Tag: Business & Human Rights
At the U.N., a new push to end surveillance of protesters — and protect their lawyers
Digital surveillance is threatening the right to protest worldwide. U.N. human rights expert Clément Voule is fighting for strong encryption and tight restrictions on the use of spyware. Here’s why that push is important for human rights lawyers and the activists they represent.
Regulating e-commerce should not involve spying on consumers
They can hear you: 6 ways tech is listening to you
Voice recognition technology often violates human rights, and it’s popping up more and more. Recently we’ve called out Spotify for their dangerous voice recognition tech, and a lot more companies are up to the same shady tactics.
Sonic surveillance: why you don’t want AI snooping on you
The threat voice recognition technology poses to our rights needs to be addressed now — before our voices become yet another piece of biometric data to be used against us.
It’s time for PayPal and Venmo to come clean on account closure policies, center human rights
Access Now is pressuring PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo to come clean on the opaque practices that interfere with payment systems used by millions of people daily, and place human rights at the center of its policies on account freezes and closures.
Messaging app Signal not in compliance with new rules, say officials
Iran is voting, the #KeepItOn coalition is watching
Authorities in Iran must respect and promote human rights, and ensure open internet access for all, as the country heads to vote on June 18.
Indian Government in Standoff with Twitter Over Online Speech
The Indian government’s torrent of digital censorship, intimidation must stop
Access Now is calling on the Government of India to end its wave of digital censorship and intimidation, including immediately withdrawing its new rules for governing content and communications online.
End the wave of digital censorship in India
Access Now, Article 19, Reporters Without Borders, and 11 other organizations are calling on authorities and technology companies in India to stop the tide of digital censorship.