Press Releases Internet Shutdowns Internet shutdowns in 2021 report: India is the world’s largest offender India is the world’s largest offender, and blacked out the internet at least 106 times in 2021. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021” … 28 April 2022
Access Now in the News Freedom of Expression Content takedowns on social media facilitate censorship in Asia Dhevy Sivaprakasam & Raman Jit Singh Chima, Reuters 26 April 2022
Press Releases India’s Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill jeopardizes privacy — it must not be enforced The Parliament of India has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill which will jeopardize privacy and expand the scope for surveillance — it must not be enforced. … 6 April 2022
Access Now in the News The Shutdown podcast Why do governments shut down the internet — and what happens when it gets turned off? Follow the work of Felicia Anthonio, Campaigner and #KeepItOn lead at Access Now, in the fight against internet shutdowns. Listen via BBC World Service. 16 March 2022
Tweet Campaign Freedom of Expression #KeepItOn: 2022 elections and internet shutdowns watch Elections and internet shutdowns are a disaster for democracy. See which countries the #KeepItOn coalition is watching in 2022.… 24 February 2022
Blog Internet Shutdowns #KeepItOn: 2022 elections and internet shutdowns watch Elections and internet shutdowns are a disaster for democracy. See which countries the #KeepItOn coalition is watching in 2022.… 24 February 2022
Access Now in the News Freedom of Expression India’s war on the internet Economic Times 19 February 2022
Blog Data Protection The best and the worst in 2022: data protection laws across the world On Data Protection Day, Access Now reviews the countries with some of the best and worst data protection laws in 2022. … 27 January 2022
Access Now in the News Privacy Decoding the draft data protection law Namrata Maheshwari, The Hindustan Times 27 December 2021
Press Releases Data Protection Personal Data Protection Bill: this is not the privacy law India needs Access Now is calling on the Indian Parliament to protect people’s right to privacy and amend the recently tabled Personal Data Protection Bill.… 16 December 2021
Access Now in the News Digital Security Can the police in India force someone to hand over their phone and check their messages? Umang Poddar, Scroll 4 November 2021
Blog Digital Identity We need to talk about digital ID: why the World Bank must recognize the harm in Afghanistan and beyond The World Bank and International Monetary Fund met this week. They didn’t discuss digital identity programs, even though the World Bank itself funds “Big ID” systems.… 14 October 2021
Blog Digital Identity Desterrando mitos sobre el Big ID Read in English. En la India, las personas debieron entregar sus huellas digitales, faciales y de su iris para poder recibir alimentos, atención de la salud, educación, y beneficios de seguridad social. Esto se debe a Aadhaar, el sistema de… 5 October 2021
Report Digital Identity Busting the dangerous myths of Big ID programs: cautionary lessons from India This report turns to India’s Aadhaar Big ID program to bust some of the most common myths around Big ID programs, and underline their dangers. 5 October 2021
Press Releases Digital Identity Big ID, bad idea: busting ID myths that are endangering human rights Big ID programs — frequently involving biometric data collection — are being rolled out across the globe, and endangering human rights. Read Access Now’s new report.… 5 October 2021
Press Releases Digital Identity India’s Aadhaar proves Big ID is still a bad idea Despite all the propaganda in favour of it, Aadhaar, India’s Big ID program, has had a disastrous impact on the lives of millions. Read Access Now’s new report.… 5 October 2021
Blog Digital Identity Busting Big ID’s myths Big ID programs threaten our human rights yet are spreading like wildfire around the world. To buck the trend, we need to debunk the myths that propel digital ID systems forward. … 5 October 2021
Access Now in the News Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices Al Jazeera 1 October 2021
Report Myanmar The Current: The Internet Shutdowns Issue When the internet is shut down, more than a connection is lost in the dark. 1 September 2021
Access Now in the News Freedom of Expression No jobs, passports for ‘anti-national’ social media posts in India Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation 27 August 2021
Press Releases Digital Security Surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities? Civil society demands oversight Access Now is calling for an immediate, independent investigation into allegations of surveillance and hacking by Indian authorities.… 26 August 2021
Access Now in the News Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them. Pranav Dixit, Buzzfeed News 20 August 2021
Access Now in the News Privacy India’s highest court weighs Pegasus phone snooping inquiry Amy Kazmin, Financial Times 6 August 2021
Brief Business and Human Rights Policy explainer brief: the Pegasus Project revelations in India Implications and necessary next steps. 29 July 2021