Tag: Digital Security Helpline

It’s a time of transition. Our user-friendly booklet can help you stay calm and focused.

Our report from the Latin American Internet Governance Forum, where we helped map out the challenges and opportunities for digital rights across the region.

What does it mean to fight for digital rights in the real world? Here is a “typical” 24 hours at Access Now.

Diversity is a top priority for Access Now. Here’s a look at what we’re doing to support it, as an organization and in our community.

Vietnam has blocked Facebook during U.S. President Obama’s visit to the country and cracked down on human rights activists.

Not sure whether you’re safe online? Here’s what the Digital Security Helpline can do for you.

We’re eight months in to our Access Now Grants Program. Here’s a look at how it has been implemented, and what we’re planning for the year ahead.

A few weeks from now we’ll hold RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016. Here’s your guide to getting the most out of the RightsCon experience.

Our Digital Security Helpline supports civil society across the globe. Help us do even more in 2016!

During the 2015 general elections in Sudan, several online newspapers were targeted for malicious hacking and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. When one opposition newspaper became unreachable due to a suspected DDoS attack, Dalia Haj-Omar, a Sudanese human rights advocate living in France, enlisted the help of Access’ Digital Security Helpline, through which activists, independent media, and civil society organizations across the globe can get real-time, direct technical assistance and advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With our assistance, the opposition paper was accessible again within 48 hours.