Leer en español. People should not be forced to give away personal data to exercise their freedom of movement — but that’s exactly what’s playing out in Colombia with the contact-tracing CoronApp. As part of the fight against the app’s…
23 September 2021
Read in English. Las personas no deberían verse obligadas a revelar datos personales para ejercer su libertad de movimiento, pero eso es exactamente lo que está sucediendo en Colombia con la aplicación de rastreo de contactos CoronApp. Como parte de…
23 September 2021
Amidst continuing protests, calls for political reform, and mass dissatisfaction with how Thailand handles COVID, Thailand’s government is doubling down on efforts to throttle dissent and protest online and off. It is relying on laws that it claims protect against “public fear.” In fact, by threatening to censor those who speak out, it is the government that is instigating fear – in a weak bid to distract from flailing governance. …
23 August 2021
Speaking at a panel discussion at RightsCon, Access Now’s Brett Solomon outlined 15 things governments can do to make sure technology is used to defend — not destroy— democracy and human rights. Read the checklist and watch the full session on YouTube.…
8 June 2021
In a session with European Digital Rights at RightsCon, we will explore how surveillance technology can make your workplace function like a prison: a privatised panopticon that threatens labour movements and undermines human rights.…
4 June 2021
As the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, governments are clamoring to implement measures to help the world return to pre-virus normality. This includes exploring digital vaccine certificates — or COVID-19 vaccine “passports”. Current proposals, however, threaten human rights.…
23 April 2021
At a meeting Tuesday of the United Nations Open-ended Working Group (OEWG), we provided civil society input on a proposed report that addresses cybersecurity. We strongly support the OEWG report, but we believe governments can do better.…
10 March 2021
Authorities in 29 countries shut down or interfered with the internet at least 155 times in 2020. Access Now’s new report, Shattered dreams and lost opportunities: a year in the fight to #KeepItOn, explores where, how, and why, the internet was deliberately switched off in 2020, and the long-lasting repercussions for communities across the globe.…
3 March 2021
Leer en: English | française | العربية En 2020, Access Now y la coalición #KeepItOn documentaron al menos 155 apagones de internet en 29 países. Lee el informe completo aquí y mantente al día con las últimas noticias sobre bloqueos…
3 March 2021
Access Now and Free Press urge the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to immediately implement the Emergency Broadband Benefit program that Congress established in the pandemic-relief package.
…16 February 2021
From Ramallah to Beirut, the private data of millions is at risk. Access Now’s new report Exposed and exploited: Data protection in the Middle East and North Africa, explores the privacy dangers burgeoning in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia.…
28 January 2021
“We’re at a human rights tipping point.” On Human Rights Day of 2020, Access Now’s Brett Solomon maps out a pathway to take us to a full implementation and vindication of these rights, not just in principle, but in policy and practice. …
10 December 2020
El 12 de octubre, el Consejo de Europa publicó el reporte “Soluciones digitales en la lucha contra el Covid” que analiza las medidas adoptadas por los países firmantes del Convenio 108 y 108+ sobre protección de datos personales entre los que se encuentra Argentina, México y Uruguay. Las conclusiones que se pueden extraer de dicho análisis evidencian la necesidad de retomar la agenda en materia de privacidad y protección de datos en América Latina.…
2 November 2020
يُحارب العالم فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19) منذ أواخر سنة 2019، ويُحارب في نفس الوقت الانتشار السّريع للمعلومات المغلوطة والتضليل الإعلامي وخطاب الكراهية في علاقة بكوفيد-19. استجابة لهذا “الوباء المعلوماتي”، سارعت الحكومات حول العالم إلى اعتماد تدابير تحدّ بشكل غير متناسب من…
20 October 2020
Shutting down the internet to prevent cheating on exams is not efficient or effective. Rather, shutdowns hurt human rights, disrupt public affairs, and cause huge financial losses that compound the longer the shutdown lasts.…
5 October 2020