Tag: Censorship
From surveillance to doxxing: Venezuelan authorities must end their violent crackdown on dissent
Cyber accountability in East Asia: human rights are key for cybersecurity
China’s digital and cyber policies hurt human rights and undermine cybersecurity globally. Access Now’s Brett Solomon explores how the international community can respond.
Access Now Grants: how we supported activists in 2023
In 2023, Access Now Grants supported activists facing digital threats around the world, from Palestine to Myanmar to Ukraine and beyond.
Civil society to YouTube: stop helping Russia suppress free speech
Through an open letter, Access Now and over 20 Russian and international civil society organizations are urging YouTube and its parent company Google to not help the Kremlin censor Russian independent media and human rights organizations.Â
Meta must take immediate action to stop the systematic censorship of Pro-Palestinian voices
The StopSilencingPalestine campaign sent a letter to Meta. However, the company’s response lacked concrete steps to address the detrimental effects of its policies on human rights, both online and offline.
Protect rights online and off: Uganda’s court upholds criminalization of LGBTQ+ advocacy
The Constitutional Court of Uganda has upheld the Anti-Homosexuality Act, dealing a deadly blow to human rights.
Meta is revisiting its hate speech policy on Zionism — here’s why it’s (still) a bad idea
Meta is (re)considering how to moderate content involving the term “Zionist.” Here’s why this hate speech policy is (still) a bad idea.
Open letter to the President of Ghana: Reject the anti-LGBTQ+ bill to protect human rights
Access Now and 28 civil society organizations are calling on President Nana-Akuffo Addo to reject Ghana’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
In Saudi Arabia, no safe harbor for free speech
Saudi authorities have proposed two laws that would further restrict free expression online, even potentially silencing people outside Saudi Arabia.
It’s not a glitch: how Meta systematically censors Palestinian voices
This Access Now report documented cases of how Meta censors Palestinian voices on Facebook and Instagram.