Tag: Cybercrime

Oral Statement – UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime 6th Session (NY) Arts 6-10, 36

Human rights organizations tell Libyan House of Representatives to immediately repeal Anti-Cybercrime Law
Access Now and partners are calling on Libya’s House of Representatives to immediately repeal the Anti-Cybercrime Law.

UN roundup and delegate guide: digital rights at the United Nations
Our new brief tracks progress on digital rights at the UN, providing recommendations for advancing international norms and standards to safeguard human rights online.

Syria’s new “cybercrime” law adds salt to injury
Syria’s new “cybercrime” law gives a regime notorious for surveilling citizens new powers to violate privacy, silence people, and add a false legal veneer to human rights violations.

Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill
Access Now is urging the Kenyan parliament to protect human rights and throw out the current Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill draft.

Libya’s cybercrime law: A threat to freedom of expression and legalization of censorship
Libya has just adopted a dangerous new cybercrime law that stifles freedom of expression.

Why Latin America should protect, not persecute, information security researchers
Information security researchers help keep people safe online, yet they are being persecuted in Latin America when they should be protected.

Strengthening civil society’s defenses: Digital Security Helpline hits 10,000 cases
The Digital Security Helpline is a lifeline that supports at-risk groups and individuals from civil society. Read “Strengthening civil society’s defenses: what Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has learned from its first 10,000 cases.”

Special Cybercrime Bill in Nicaragua moves oppression online
In Nicaragua, a cybercrime bill with a broad scope, ambiguous terms, and disproportionate punishment for the crimes it creates — such as spreading “fake news” — represents a new attempt by the government to control and prosecute dissidents.

Special Cybercrime Bill in Nicaragua promotes censorship and criminalizes the everyday use of technologies
The signatory organizations are deeply concerned about the legislation, which, if implemented, would seriously undermine human rights; in particular, freedom of expression and access to information, already under threat in Nicaragua, would be compromised.