Tag: United States
Access Now and partners defend Maine broadband privacy law
Access Now and partners file amicus brief in internet service providers’ challenge to Maine broadband privacy statute.
Twitter corrects Trump’s inaccurate ballot tweet, so he retaliates with legally nonsensical executive order
Access Now lambasts President Trump’s executive order to undermine Section 230 and defends Twitter’s decision to fact-check the president’s erroneous tweet.
California bill would help close digital divide and make the state a leader on connectivity
Access Now applauds California State Senator Lena Gonzalez’s SB 1130, legislation that would update the state’s broadband buildout program.
The HEROES Act will help bring millions of disconnected people back online in the U.S.
Access Now applauds the U.S. House of Representatives’s introduction of the HEROES Act, COVID-19 relief that would help bring millions of disconnected people back online.
Are Contact-Tracing Apps the Answer? Lessons the US Can Learn From Other Countries
Privacy protections inadequate in USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
Access Now joins a coalition of civil society organizations in calling on the U.S. Senate to improve H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020.
U.S. Senate Republicans’ COVID-19 data protection bill misses the mark
Access Now calls on the U.S. Senate to improve the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act.
Government responses to COVID-19 reinforce the need to ask — #WhyID?
The ongoing global health crisis has demonstrated with painful clarity the risks posed by digital identity systems that centralize biometric data, health records, and other sensitive personal information. It is essential that governments, development agencies, funders, and all other stakeholders first ask the question #WhyID.
The U.S. FCC surprisingly claims broadband deployment is great amid COVID-19 pandemic
Access Now calls out the U.S. FCC for refusing to acknowledge insufficient broadband deployment.
Thank you for standing up for data protection and democracy in the U.S.!
Access Now delivered over 4,000 signatures on a petition reminding U.S. presidential candidates of the importance of data protection.