Blog Business and Human Rights Open letter: response to Google on Project Dragonfly, China, and human rights Access Now joins a global coalition calling on Google to drop development of censored search services in China.… 10 December 2018
Blog Digital Security Hard(ware) questions about government hacking: what if the Bloomberg story is true? The Bloomberg reports underscore a frightening reality: we’re not prepared for this kind of hardware attack. Governments and companies must work together to prevent them. … 11 October 2018
Blog Digital Security China tips the scale of global cybersecurity by hoarding vulnerabilities China’s delay in sharing technology flaws with the international community is likely to have a long-term negative impact on global cybersecurity.… 20 September 2018
Blog Business and Human Rights Access Now calls on 22 major tech companies to account for their human rights practices We’re working with Ranking Digital Rights to make sure the companies tracked in the Corporate Accountability Index respond and take steps to protect your rights.… 17 September 2018
Blog Freedom of Expression Open letter to Google on plans to launch a censored search engine in China The coalition letter asks Google to break its silence on the “Dragonfly” project and explain how it plans to protect human rights.… 28 August 2018
Press Releases Freedom of Expression Google beta-tests selling out on its mission Google walks back earlier stand against helping censorship in China… 5 August 2018
Blog Freedom of Expression Watching what governments do, not what they say: digital rights at the United Nations Our submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Council provide evidence of digital rights abuse in Chad, Central African Republic, China, Mexico, and Jordan.… 11 April 2018
Blog Digital Security A closer look at China’s Cybersecurity Law — cybersecurity, or something else? The law not only undermines human rights, it is likely to make China’s internet less secure. … 13 December 2017
Blog Privacy Understanding China’s Cybersecurity Law: flawed by design The law has been compared to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, but it fails to safeguard the human rights of the people it’s supposed to protect.… 5 December 2017
Blog Freedom of Expression Fourth Annual Heroes & Villains of Human Rights and Communications Surveillance Here are the five winners — and losers — of the Heroes & Villains of Human Rights and Communications Surveillance Awards, recognizing those who have helped or harmed digital rights in 2017. … 4 October 2017
Blog Privacy A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work A “bypass” operation for MLATs won’t save the patient (or protect human rights).… 2 May 2017
Blog Privacy What’s wrong with the system for cross-border access to data It creates incentives for governments to employ workarounds that harm our privacy.… 25 April 2017
