Josh Levy

More than 30 groups from around the world have signed an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg regarding Facebook’s recent actions concerning the Free Basics program in India. The letter urges Facebook to meaningfully and respectfully engage with Net Neutrality advocates fighting for a free and open internet across the globe.

If you’ve been to our website in the last few days, you might have noticed some changes. In fact, we just pushed out a complete redesign, a refined logo, a completely rebuilt backend, a new campaigning infrastructure, and more.

Today Facebook announced several changes to Internet.org in response to growing international complaints about the program. While some of the changes are positive, Access’ core concerns remain.

This week Facebook announced a new phase for Internet.org, an initiative that seeks to “connect the two thirds of the world that doesn’t have internet access” — but which, in its current form, adversely impacts the security and privacy of people who use the program to go online. However, while Internet.org now welcomes more carriers, it remains a program with fundamental flaws that this expansion does not address. It continues to give users only a slice of the internet for free, undermines security and privacy, and raises serious questions about how the program will impact local innovation.

Platform violates Net Neutrality, harms security, and fails to provide true access to the internet, groups say.

Today 65 organizations from 31 countries and regions released an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailing significant concerns with Facebook’s Internet.org initiative.

Letter is a clarion call for meaningful surveillance reform — but now the real work begins.

Today, hundreds of global civil society advocates, engineers, activists, lawyers, company representatives, and government officials are convening at the Crowne Plaza Galleria in Manila to discuss the internet and human rights.

Hundreds of technologists, companies, governments, and human rights advocates to convene in Manila to discuss privacy, security, corporate responsibility.

Today the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released its rules to implement its landmark Open Internet Order.