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Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ အဆိုးဝါးဆုံးမြေငလျင်ဒဏ်ခံရချိန်တွင်အင်တာနက်အပါအဝင် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးလိုင်းများ ဆက်လက်ဖြတ်တောက်ထားခြင်းနှင့်အင်တာနက်ကန့်သတ်မှုများ ဆက်လက်လုပ်ဆောင်နေသော စစ်ကောင်စီအား ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ရှုံချပြီး၊ အဆိုပါ ကန့်သတ်ထားမှုများကို ပယ်ဖျက်ရန်တောင်းဆို
Joint statement: five-point plan for an inclusive WSIS+20 review
Joint appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Submission on India’s draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules
Access Now’s comments and recommendations on India’s draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
Comments on MeitY’s report on AI governance guidelines
Access Now’s comments on the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) report on AI governance guidelines.
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Joint statement on emerging digital laws in Bangladesh
Access Now urges the Interim Government of Bangladesh to ensure its approach to digital governance reforms to ensure is rights-based.
The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa
Worst year for internet shutdowns: Asia Pacific tops the 2024 shame list
Digital violence in MENA : impunity and internet shutdowns in 2024
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition’s new report reveals that 41 shutdowns were imposed in 17 countries across the MENA region in 2024.
2024 में किये गए रिकॉर्ड तोड़ इंटरनेट शटडाउन: अधिकारों के हनन में एशिया प्रशांत सबसे आगे
एक्सेस नाउ और #KeepItOn गठबंधन की नई रिपोर्ट ने पाया की पिछले नौ सालों के रिकॉर्ड में, 2024 इंटरनेट शटडाउन के लिए सबसे खराब साल रहा।
အင်တာနက်ပိတ်ဆို့မှုများ အဆိုးဆုံးကြုံရသည့်နှစ် – အာရှပစိဖိတ်ဒေသက ၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်အတွက် ရှက်ဖွယ် ကျူးလွန်သူများစာရင်းမှာ ဗိုလ်ဆွဲခဲ့
၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်သည် အင်တာနက်ပိတ်ဆို့မှု အဆိုးရွားဆုံး ဖြစ်သည့်နှစ်အဖြစ် တရားဝင် မှတ်တမ်းဝင်သွားသည်။ စံတန်ဖိုးတွေလျော့ကျဖောက်ပြန်လာသည့် …
Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024
It’s official, 2024 was the worst year on record for internet shutdowns.
肆無忌憚的加害者，受害的社群：2024年網路封鎖現況
我們正式的宣佈，2024 年是歷史上網路封鎖最嚴重的一年。
Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024
The 2024 #KeepItOn report on internet shutdowns is out. Read on for key insights from this year’s data.
Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024
Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 296 internet shutdowns in 2024 — the highest number since 2016.
Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression
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.
Oral statement at 10th Session of the UN Open Ended Working Group on ICTs
Access Now’s oral statement at the 10th Session of the UN Open Ended Working Group on information and communication technology.
Submission to the UN on the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance
Access Now’s submission on the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
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A new wave of blocks in Russia targets VPN apps and Cloudflare subnets
How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked
Myanmar’s internet censorship limits information about quake
Proton CEO: Tech sovereignty requires demand for European services
A new era of attacks on encryption is starting to heat up
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access “weaponized”
At RightsCon, human rights and democracy advocates grapple with profound change in world order
DOGE’s foreign aid cuts have sparked “total chaos” around the world
Fourth year under Myanmar military’s digital iron curtain
At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a U.S. retreat from promoting digital rights
Internet shutdowns hit record high in 2024
Myanmar: why is junta shutting down internet?
Why 2024 was the worst year for internet shutdowns
296 internet shutdowns across 54 countries
Cutting the cord: 296 internet shutdowns hit 54 countries in 2024
India saw 84 internet shutdowns in 2024, more than any other democracy: Access Now report
Events
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RightsCon 2025, Taipei and online
February 24 @ 8:00 am – February 27 @ 4:15 pm CST
Lanzamiento del informe “Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio” de la Coalición latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia
18 December 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am CST
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression
13 December 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CET
This event brings together Saudi activists, human rights organizations, and digital rights advocates to highlight the ethical concerns surrounding IGF 2024 and amplify the voices calling for the protection of human rights in digital spaces.
Prolonged shutdowns: An analysis of the silenced voices in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
29 October 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm GMT
