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Cutting communications channels can block the emergency and rescue services that keep people alive.

The people of Iran have a fundamental human right to free expression. Here’s how you can help them exercise that right.

Our new infographic shows why lawmakers should be wary of applying telecom-style rules to “OTT” services.

It doesn’t make sense to treat “OTT” services the way we do telecommunications networks. It also risks human rights.

Today, Access submitted a letter to UN and African Union experts requesting their urgent intervention on the internet shutdown in Burundi, where social media services have been cut off in the face of public unrest. The letter underscores the importance of the internet to realizing human rights, and explains how shutdowns often enable egregious human rights violations.