Tag: Big Tech
Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide
As 2025 gets underway, Access Now’s new Executive Director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, PhD, shares his reflections on the “black snakes” threatening the digital rights movement.
Big Tech and the risk of genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?
Big Tech is playing a central role in enabling the relentless mass slaughter and destruction unleashed in the war in Gaza.
YouTube and Facebook let India down during the Lok Sabha election
La inteligencia artificial estará presente en todas las prestaciones de Google: cuáles son los riesgos de esta revolución tecnológica
“Votes will not be counted”: Indian election disinformation ads and YouTube
A new joint investigation by Access Now and Global Witness has found that YouTube is approving election disinformation ads in India ahead of the country’s general election.
Even in time of genocide, Big Tech silences Palestinians
Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency
Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that
As we enter the 2023 AGM season, we look at what shareholder proposals for Big Tech companies Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta reveal about the companies’ capacity to mitigate risk and ensure accountability for emerging tech like AI.
Open letter: TikTok’s ‘Focused View’ feature must respect human rights law
In an open letter, Access Now is demanding TikTok clarifies how it applies human rights law when using its new feature, “Focused View.”
U.S. Congressional briefing: what overturning Roe v. Wade means for digital rights
This U.S. Congressional Briefing unpacked what the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade means for human rights and digital safety.