Tag: Business & Human Rights

Refugees should not be required to hand over personal biometric data in exchange for basic needs such as purchasing food. However, iris scan tech is reportedly being used by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) in Jordan.

Access Now applauds President Biden’s plan to allocate $100 billion to improve internet access in the United States.

Facebook’s standoff with Apple over the company’s iOS privacy improvements makes it clear that Mark Zuckerberg is not actually interested in protecting your privacy.

After years of review, the EU Parliament finally adopted new export controls for dual use tools enabling surveillance and censorship. But it’s not enough.

Facebook released a long-overdue human rights policy outlining commitments across all of its products and services — but the policy’s impact largely depends on leadership’s yet-to-be-seen investment in its implementation.

Access Now joined a coalition of civil society organizations in calling on the Indian government and web firms to halt censorship and surveillance of critics speaking online in response to the #FarmersProtests.