protests.

Unilateral decrees by the Trump Administration banning transactions between U.S. persons and businesses and the firms running WeChat and TikTok would deprive millions of people of information and communication tools during a global pandemic, restrict human rights groups from reaching at-risk communities, and suppress free expression just before the U.S. election.

Introduced by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, the SAFE Data Act does little to protect our data from exploitation and abuse.

Sandvine withdrawing its product support in Belarus after abuses have already occurred is a necessary but deeply insufficient gesture from a company whose investors have a long track record of failing to protect human rights.

South Korea’s network infrastructure may be state of the art, but the country’s “pay to play” regime for delivering traffic is an unprecedented threat to the free and open internet.