Tag: Telcos
Thai coup threatens freedom of expression online
Access and our partners are alarmed by recent political events in Thailand; less than a week after a military coup took control of civilian institutions, the country is now witnessing a crackdown on free expression online and offline.
Key date for 1dmx.org lawsuit passes without DHS response
Access reiterates its call to DHS to investigate censorship of Mexican political protest website
‘NSA Gone Wild’ in the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines and more
Per the latest Snowden revelation, the NSA is recording all call content in at least two countries
Access welcomes MTN Human Rights Policy
The South Africa-based telco MTN, which operates in 21 countries across the Middle East and Africa, recently released its first Group Human Rights Policy. MTN announced its support for user rights to privacy, security, communication and information, using the Access “Telco Action Plan” as a guiding policy document.
Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom discloses its 2013 requests from German law enforcement.
Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report
Last month Telstra became the first non-U.S. telco to release a regular report on government and law enforcement requests for user data.
A closer look at EU Court’s ruling and what it means for the future of data retention in Europe
On April 8, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruled on the Data Retention Directive and invalidated this controversial European law.
Brazil and the E.U. welcome historic protections for net neutrality, but why is the U.S. stalling?
Access, an international organization committed to extending and defending the rights of internet users worldwide, is encouraged by recent votes that will help secure an open internet. Yesterday, the European Union voted 534-23 in favor of network neutrality, and just last week the Brazilian Congress also voted to protect the internet as part of a larger “internet bill of rights.”
The European Parliament takes important step to enshrine net neutrality into law
Today the European Parliament voted on the European Telecoms Single Market proposal, a major legislative achievement protecting net neutrality that will have a crucial impact on how European users experience the internet for generations.
European Telecoms Single Market: A false promise for net neutrality?
After six months of negotiations, the European Parliament will finally vote on the proposal for a Telecoms Single Market in one week. This proposal was initially designed to deliver the promise of enshrining net neutrality as law across Europe. Yet unless the European Parliament rises to the challenge next week, they may actually end up undermining net neutrality net through unclear and confusing legislation.