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Digital rights
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Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. By combining direct technical support, strategic advocacy, grassroots grantmaking, and convenings such as RightsCon, we fight for human rights in the digital age.
[About Us](/about-us/)
[Focus Areas](/our-work/)
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#### Israel’s digital occupation of Palestine
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#### Freedom of Expression: fighting digital censorship and advancing free speech globally
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#### Focus on Myanmar: Standing up to digital dictatorship
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#### #KeepItOn: a global coalition fighting internet shutdowns around the world
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#### Russia-Ukraine conflict: supporting digital resistance and resilience
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Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns
Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
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23 Feb 2025 •
The 2024 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data.
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Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
23 Feb 2025
[Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024](https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdowns-2024/ "Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024")
At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a U.S. retreat from promoting digital rights
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4 Mar 2025
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At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a U.S. retreat from promoting digital rights
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[At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a U.S. retreat from promoting digital rights](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/04/1112773/at-rightscon-in-taipei-activists-reckon-with-a-us-retreat-from-promoting-digital-rights/ "At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a U.S. retreat from promoting digital rights")
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression
Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide
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16 Jan 2025 •
As 2025 gets underway, Access Now’s new Executive Director, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, PhD, shares his reflections on the “black snakes” threatening the digital rights movement.
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Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide
16 Jan 2025
[Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide](https://www.accessnow.org/the-black-snakes-undermining-global-digital-rights/ "Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide ")
Connectivity
Connectivity
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
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5 Feb 2025 •
From obstructed humanitarian access to the weaponization of personal digital devices, internet connectivity is an issue that carries multiple layers of harms
— one that we are only just starting to unpack.
Publication
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
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5 Feb 2025
[Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity](https://www.accessnow.org/improving-satellite-internet-connectivity-governance "Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity")
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns
2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch
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30 Jan 2025 •
Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2025 elections watch to #KeepItOn.
Campaign
2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch
30 Jan 2025
[2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch](https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/2025-elections-and-internet-shutdowns-watch/ "2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch")
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression
Toward a digital ceasefire
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20 Nov 2024 •
The ascent of cyber warfare is weaponizing our digital world; it’s time to embrace the concept of “digital ceasefire.”
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Toward a digital ceasefire
20 Nov 2024
[Toward a digital ceasefire](https://www.accessnow.org/toward-a-digital-ceasefire/ "Toward a digital ceasefire")
Transparency
Transparency
Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index
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30 Jan 2025 •
We’re refreshing our Transparency Reporting Index to reflect current practices and trends, including adding reports on content governance.
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Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index
30 Jan 2025
[Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index](https://www.accessnow.org/ten-years-of-tracking-transparency/ "Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index")
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression
Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression
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21 Feb 2025 •
Given the escalating use of free speech claims as a shield for inciting hatred and violence, it is more urgent than ever to reaffirm what freedom of expression truly stands for.
Press Release
Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression
21 Feb 2025
[Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression](https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/principles-for-reclaiming-freedom-of-expression/ "Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression")
Content Governance
Content Governance
Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist
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13 Jan 2025 •
As policymakers around the world seek to rein in Big Tech, we define the safeguards necessary to ensure rule of law and protect human rights and democracy.
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Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist
13 Jan 2025
[Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist](https://www.accessnow.org/platform-accountability-part1-overview/ "Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist")
Surveillance
Surveillance
How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants
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20 Feb 2025 •
The #ProtectNotSurveil coalition analyses a proposed reform of the Europol agency which will increase unlawful surveillance against migrants.
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How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants
20 Feb 2025
[How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants](https://www.accessnow.org/new-europol-reform-threatens-digital-war-on-migrants/ "How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants")
Surveillance
Surveillance
Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case
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13 Jan 2025 •
Access Now welcomes the ruling in the case of WhatsApp v NSO Group, where the U.S. District Court of Northern California found that NSO violated federal and California state hacking statutes.
Press Release
Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case
13 Jan 2025
[Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case](https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/statement-on-whatsapp-v-nso-case-decision/ "Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case")
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
AI Action Summit: a missed opportunity for human-rights centered AI governance
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14 Feb 2025 •
The development of the proposed GDPR Procedural Regulation represents a missed opportunity to address enforcement challenges.
Press Release
AI Action Summit: a missed opportunity for human-rights centered AI governance
14 Feb 2025
[AI Action Summit: a missed opportunity for human-rights centered AI governance](https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/ai-action-summit-a-missed-opportunity-for-human-rights-centered-ai-governance/ "AI Action Summit: a missed opportunity for human-rights centered AI governance ")
Data Protection
Data Protection
#MigrarSinVigilancia
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18 Dec 2023 •
#MigrarSinVigilancia es un frente común para resguardar los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes desde la protección de sus datos personales.
Campaign
#MigrarSinVigilancia
18 Dec 2023
[#MigrarSinVigilancia](https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/migrarsinvigilancia/ "#MigrarSinVigilancia")
Surveillance
Surveillance
Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: una guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia
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6 Feb 2025
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Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: una guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia
6 Feb 2025
[Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: una guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia](https://www.accessnow.org/manual-del-pequenx-vigiladx-una-guia-ilustrada-para-resistir-la-vigilancia/ "Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: una guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia")
Digital Security
Digital Security
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
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4 Dec 2024 •
Colonial-era laws and a global anti-rights movement are fueling LGBTQ+ repression across Africa. Access Now documented 214 threats on platforms like TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp, underscoring widespread risks.
Publication
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
4 Dec 2024
[Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa](https://www.accessnow.org/publication/social-media-companies-increase-risks-lgbtq-africa/ "Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa")
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