Tag: Censorship

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Egypt: more than 500 sites blocked ahead of the presidential election

Egypt’s severe online censorship and crackdown on civil society threatens human rights during the election period.…
14 March 2018

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Freedom of Expression

The shutdown has ended, but Cameroonians are still feeling the impact

It has come without fanfare, and with widespread lack of confidence in its permanency, but the latest internet shutdown in Anglophone Cameroon has largely come to an end.…
1 March 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Tunisia: Is freedom of expression under threat due to the economic crisis?

Access Now is relieved that Kais Bouazizi has been released, but we remain deeply concerned about the fact that he was arrested in the first place, since it appeared to be in response to the publication of legitimate content on Facebook. …
30 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Access Now & ISF file legal intervention against Cameroon shutdown

People who live through internet shutdowns almost never get redress for harm during the disruptions. Our intervention seeks to change that.…
24 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Help shape the message we will take to leaders at the World Economic Forum

How can we create a shared future? …
17 January 2018

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Business and Human Rights

Access Now responds to Special Rapporteur Kaye on “Content Regulation in the Digital Age”

Governments are coercing private internet intermediaries to police and regulate online content. Here’s how companies can meet their obligation to respect human rights.…
11 January 2018

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Freedom of Expression

Saving our agnostic internet, part I: censorship and free expression

Governments globally are pushing companies to “do more” to address harmful speech online. Any approach must bolster, not undermine, human rights. …
29 November 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Website blocking in Russia goes to the European Court of Human Rights. Access Now intervenes.

Our intervention in Kharitonov v. Russia asserts that any website blocking, throttling, or other disruption must strictly comply with human rights law.…
17 November 2017

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Digital Security

Why inclusion matters

We are creating tools and systems that discriminate against vulnerable populations and make the internet less secure. That has to change.…
2 November 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Una receta para censurar Internet en América Latina

Brasil, Paraguay y Venezuela intentan censurar la crítica a los políticos en Internet con peligrosos proyectos de ley.…
27 October 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Jordan is blocking one of the first LGBTQI magazines in the MENA region

Conditions for free expression are deteriorating in Jordan. Civil society is fighting back.…
27 September 2017

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Freedom of Expression

Connectivity problems raise red flags ahead of Venezuelan elections

Is the government attempting to muzzle online speech and cut off access to information? …
28 July 2017