Tag: Surveillance
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Internet Democracy Project: Fighting gendered surveillance and access disparities in India
The Internet Democracy Project, based in New Delhi, documents how technology can deepen the scrutiny that women are subject to in the digital age, and fights back against gender-based restrictions to privacy and free expression.…
28 March 2018
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EU: European Parliament must vote to stop surveillance equipment going to rights-abusing governments
Brussels, BE — European Parliament’s (EP) vote tomorrow could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, which have…
16 January 2018
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Access Now opposes proposal to extend warrantless surveillance
Washington D.C.— The U.S. House Rules Committee announced that it will convene on Tuesday, January 9th to advance a bill to extend and expand the invasive surveillance authority granted in Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. Access Now condemns…
8 January 2018
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The European Parliament is fighting to strengthen the rules for surveillance trade
On 23 November 2017 the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) voted to implement stronger rules for “dual-use” technology exports from the European Union to third countries under the “EU dual-use recast”. Now, the European Parliament’s plenary will have to…
8 December 2017
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European Parliament adopts strong position on surveillance export controls to protect human rights
Brussels, BE — Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) adopted a strong position on the EU dual-use recast. This develops on the European Commission proposal presented on 28 September 2016. Whereas the EU Commission proposal was deeply…
24 November 2017
