Tag: Telcos

One year after Joe Biden became President of the United States, has he made progress on digital rights? It’s a mixed bag.

Access Now is once again calling on Telenor to address the rights risks that the sale to M1 Group will generate.

“Privacy Violated: Protection of Customers’ Personal Information by Internet Service Providers in Palestine,” explores how ISPs are failing to protect data.

Access Now and UIC John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic are launching “Digital dominion: how the Syrian regime’s mass digital surveillance violates human rights.”

Nations across Africa, and the world, are intentionally shutting down the internet when people need it the most — during elections and important national events. This election, we urge the Republic of the Congo to #KeepItOn.

The people of Côte d’Ivoire will head to the polls on October 31, 2020, to vote for the nation’s next president. Civil society is appealing to the government and internet service providers to continue to invest in open, secure, and free internet access for the duration of the election period, and beyond. 

The undersigned civil society organizations, write to invite Ralph Mupita, new Chief Executive Officer at MTN, into dialogue with our community, and provide guidance on how telcos like MTN can better respect the human rights of their users. 

South Korea’s network infrastructure may be state of the art, but the country’s “pay to play” regime for delivering traffic is an unprecedented threat to the free and open internet.

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition is launching Kill Switch, a six-part podcast series exploring the devastating impact of internet shutdowns on the human rights of people affected by this extraordinary form of anti-democratic oppression.