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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.

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Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024

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
Shutdowns in Myanmar

Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake

31 Mar 2025
Press Release
Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake
31 Mar 2025
Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake

Myanmar’s internet censorship limits information about quake

31 Mar 2025
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Myanmar’s internet censorship limits information about quake
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31 Mar 2025
Myanmar’s internet censorship limits information about quake
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At RightsCon, human rights and democracy advocates grapple with profound change in world order

10 Mar 2025
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At RightsCon, human rights and democracy advocates grapple with profound change in world order
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10 Mar 2025
At RightsCon, human rights and democracy advocates grapple with profound change in world order
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Tackling the “black snakes” undermining digital rights worldwide 

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 
Access Now theme
Connectivity
Connectivity

Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity

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
5 Feb 2025
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch

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
Palestine Israel Digital Ceasefire; Gaza’s internet
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Toward a digital ceasefire

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
Transparency Reporting Index 2025
Transparency
Transparency

Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index

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
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression

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.

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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
Content Governance
Content Governance

Platform accountability and human rights: a rule-of-law checklist

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
WhatsApp v NSO case
Surveillance
Surveillance

Statement on the historic decision in the WhatsApp v NSO case

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
smart borders
Data Protection
Data Protection

#MigrarSinVigilancia

18 Dec 2023

#MigrarSinVigilancia es un frente común para resguardar los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes desde la protección de sus datos personales.

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#MigrarSinVigilancia
18 Dec 2023
#MigrarSinVigilancia
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Surveillance
Surveillance

Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: una guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia

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
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Digital Security
Digital Security

Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

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.

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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
RightsCon Costa Rica 2023 RightsCon

RightsCon

The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age

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Access Now is a global organization with team members across five continents, and presences in New York, San José (Costa Rica), Brussels, Berlin, Tunis, Delhi, Nairobi, and Manila.