Tag: Business & Human Rights
Reclaim Your Face: a call for European citizens to demand facial recognition ban
Access Now, EDRi, and the Reclaim Your Face coalition are calling for a Europe-wide ban on the use of dangerous facial recognition technologies. Sign the petition today!
Facebook removing Trump reinforces need for meaningful transparency
Access Now submitted comments to the Facebook Oversight Board on its decision to remove former President Donald Trump from its platform, citing lack of meaningful transparency in decision-making process and other concerns.
Myanmar civil society appeals to ISPs for connectivity, protection of rights
Access Now supports this open letter published by Myanmar civil society organizations working on human rights, peace and federal democracy, and justice and accountability.
No to the new Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia: Access Now, CIPPIC flag serious human rights concerns
Access Now and CIPPIC are calling on Google to immediately halt plans to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia — a country with an appalling human rights record.
Amid military coup, Myanmar’s internet is partially blacked out
Bipartisan bill would help domestic abuse survivors bypass mobile surveillance
Access Now condemns Myanmar’s internet shutdown during military coup
Myanmar’s military uses internet shutdowns to quell protests and control the online space.
Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans
Data exposed and exploited in Middle East and North Africa, new report explores
From Ramallah to Beirut, the private data of millions is at risk. Access Now’s new report Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa, explores the privacy dangers burgeoning in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia.
Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa
Access Now’s latest report, Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa, explores how a lack of strong data protection in MENA countries is leaving people vulnerable to abuse and exploitation of their most personal information.