Alexia Skok

Date and time: Wednesday 25 May, 2022, 10:15 – 10:45 CET

Access Now congratulates Fanny Hidvégi, Europe Policy and Advocacy Director, who is being recognised in POLITICO Europe’s annual ranking of the 28 power players behind Europe’s tech revolution.

Shareholders and financial institutions must withhold their approval for Twitter’s sale to Elon Musk unless human rights safeguards are in place. 

Access Now and a coalition of rights organizations are calling on Sri Lanka to maintain unfettered access to the internet throughout the ongoing crisis.

New: “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021” unpacks the data, trends, and stories behind a year of internet shutdowns.

In 2021, Access Now documented at least 23 shutdowns in nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021.”

India is the world’s largest offender, and blacked out the internet at least 106 times in 2021. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021”

In 2021, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 182 internet shutdowns across 34 countries. This shows a dramatic resurgence of this oppressive form of control.

Last year, 12 countries cut internet access at least 19 times in Africa. Read “The return of digital authoritarianism: internet shutdowns in 2021”