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Free Salma al-Shehab, Saudi’s Twitter activist! Even Big Tech has a role to play

29 Aug 2022 •

Access Now and partners call on Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab.

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Free Salma al-Shehab, Saudi’s Twitter activist! Even Big Tech has a role to play
29 Aug 2022
Free Salma al-Shehab, Saudi’s Twitter activist! Even Big Tech has a role to play

Saudi authorities must release women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab 

29 Aug 2022 •

In a joint statement, Access Now and partners call on Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately release Salma al-Shehab.

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Saudi authorities must release women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab 
29 Aug 2022
Saudi authorities must release women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab 
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Post-Roe, civil society calls on data brokers to do no harm

12 Aug 2022 •

Access Now, Amnesty International USA, and Fight for the Future called on four geolocation data brokers to ensure their practices are not harming the privacy and reproductive rights of people seeking abortions.

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Post-Roe, civil society calls on data brokers to do no harm
12 Aug 2022
Post-Roe, civil society calls on data brokers to do no harm
Meta Human Rights

How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech

21 Jul 2022 •

This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season for the tech sector has come and gone, but the results for Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon tell a surprisingly hopeful story for digital rights advocates.

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How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech
21 Jul 2022
How the world’s biggest investors could transform Big Tech
Antitrust

The world needs U.S. antitrust legislation: Big Tech must not determine global human rights

11 Jul 2022 •

Access Now and digital rights organizations around the world call on the U.S. Congress to pass antitrust reform to hold Big Tech accountable.

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The world needs U.S. antitrust legislation: Big Tech must not determine global human rights
11 Jul 2022
The world needs U.S. antitrust legislation: Big Tech must not determine global human rights
data privacy

Compromise at last — U.S. bipartisan data privacy bill is positive step towards tackling discrimination

23 Jun 2022 •

Access Now is encouraged by the introduction of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act.

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Compromise at last — U.S. bipartisan data privacy bill is positive step towards tackling discrimination
23 Jun 2022
Compromise at last — U.S. bipartisan data privacy bill is positive step towards tackling discrimination
Musk

What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?

12 May 2022 •

Elon Musk’s simplistic views of freedom of expression could catapult Twitter from a toxic space to a worse one — especially for those of us tweeting from the margins.

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What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?
12 May 2022
What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?

Vietnam’s new social media take-down rules will intensify state censorship — they must be revoked

21 Apr 2022 •

Access Now is calling on Vietnam’s government to immediately revoke the new social media take-down rules.

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Vietnam’s new social media take-down rules will intensify state censorship — they must be revoked
21 Apr 2022
Vietnam’s new social media take-down rules will intensify state censorship — they must be revoked
Access Now welcomes the European Parliament's position on the Regulation on political ads

ABC’s The Drum

2 Mar 2022
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ABC’s The Drum
2 Mar 2022
ABC’s The Drum
EU Ukraine

Open letter to the EU: protect people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine

2 Mar 2022 •

In a letter to the EU, Access Now provides recommendations related to tech platforms and telecoms operators in the context of the war in Ukraine.

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Open letter to the EU: protect people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine
2 Mar 2022
Open letter to the EU: protect people affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine