Tag: US surveillance
Human rights groups ask U.N. to intervene in U.S. crackdown on racial justice protesters
10 Sep 2020
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Access Now and partners ask the United Nations to take a stand against the U.S. government’s violent response to peaceful protests.
Privacy protections inadequate in USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
11 May 2020
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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.
Access Now’s responses to the second annual Privacy Shield review
31 Aug 2018
First take on Section 702 surveillance reform: progress on human rights, but more is needed
5 Oct 2017
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We welcome the effort to reform U.S. surveillance, while urging Congress to strengthen the draft to better protect human rights.
Global civil society groups call for reform of US surveillance law Section 702
1 Mar 2017
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Europe must suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield data-transfer arrangement unless the US Congress undertakes meaningful reform of surveillance law.