Tag: Internet Governance

Regulating online platforms: how EU Member States are undermining the Digital Services Act
The European Union’s Digital Services Act is no mean feat, but it is striking that EU Member States establishing their own national solutions would prove to be the biggest obstacle.

Access Now at the 2020 Internet Governance Forum: “Internet for human resilience and solidarity”
Here’s where you find Access Now staff at the Internet Governance Forum 2020, which focuses on strategies for using the internet to increase human resilience and solidarity.

Internet censorship in Tanzania: the price of free expression online keeps getting higher
The government has replaced bad regulations with new ones that enable the same kind of harmful internet censorship in Tanzania. Not only does the new law stifle free expression, it allows the government to profit from ratcheting up online censorship and control.

Watch: Access Now’s Joseph Steele addresses 75th United Nations General Assembly
In a U.N. meeting on protecting future generations in the digital era, Steele urged global stakeholders to cease exploitative data collection, renew the commitment to bring everyone meaningfully online, and stop internet shutdowns and unlawful censorship.

#KeepItOn: Burundi fait taire la majorité de la population le jour du scrutin
Alors que des millions de Burundais se rendent aux urnes pour élire leur prochain président aujourd’hui, le 20 mai 2020, le Gouvernement de Pierre Nkurunziza n’a pas hésité de bloquer accès aux réseaux sociaux, notamment Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp et Youtube.

Access Now at the 2017 Internet Governance Forum
Here’s where we will be at IGF 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland on December 18-21.

A policy maker’s guide to the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2017
Our new policy guide aims to help participants at GCCS 2017 fulfill its promise to strengthen global cybersecurity while protecting human rights.

Privacidad: ¡Sí!, pero no en la UIT

Privacy, yes! But not at the ITU
The structure and mandate of the International Telecommunications Union make it a poor vehicle for crafting policy on privacy.

Brazil: multistakeholder internet governance model under threat
The Temer administration proposes yet another move that might weaken civil society participation in domestic internet policy.