Tag: Business & Human Rights

Access Now is proud to endorse the Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act of 2021, introduced by U.S. Senator Markey and Representative Matsui. The bill would help protect marginalized communities from discrimination online and increase transparency into websites’ systems of content promotion and moderation.

وتحثّ منظمة أكساس ناو، إلى جانب 38 منظمة وفرد، شركة غوغل على التوقف فورا عن خطتها إلى أن تتمكن الشركة من أن تبيّن علنا كيف ستُخفّف من الآثار السلبية على حقوق الإنسان

This year we should have seen a strong, user-focused Data Protection Law enacted in India rather than a broad censorious set of internet control regulations.

Cellebrite could soon get a greenlight to go public, rewarding its facilitation of human rights abuses across the globe with more power and money. We map these abuses, show how Cellebrite’s human rights compliance has failed, and urge investors to require the company to improve its compliance or lose the deal.

Access Now is urging Google to immediately halt their plans to establish a cloud region in Saudi Arabia until it outlines clear steps for how it intends to mitigate adverse human rights impacts. 

Access Now is joining six organizations in calling on the Lao government to stop online surveillance and mandatory registration of social media platforms.

The threat to free expression on social media in India is continuing to grow.