Tag: Business & Human Rights
To #SaveDotOrg, we still need safeguards
Today, NTEN, EFF, and Access Now delivered the following letter to the leaders of ISOC and PIR calling on them to reflect and to take immediate action to adopt the safeguards put forward by the #SaveDotOrg campaign.
Data for sale in Brazil: Access Now files expert opinion in São Paulo metro facial recognition case
Yesterday, Access Now filed an expert opinion in a case brought by Brazilian consumer rights organisation IDEC against ViaQuatro, a concessionary of the São Paulo metro.
Rights groups to Facebook on Tunisia’s “disappeared” accounts: we’re still waiting for answers
After Facebook disabled 60+ accounts of Tunisian users, we and our partners wrote the company to ask why. We’re still waiting for a full and public response.
Google soll sein Netzwerk offenlegen
Human rights are the ballast: how we’re supporting the activists defending your rights
Amazon halts police use of Rekognition
Amazon’s decision to ban police use of Rekognition for one year is a step in the right direction, but the company must do more to safeguard human rights.
Commission urged not to backtrack on EU spyware rules
Human rights organizations call to strengthen the European Commission position on dual-use recast
The letter calls on the Commission to enact strong uniform rules across the Union so that surveillance vendors are prevented from “licence shopping” among the states with weaker implementation of current export controls rules.
What the Facebook Oversight Board means for human rights, and where we go from here
Access Now takes a high-level look at this first iteration of the Board, its potential for impact, and challenges that lie ahead. We identify the immediate next steps Facebook should take to safeguard freedom of expression and other human rights.
