Tag: Business & Human Rights
Here’s how to fix the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act needs improvements to ensure it protects human rights.
Apple taking pause after civil society calls to shelve on-device image hash scanning
Apple’s plan to implement client-side scanning is not a viable or proportionate solution to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The plan circumvents end-to-end encryption and puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk by reducing individuals’ control over their own devices.
Afghanistan: The biometric, social and business data the Taliban could use to target left-behind Afghans
OnlyFans stands up to financial censorship, backtracks on ban
#WhyID: international actors in Afghanistan must clean up, restrict dangerous biometric trail
#WhyID: Access Now and civil society is calling on international actors to take immediate action to restrict and secure biometric data in Afghanistan.
Surveillance Tech In Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
This joint report details the growing biometric surveillance infrastructure in Argentina, Brazil, and Ecuador, unmasks the companies behind these dangerous products, and exposes the government policies and practices that are undermining people’s rights.
Privacy violated in Palestine: ISPs leave private data exposed
“Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine,” explores how ISPs are failing to protect data.
خصوصيات مستباحة: دراسة جديدة حول حماية البيانات الشخصية ومزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في فلسطين
“خصوصيات مستباحة: حماية المعلومات الشخصية من طرف مزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في فلسطين“ يكشف كيف يخفق مزوّدي خدمات الإنترنت في حماية البيانات.
The computer says No: How the EU’s AI laws cause new injustice
Cellebrite going public? Stop the deal!
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Israeli surveillance firm Cellebrite’s Form F-4 Registration Statement, paving the way for Cellebrite going public with a NASDAQ listing. To smooth the process, Cellebrite published “Ethics & Integrity” statements. But the company has made no progress on demonstrating compliance with human rights. Neither investors nor NASDAQ should be swayed by these empty statements.