Tag: Business & Human Rights

We joined our partners to document the human rights records of Egypt, Gambia, Iraq, and Italy.

We are joining leading researchers, civil society organizations, and companies to advocate for AI systems to be individual-centric and to respect human rights.

Access Now wrote to the governments of Bulgaria and Cyprus to request investigations into export licenses reportedly issued to NSO Group, which sells surveillance products linked to human rights violations.

Discovery of a vulnerability in WhatsApp that can be exploited via government-grade spyware underscores the need for more action to prevent use of these tools against human rights defenders and other innocent users.

Access Now releases preliminary recommendations for content moderation and Facebook’s planned oversight board.

For Iran’s third review, Access Now and ARTICLE 19 submitted documentation of the threats to access to information, data protection, and freedom of expression.

The new owners of NSO Group continue to fail to demonstrate how they plan to prevent use of their surveillance products to harm human rights.

Where ethics lacks the means of enforcement, international human rights law possesses well-developed standards and institutions as well as a universal framework for safeguards.