Tag: Facebook
Too little, too late: the FTC Facebook fine highlights the need for strong data protection laws in the U.S.
While it is positive to see authorities around the world taking action to enforce privacy rights, the FTC settlement is insufficient.
Access Now announces 2018 Villains of Human Rights
Our Villain Awards aim to shine light on the impact that the decisions of those in powerful positions can have on ordinary people, naming those who have had an especially harmful impact on human rights, and in particular on privacy and secure communications.
Access Now on the Christchurch Call: rights, wrongs, and what’s next
Governments and tech companies have published the Christchurch Call with the aim of eliminating violent and extremist content online. Civil society needs to be a central part of crafting a rights-respecting implementation.
Free expression at scale: a human rights guide to content moderation
Access Now releases preliminary recommendations for content moderation and Facebook’s planned oversight board.
Sri Lanka: shutting down social media to fight rumors hurts victims
Cutting communications channels can block the emergency and rescue services that keep people alive.
Australia’s plans for internet regulation: aimed at terrorism, but harming human rights
Writing sound policy to address challenges linked to online speech (even “terrorist” content) requires a carefully considered, measured, and proportionate approach.
On its first birthday, the GDPR needs to grow some teeth
For the data protection regulation to reach its full potential in protecting our rights, we need to move from the implementation to the enforcement stage.
Cách tấn công phishing mới trên Facebook ngăn chặn tiếng nói đấu tranh ở Việt Nam
Gần đây Access Now đã nhận được một số báo cáo cho biết tài khoản Facebook của các blogger và nhà báo công dân Việt Nam chuyên viết về chủ đề dân chủ và nhân quyền, đang là mục tiêu tấn công trên mạng. Những cuộc tấn công này sử dụng một kỹ thuật gọi là “social engineering”. Theo đó, kẻ tấn công sẽ đánh lừa để khiến chủ tài khoản Facebook nằm trong tầm ngắm vì bị liên kết với nội dung vi phạm điều khoản dịch vụ của Facebook, dẫn đến tài khoản bị khóa và gần như là không thể phục hồi.
User privacy loses out again: it is time for the U.S. to act
The revelation that Facebook gave tech giants even more access to people’s data than it has disclosed to the public or members of the U.S. Congress shows (yet again) the necessity of comprehensive federal privacy laws in the U.S.
New Facebook phishing attack taking Vietnamese opposition voices offline
Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline is warning against social engineering attacks in Vietnam that target bloggers and citizen journalists writing about democracy and human rights.