Tag: Business & Human Rights

Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
Access Now, alongside several human rights organisations, is calling on the Vodacom Group, as a major shareholder in Safaricom, to launch an urgent, independent, and publicly accessible assessment into the company’s role in potential human rights violations in relation to the ongoing protests in Kenya.

نحو مستقبل رقمي آمن وحر في سوريا
رفع العقوبات عن سوريا خطوة مهمة نحو التقدّم، لكن لا يزال أمام السوريين الكثير لبناء مستقبل رقمي حر وآمن ومفتوح.

Reclaiming Syria’s digital future

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.

Experts: Apple’s removal of news apps in Russia sets ‘dangerous precedent’

Public interest groups to Biden: you met with CEOs on AI, now meet us
Demand Progress Education Fund, Access Now, and partner organizations demand a meeting with the U.S. government to discuss the impact of data centers.

Open letter: no deepfakes for democracy
Access Now and civil society partners demand social media platforms take immediate action to implement policies to stop deepfakes from interfering in elections.

Demand better privacy: hold Bumble accountable

Civil society open letter urges Bumble to take privacy seriously
Access Now, in an effort led by Mozilla and other key civil society organizations, is demanding that Bumble address problem with its data collection and privacy practices.

Civil society to YouTube: stop helping Russia suppress free speech
Through an open letter, Access Now and over 20 Russian and international civil society organizations are urging YouTube and its parent company Google to not help the Kremlin censor Russian independent media and human rights organizations.