Tag: Business & Human Rights
How the NSA reform proposals stack up
In the wake of the ongoing revelations about NSA surveillance, Access releases an infographic measuring how the leading four reform proposals stack up against the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance.
Access and partners demand DHS investigate GoDaddy domain takedown
Today, Access and our partners sent a letter demanding an immediate investigation into what appears to be U.S. government complicity in silencing political speech in Mexico.
EU Court repeals law mandating indiscriminate surveillance
Today’s historic decision reopened the debate on the necessity and proportionality of communications data retention in the EU and around the world.
Brazil and the E.U. welcome historic protections for net neutrality, but why is the U.S. stalling?
Access, an international organization committed to extending and defending the rights of internet users worldwide, is encouraged by recent votes that will help secure an open internet. Yesterday, the European Union voted 534-23 in favor of network neutrality, and just last week the Brazilian Congress also voted to protect the internet as part of a larger “internet bill of rights.”
Yahoo’s uphill battle to secure its users’ privacy
The European Parliament takes important step to enshrine net neutrality into law
Today the European Parliament voted on the European Telecoms Single Market proposal, a major legislative achievement protecting net neutrality that will have a crucial impact on how European users experience the internet for generations.
Access tells White House to promote data security
Access calls on the White House to bolster data protection standards, promote data security, and continue to foster a robust discussion on best practices.
Civil society coalition issues letter in support of DNS transition ahead of congressional hearing
Today marks the first in what is likely to be a series of congressional hearings called in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) historic announcement of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions (DNS) to the global multistakeholder community. In advance of today’s hearing, Access, along with the Center for Democracy & Technology, Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, The Open Technology Institute at New America Foundation, and Public Knowledge have sent a letter to Congress expressing our support for the proposed transition.
US endorses principles it’s not living up to
UN Human Rights Committee calls for U.S. surveillance reform
Last Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Committee released a report criticizing NSA surveillance, for among things, failing to protect rights of non-U.S. persons. The Committee’s report comes in the context of its overall review of civil and political rights in the U.S. in accordance with its treaty obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).