Tag: Twitter
Analysis: Twitter battles India for control of social media content
The Indian government’s overbroad Twitter takedown orders must be declared unconstitutional
The court must declare authorities’ overbroad Twitter takedown orders as unconstitutional, and bring to light abuse of power online.Â
Money talks: Twitter’s financial backers must use their power to mitigate risks of Musk takeover
Shareholders and financial institutions must withhold their approval for Twitter’s sale to Elon Musk unless human rights safeguards are in place.Â
What does Musk’s “free speech” look like for the rest of us?
Elon Musk’s simplistic views of freedom of expression could catapult Twitter from a toxic space to a worse one — especially for those of us tweeting from the margins.
Encrypt all the messages — across all the platforms
Elon Musk’s planned Twitter buyout is spurring new calls for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messaging. Here’s why it’s both desirable and feasible to make E2EE messaging interoperable across major communications platforms, as the E.U. Digital Markets Act envisions.
Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout must not come at the expense of human rights
We call on Twitter to halt the sale to Elon Musk until it sets out concrete measures to protect human rights, regardless of who owns the company.
Social media companies must take urgent action to protect Libyan human rights defenders
Access Now joins a coalition of human rights organizations in calling on social media companies to ensure the protection of human rights defenders in Libya.
Blocking access to Twitter in Nigeria is a flagrant violation of fundamental rights
The #KeepItOn coalition is again pressuring authorities in Nigeria to immediately rescind Twitter’s “indefinite” suspension.
Unconstitutional Texas social media bill attacks human rights
Access Now opposes the U.S state of Texas’ social media bill that undermines First Amendment protections and attacks human rights.
Access Now to ECOWAS Court: overturn Nigeria’s Twitter ban
Access Now, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Open Net Association filed a legal intervention to the ECOWAS Court challenging the constitutionality of Nigeria’s Twitter ban.