Tag: Business & Human Rights

The Global Connect Initiative to connect 1.5 billion to the internet by 2020 must bake in human rights by design, says Access Now’s Brett Solomon.

We asked attendees at RightsCon to share their thoughts on the experience, and to articulate what they see as the next steps in the fight for human rights worldwide. Here’s what they had to say.

We’ve recorded shutdowns in Chad, Ethiopia, India, and Pakistan. Each shutdown is unique, but they all harm people, violating human rights and often damaging the local economy.

Today we sent letters to 10 companies evaluated by Ranking Digital Rights, offering guidance for improving their practices to better respect human rights.

Today we kick off RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016, the world’s leading conference convened on the future of the internet. Here’s what you need to know.

RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016 is finally here. Here’s a look at how you can participate.

Reports from civil society in East Asia show that while governments are sharing more information about their requests for access to users’ data or restriction of content, sometimes the numbers aren’t adding up.

We’re eight months in to our Access Now Grants Program. Here’s a look at how it has been implemented, and what we’re planning for the year ahead.

A few weeks from now we’ll hold RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016. Here’s your guide to getting the most out of the RightsCon experience.