Tag: US
What happened with the CLOUD Act (and what comes next)
The poorly drafted CLOUD Act doesn’t have adequate privacy protections for people in the U.S. or other countries. What do we do now?
Governments want encryption backdoors: new report examines the legal and policy implications
Access Now released a new report that concludes that any policy mandating backdoors into encrypted products “would likely be effective for only a minimal time, would be substantially costly, and might harm security in general.”
New U.S. CLOUD Act is a threat to global privacy
This bill would give law enforcement around the globe — particularly in the U.S. — more access to users’ private data without sufficient privacy protections.
Access Now condemns U.S. plan to repeal Net Neutrality rules
Repealing the rules would make the U.S. a global outlier on innovation and free expression.
Access Now objects to U.S. social media surveillance
We urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its proposal and publicly review the reach and efficacy of its social media monitoring programs generally.
Access Now releases fall legislative “cheat sheet”
Our guidance on the right legislative vehicles for keeping the internet secure.
Will Carpenter vs. U.S. build a new framework for privacy in the digital era?
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the privacy of cell site data will have important implications for government surveillance.
Access Now and EU orgs tell FCC: strengthen, don’t kill, Net Neutrality regs
Here’s why we need to keep Title II protections for Net Neutrality in the U.S. — and build on them.
A diagnosis: Why current proposals to fix the MLAT system won’t work
A “bypass” operation for MLATs won’t save the patient (or protect human rights).
Give us your Twitter, your Facebook, your passwords guarding your free expression
The Trump administration is floating a plan to require travelers to hand over social media passwords at the border. That would be a gross violation of human rights.