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Policymakers

We urge companies to make their practices more transparent, accountable, and rights-respecting.

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Transparency Reporting Index

Transparency reporting is one of the strongest ways for tech companies to disclose threats to user privacy and free expression. Our index provides you with an easy way to find reports from today’s leading internet companies and telcos. We encourage more companies to join this trend toward openness in order to build trust and strengthen user rights online.…

Resources for Citizens

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Resources for Lawmakers

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EU-Israel data transfer
Data Protection
Data Protection

EU-Israel data transfer adequacy greenlit again: NGOs call for scrutiny over red flags

22 Apr 2024

Access Now and other organisations are calling on the European Commission to scrutinise its decision to re-confirm the data transfer adequacy with Israel.

Press Release
EU-Israel data transfer adequacy greenlit again: NGOs call for scrutiny over red flags
22 Apr 2024
EU-Israel data transfer adequacy greenlit again: NGOs call for scrutiny over red flags
U.S. Senate must stop the biggest expansion of surveillance power in 20 years
Privacy
Privacy

U.S. Senate must stop the biggest expansion of surveillance power in 20 years

17 Apr 2024
Press Release
U.S. Senate must stop the biggest expansion of surveillance power in 20 years
17 Apr 2024
U.S. Senate must stop the biggest expansion of surveillance power in 20 years
Protect Not Surveil
Surveillance
Surveillance

Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance

10 Apr 2024

The EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum ushers in a deadly new era of digital surveillance, expanding the digital infrastructure for an EU border regime based on the criminalisation and punishment of migrants and racialised people. 

Press Release
Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance
10 Apr 2024
Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance
Watermark and generative AI
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Joint statement: Finding the good in the first UN General Assembly resolution on artificial intelligence

10 Apr 2024

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the United States-led United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution “Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development.”

Press Release
Joint statement: Finding the good in the first UN General Assembly resolution on artificial intelligence
10 Apr 2024
Joint statement: Finding the good in the first UN General Assembly resolution on artificial intelligence
LGBTQ rights Uganda
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Protect rights online and off: Uganda’s court upholds criminalization of LGBTQ+ advocacy

3 Apr 2024

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has upheld the Anti-Homosexuality Act, dealing a deadly blow to human rights.

Press Release
Protect rights online and off: Uganda’s court upholds criminalization of LGBTQ+ advocacy
3 Apr 2024
Protect rights online and off: Uganda’s court upholds criminalization of LGBTQ+ advocacy
YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election
Content Governance
Content Governance

YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election

2 Apr 2024

YouTube is approving election disinformation ads in India ahead of the country’s general election, a new joint investigation by Access Now and Global Witness has found.

Press Release
YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election
2 Apr 2024
YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election
YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election
Content Governance
Content Governance

భారతదేశంలో సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికలకు ముందు అసత్య సమాచార ప్రకటనలను యూట్యూబ్  ఆమోదించింది. 

2 Apr 2024

దేశంలో సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికలకు ముందు ఎన్నికల గురించి జరిగే అసత్య ప్రకటనలను యూట్యూబ్ ఆమోదిస్తోందని యాక్సెస్ నౌ (Access Now) మరియూ గ్లోబల్ విట్‌నెస్ (Global Witness) సంయుక్తoగా చేపట్టిన కొత్త పరిశోధనలో వెల్లడైంది.

Press Release
భారతదేశంలో సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికలకు ముందు అసత్య సమాచార ప్రకటనలను యూట్యూబ్  ఆమోదించింది. 
2 Apr 2024
భారతదేశంలో సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికలకు ముందు అసత్య సమాచార ప్రకటనలను యూట్యూబ్  ఆమోదించింది. 
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Surveillance
Surveillance

Falsos positivos, verdaderas consecuencias

26 Mar 2024
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Falsos positivos, verdaderas consecuencias
26 Mar 2024
Falsos positivos, verdaderas consecuencias
LGBTQ rights Uganda
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Open letter to the President of Ghana: Reject the anti-LGBTQ+ bill to protect human rights

20 Mar 2024

Access Now and 28 civil society organizations are calling on President Nana-Akuffo Addo to reject Ghana’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

Press Release
Open letter to the President of Ghana: Reject the anti-LGBTQ+ bill to protect human rights
20 Mar 2024
Open letter to the President of Ghana: Reject the anti-LGBTQ+ bill to protect human rights
Russia #KeepItOn elections
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Ligne de vie de la démocratie: Le Sénégal doit maintenir l’accès à l’internet pendant l’élection présidentielle

19 Mar 2024
Press Release
Ligne de vie de la démocratie: Le Sénégal doit maintenir l’accès à l’internet pendant l’élection présidentielle
19 Mar 2024
Ligne de vie de la démocratie: Le Sénégal doit maintenir l’accès à l’internet pendant l’élection présidentielle
Russia #KeepItOn elections
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

#KeepItOn : Le gouvernement du Sénégal doit garantir un accès Internet ouvert et sécurisé tout au long de l’élection présidentielle de 2024

19 Mar 2024

Les nations à travers l’Afrique, et le monde, doivent assurer aux personnes un accès ouvert, sécurisé et gratuit à l’Internet quand ils en ont le plus besoin.

Press Release
#KeepItOn : Le gouvernement du Sénégal doit garantir un accès Internet ouvert et sécurisé tout au long de l’élection présidentielle de 2024
19 Mar 2024
#KeepItOn : Le gouvernement du Sénégal doit garantir un accès Internet ouvert et sécurisé tout au long de l’élection présidentielle de 2024
Russia #KeepItOn elections
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Democracy’s lifeline: Senegal must uphold internet access this election

19 Mar 2024

Authorities in Senegal must commit to ensuring access to the internet throughout the election period.

Press Release
Democracy’s lifeline: Senegal must uphold internet access this election
19 Mar 2024
Democracy’s lifeline: Senegal must uphold internet access this election
Russia #KeepItOn elections
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

#KeepItOn: government of Senegal must ensure open and secure internet access throughout the 2024 presidential elections

19 Mar 2024

The government of Senegal must ensure people can access open and secure internet when they need it the most and #KeepItOn.

Press Release
#KeepItOn: government of Senegal must ensure open and secure internet access throughout the 2024 presidential elections
19 Mar 2024
#KeepItOn: government of Senegal must ensure open and secure internet access throughout the 2024 presidential elections
Russia Internet access
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Russia’s elections: internet access is fundamental

14 Mar 2024

To uphold a semblance of democracy on and after polling day, Russian authorities must ensure open and secure internet access across Russia.

Press Release
Russia’s elections: internet access is fundamental
14 Mar 2024
Russia’s elections: internet access is fundamental
smart borders
Surveillance
Surveillance

“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis

13 Mar 2024
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“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis
13 Mar 2024
“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis
Privacy
Privacy

Joint Statement: Urgent Call to the Nigerian Communications Commission to Protect Human Rights and Privacy in Nigeria

13 Mar 2024
Press Release
Joint Statement: Urgent Call to the Nigerian Communications Commission to Protect Human Rights and Privacy in Nigeria
13 Mar 2024
Joint Statement: Urgent Call to the Nigerian Communications Commission to Protect Human Rights and Privacy in Nigeria