Tag: technology
Join us June 6-10 for RightsCon 2022
Log in to the RightsCon platform to participate in the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age (June 6-10, 2022)!
EU: Leak reveals states are ready to put human rights defenders at risk to protect surveillance industry
In Australia, an inflection point for human rights
Experts across fields and sectors will converge in Sydney for the Human Rights and Technology conference hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission. We’ll be there.
Blackstone won’t invest in the NSO Group’s “toxic” spyware
Blackstone has dropped plans to invest in NSO Group. Now its current financial backers should step up to respect human rights.
Italy to Revoke Export License for Cyber Surveillance Company
Access Now urges Brazil not to jam communications during Olympic games
We’re urging authorities to resist using new “jamming” technology to shut down communications networks, and to keep the internet on during the Olympic games.
Digital Citizen: Special edition on refugees and technology
Digital Citizen brings you the latest news, policy, and research on human rights in the Arab World. This special issue focuses on refugees and technology.
New cybersecurity legislation introduced in U.S., but still doesn’t protect users
Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper introduced the Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015, a new bill to authorize the public/private dissemination of cybersecurity-related information. The legislation’s limitations on the type of information that can be shared are not enough to protect user privacy. Access is calling on the U.S. Congress not to consider information-sharing legislation–which could ostensibly create new surveillance authorities under the guise of cybersecurity–until existing surveillance authorities are adequately reformed.