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Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya

9 Jul 2025

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. 

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Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
9 Jul 2025
Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
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نحو مستقبل رقمي آمن وحر في سوريا

22 May 2025

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

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نحو مستقبل رقمي آمن وحر في سوريا
22 May 2025
نحو مستقبل رقمي آمن وحر في سوريا
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Reclaiming Syria’s digital future

22 May 2025
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Reclaiming Syria’s digital future
22 May 2025
Reclaiming Syria’s digital future

Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide 

16 Jan 2025

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.

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Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide 
16 Jan 2025
Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide 
Regulating digital platforms

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

29 Oct 2024
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Experts: Apple’s removal of news apps in Russia sets ‘dangerous precedent’
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29 Oct 2024
Experts: Apple’s removal of news apps in Russia sets ‘dangerous precedent’
Bodily harms: how AI and biometrics curtail human rights PR header

Public interest groups to Biden: you met with CEOs on AI, now meet us

7 Oct 2024

Demand Progress Education Fund, Access Now, and partner organizations demand a meeting with the U.S. government to discuss the impact of data centers.

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Public interest groups to Biden: you met with CEOs on AI, now meet us
7 Oct 2024
Public interest groups to Biden: you met with CEOs on AI, now meet us
AI Action Summit

Open letter: no deepfakes for democracy

4 Sep 2024

Access Now and civil society partners demand social media platforms take immediate action to implement policies to stop deepfakes from interfering in elections.

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Open letter: no deepfakes for democracy
4 Sep 2024
Open letter: no deepfakes for democracy

Demand better privacy: hold Bumble accountable

14 Aug 2024
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Demand better privacy: hold Bumble accountable
14 Aug 2024
Demand better privacy: hold Bumble accountable

Civil society open letter urges Bumble to take privacy seriously

8 Aug 2024

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.

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Civil society open letter urges Bumble to take privacy seriously
8 Aug 2024
Civil society open letter urges Bumble to take privacy seriously
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Civil society to YouTube: stop helping Russia suppress free speech

28 May 2024

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. 

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Civil society to YouTube: stop helping Russia suppress free speech
28 May 2024
Civil society to YouTube: stop helping Russia suppress free speech