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Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality

5 Feb 2026

In the first part of our blog series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we unpack how LLMs can jeopardize the confidentiality of people’s data.

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Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
5 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are writing with great concern regarding media reporting alleging that Microsoft has contributed to grave violations of international law perpetrated by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

Microsoft must come clean on its role in Israel’s war on Gaza

10 Oct 2025

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are writing with great concern regarding media reporting alleging that Microsoft has contributed to grave violations of international law perpetrated by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

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Microsoft must come clean on its role in Israel’s war on Gaza
10 Oct 2025
Microsoft must come clean on its role in Israel’s war on Gaza
Big Tech and the risk of Genocide in Gaza

Big Tech and the risk of genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?

10 Oct 2024

Big Tech is playing a central role in enabling the relentless mass slaughter and destruction unleashed in the war in Gaza.

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Big Tech and the risk of genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?
10 Oct 2024
Big Tech and the risk of genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?
Authorities in Kenya must immediately restore access and #KeepItOn throughout protests and unrest

#KeepItOn: A call to the government of Sierra Leone — keep the internet and social media platforms open and secure throughout  the 2023 elections

16 Jun 2023

Sierra Leone must ensure that the internet and social media platforms remain accessible prior to, during, and after the general election scheduled for Saturday, June 24, 2023.

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#KeepItOn: A call to the government of Sierra Leone — keep the internet and social media platforms open and secure throughout  the 2023 elections
16 Jun 2023
#KeepItOn: A call to the government of Sierra Leone — keep the internet and social media platforms open and secure throughout  the 2023 elections
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Saudi Arabia: Microsoft should suspend data center plans

23 May 2023

We join civil society in calling on Microsoft to suspend its data center plans in Saudia Arabia until it can demonstrate how it will mitigate potential rights abuses.

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Saudi Arabia: Microsoft should suspend data center plans
23 May 2023
Saudi Arabia: Microsoft should suspend data center plans

Ban biometric surveillance: civil society demands outright prohibitions on public and private use

7 Jun 2021

Ban biometric surveillance! Access Now and over 150 civil society actors across the globe are calling for a ban on biometric surveillance.

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Ban biometric surveillance: civil society demands outright prohibitions on public and private use
7 Jun 2021
Ban biometric surveillance: civil society demands outright prohibitions on public and private use

Hong Kong’s Security Law Puts Big Tech at a Crossroads

8 Jul 2020
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Hong Kong’s Security Law Puts Big Tech at a Crossroads
8 Jul 2020
Hong Kong’s Security Law Puts Big Tech at a Crossroads
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Why the “Digital Geneva Convention” needs more work to protect human rights

4 Sep 2018

It can be strengthened by adhering to and reinforcing the existing human rights framework, along with other improvements.

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Why the “Digital Geneva Convention” needs more work to protect human rights
4 Sep 2018
Why the “Digital Geneva Convention” needs more work to protect human rights
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Europe is consulting stakeholders on cross-border access to e-evidence. Here’s what we told them.

24 Jan 2018

The European Commission will soon introduce legislation on cross-border access to electronic evidence. That legislation must protect human rights.

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Europe is consulting stakeholders on cross-border access to e-evidence. Here’s what we told them.
24 Jan 2018
Europe is consulting stakeholders on cross-border access to e-evidence. Here’s what we told them.
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WannaCry shows we need more cybersecurity defense, not offense

16 May 2017

Attacks like WannaCry have a devastating impact on vulnerable people and communities around the world. Here’s what we can do to prevent them.

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WannaCry shows we need more cybersecurity defense, not offense
16 May 2017
WannaCry shows we need more cybersecurity defense, not offense
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