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KeepItOn 2024 Elections and Internet Shutdowns Watch

2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch

5 Feb 2024

Governments around the world continue to shut down the internet during elections. Join our 2024 elections watch to #KeepItOn.

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2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
5 Feb 2024
2024 elections and internet shutdowns watch
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Strengthening data protection in Africa: key issues for implementation

25 Jan 2024

Access Now’s new publication on understanding the data protection framework in Africa

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Strengthening data protection in Africa: key issues for implementation
25 Jan 2024
Strengthening data protection in Africa: key issues for implementation

Around the world, threats to LGBTQ+ speech deepen

28 Jun 2023
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Around the world, threats to LGBTQ+ speech deepen
28 Jun 2023
Around the world, threats to LGBTQ+ speech deepen
Protect LGBTIQ Digital Rights

Protect LGBTQ+ Digital Rights

6 Jun 2023
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Protect LGBTQ+ Digital Rights
6 Jun 2023
Protect LGBTQ+ Digital Rights
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Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights

16 Mar 2023

Through an open letter, Access Now and partners call on Ghana’s Parliament to immediately reject the new anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights
16 Mar 2023
Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights
India fake news

Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill

16 Mar 2023

Access Now and partners call on Ghana’s parliament to immediately reject the new repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
16 Mar 2023
Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
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Ghana pledges to #KeepItOn during elections, civil society is watching

3 Dec 2020

The Republic of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has pledged to keep the internet and digital communications tools accessible and open throughout the election period — and civil society is holding it to account.

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Ghana pledges to #KeepItOn during elections, civil society is watching
3 Dec 2020
Ghana pledges to #KeepItOn during elections, civil society is watching

MTN’s first transparency report marks a milestone, but raises questions

25 Nov 2020

In response to mounting pressure from civil society, MTN has published an inaugural transparency report. Although this report is a welcome development, and Access Now encourages MTN to make this a yearly publication, the content leaves us with more questions than answers. 

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MTN’s first transparency report marks a milestone, but raises questions
25 Nov 2020
MTN’s first transparency report marks a milestone, but raises questions
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How internet shutdowns are threatening 2020 elections, and what you can do about it

15 Oct 2020

Elections are increasingly becoming a trigger point for internet shutdowns, and governments have already flipped the kill switch during elections in 2020. The #KeepItOn coalition is mobilizing to keep people connected as they go to the polls in the coming weeks.

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How internet shutdowns are threatening 2020 elections, and what you can do about it
15 Oct 2020
How internet shutdowns are threatening 2020 elections, and what you can do about it
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Have questions about internet shutdowns? Kill Switch has answers

3 Sep 2020

Why aren’t internet shutdowns illegal? Are there ways to bypass them? Can we fight internet shutdowns in court? Does anyone see a way to end shutdowns, once and for all? Kill Switch podcast has the answers.

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Have questions about internet shutdowns? Kill Switch has answers
3 Sep 2020
Have questions about internet shutdowns? Kill Switch has answers