Welcoming remarks: Irina Schoulgin-Nyoni, Ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden Moderator: Alejandro Mayoral Baños, Co-Executive Director, ...
For years, Access Now and civil society have raised the alarm over Telenor’s hasty and irresponsible departure from Myanmar and the potential human rights abuses should Telenor sell its Myanmar ...
Access Now’s Legal team provides internal expertise on legal compliance and operations, in addition to engaging externally on programmatic legal issues through convenings, research, and interventions.
A critical tool for fighting against an Orwellian future’ — Why users of this encrypted messaging app are helping keep the project alive ...
Hoy, 31 de marzo de 2026, publicamos el nuevo reporte de Access Now y la coalición #KeepItOn, (Rising repression meets global resistance: Internet shutdowns in 2025). El mismo revela al menos 313 ...
During times of political unrest, the streets become dangerous, and information spreads mostly online. Without internet access, I have no way to stay informed about what’s happening. This isolation ...
The world recently marked Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024; an annual moment to honor transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people who have been killed, attacked, discriminated against ...
Content note: the following post contains references to violence, war crimes, and torture. Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown. Last year, people across the world ...
The concept of digital public infrastructure (DPI) has increasingly taken center stage in debates around digitalization, digital transformation, and development. In the United Nations and other ...
We, the undersigned civil society organizations and members of the #KeepItOn coalition — a global network of over 345 human rights organizations from 105 countries working to end internet shutdowns — ...
Civil society organizations, human rights defenders, activists, and individuals from around the world are calling on Facebook to immediately enact the recommendations listed in this letter and take ...