Tag: Business & Human Rights
Access Now delivers crowd-sourced speech at United Nations
Our policy fellow, Deniz Duru Aydin, delivers a speech developed with your help at the high-level meeting for the WSIS+10 process at the United Nations.
Facebook improves authentic names policy to protect users
On Tuesday, Facebook announced changes to its “authentic name” policy that are designed to help vulnerable users avoid harassment or having their accounts suspended.
Welcome to the new face of Access Now
If you’ve been to our website in the last few days, you might have noticed some changes. In fact, we just pushed out a complete redesign, a refined logo, a completely rebuilt backend, a new campaigning infrastructure, and more.
Digital Rights and Business: A Primer on Risks and Solutions for the ICT Sector
Brief on the main challenges ICT providers face with regard to surveillance, freedom of expression, and privacy, prepared for the UN as it considers a legally binding instrument on business and human rights, July 2015.
Facebook just tweaked its policy on names, and it’s going to make lives better
Facebook Has Changed Its Controversial ‘Real Name’ Policy
What should we say at the U.N.?
Take our two-question survey to help develop our speech for the United Nations in the WSIS+10 process.
South Africa draft cybersecurity and cybercrime bill misses the mark
The South African government is considering a draft bill that, as written, undermines the rights to privacy, lacks transparency, and chills security research and online expression.
Turkey’s YouTube ban violated human rights
Europe’s highest human rights court ruled that Turkey violated internet users’ right to freedom of expression when it banned YouTube between 2008 and 2010.
Digital Citizen: Special edition on refugees and technology
Digital Citizen brings you the latest news, policy, and research on human rights in the Arab World. This special issue focuses on refugees and technology.