Tag: mass surveillance
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What will it take for mass surveillance tech companies to respond on human rights?
Leer en español Update, October 7th, 2022: We invited the companies to an interview as the last chance to contact them in the cases they have not answered before, and to do a follow-up if they had. We received no…
9 May 2022
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Made abroad, deployed at home: new report unpacks the shocking state of mass surveillance in Latin America
Leer en español / Ler em português. Today, August 9, Access Now, the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC), and LaLibre.net (Tecnologías Comunitarias) are illuminating the shadowy mass surveillance industry in Latin America. The…
8 August 2021
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Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
Leer en español / Ler em português Tools to identify, single out, and track us everywhere we go are inherently incompatible with our human rights and civil liberties. Unfortunately, many Latin American governments are eagerly purchasing this technology and ramping…
8 August 2021
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Protocol for exclusion: why COVID-19 vaccine “passports” threaten human rights
As the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, governments are clamoring to implement measures to help the world return to pre-virus normality. This includes exploring digital vaccine certificates — or COVID-19 vaccine “passports”. Current proposals, however, threaten human rights.…
23 April 2021
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The EU should regulate AI on the basis of rights, not risks
Artificial intelligence and automated decision-making systems threaten our fundamental rights. Yet the EU is considering an approach to AI regulation that would substitute rights-based protections for a mere risk mitigation exercise by corporations with a vested interest in these systems. Here’s why that’s a grave mistake.…
17 February 2021
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How to protect yourself from digital attacks this U.S. election season
As the U.S. braces for one of its most contentious elections, online tensions are running high. To ensure that you can exercise your rights safely, we’ve compiled some digital security tips with you in mind.…
29 October 2020
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Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change. …
10 September 2020
Access Now in the News
Indian state to test facial recognition in polls as privacy fears mount
22 January 2020
Press Releases
Access sends open letter to Commissioner Malmström seeking clarifications on claims from yesterday’s hearing
In an open letter sent today to Commissioner Malmström, Access requests the Commissioner-designate for Trade for immediate feedback on the aspersions she placed on the validity of the acquired document during yesterday’s hearing in the European Parliament.…
30 September 2014
Press Releases
Document shows Commissioner Malmström secretly working with the U.S. to undermine data protection regulations
The former Home Affairs Commissioner has been systematically undermining the work of her own commission, and would be unfit to defend EU citizens’ interests as Trade Commissioner.…
28 September 2014