Tag: internet shutdowns

Access Now,together with several human rights organizations, are calling on MTN Group to protect mobile service subscribers and ensure transparency and accountability for data breaches perpetuated by their subsidiaries in the Republic of Congo.

Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.

Across the MENA region, governments are imposing internet shutdowns during student exams. Read our exam shutdown report card and join the call for governments to keep this academic year free of internet shutdowns.

The ongoing internet shutdown in Annobón has cut off 5,300 residents from each other, from their loved ones abroad, and from the world, even as the government of Equatorial Guinea continues cracking down on dissent.

El contínuo apagón digital en Annobón ha dejado a 5,300 residentes sin poder comunicarse entre ellos, con sus familiares afuera y con el resto del mundo, incluso mientras el gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial continúa reprimiendo la disidencia.

The 2024 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data.

As 2025 gets underway, Access Now’s new Executive Director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, PhD, shares his reflections on the “black snakes” threatening the digital rights movement.

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition strongly condemn the ongoing disruption of internet access and increased crackdown on the people of Kenya amid protests.

We’re sending an open letter to authorities in Jordan calling them to continue to #KeepItOn during this year’s exams.