In response to mounting pressure from civil society, MTN has published an inaugural transparency report. Although this report is a welcome development, and Access Now encourages MTN to make this a yearly publication, the content leaves us with more questions than answers. …
25 November 2020
After a government-ordered social media blackout in Uganda during the presidential elections, digital rights groups are asking the African Union and the United Nations to take action to fight internet shutdowns and protect free expression. …
23 February 2016
Just as the people of Uganda prepared to vote in national elections, the government ordered telecommunications companies to block Facebook and Twitter, preventing free political discourse on these platforms.…
18 February 2016
In January 2015, heads of state met at the 24th African Union Summit to discuss the “African Union Agenda 2063” with the goal of enabling “a continent on equal footing with the rest of the world as an information society.” While Access applauds the human rights protections enshrined in the convention, we are deeply troubled by draft legislation that has emerged across the continent that tramples rights in the name of implementing the convention. …
13 February 2015