Tag: Business & Human Rights
Why we need data minimization safeguards now (and how to do it)
Access Now’s new report “Data minimization: Key to protecting privacy and reducing harm” explores ways to combat data abuses by limiting the amount of information entities collect online.
Designed to deceive: The rise of dark patterns is manipulating people
Access Now with Consumer Reports, EFF, PEN America, and DarkPatterns.org are launching the Dark Patterns Tip Line, a new online platform for people in the United States to report “dark patterns” they encounter in everyday digital products and services.
Dark Patterns Tip Line
Report a dark pattern today to help us fight back against companies using manipulative design tactics to take our private information, money, and time.
Spotify, no nos espíes: la coalición global de más de 170 músicos y grupos de derechos humanos toma una posición
Access Now, Fight for the Future, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, y una coalición de músicos y organizaciones de derechos humanos de todo el mundo enviaron una carta a Spotify pidiendo a la empresa que se comprometa públicamente a nunca utilizar, licenciar, vender o monetizar su nueva patente de tecnología de reconocimiento de voz.
Spotify, don’t spy: global coalition of 180+ musicians and human rights groups take a stand against speech-recognition technology
Access Now, Fight for the Future, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, and a global coalition of musicians and human rights organizations call on Spotify to never use, license, sell, or monetize its new speech-recognition patent technology.
Parler turns blind eye to call for upholding human rights
Parler fails to respond to Access Now’s call for transparency on how the company’s policies impact human rights.
منظمات حقوقية تطالب السلطات المصرية بوقف محاكمات صانعات محتوى تيك توك وضمان حرية التعبير
تدين المنظمات الحقوقية الموقعة أدناه استمرار السلطات المصرية في استجواب ومحاكمة صانعات المحتوى بتطبيقي تيك توك ولايكي، وتطالبها بوقف هذه المحاكمات وإخلاء سبيل هؤلاء المتهمين وإغلاق هذه القضايا.
Egyptian authorities must stop trials of TikTok content creators, guarantee freedom of expression
Access Now and 13 other NGOs condemn the continued prosecution and trial of TikTok and Likee content creators, and demand that the Egyptian authorities stop these trials, release these defendants, and close these cases.
India: Instagram’s censorship of COVID-19 posts jeopardises free speech
India is experiencing a severe public health crisis. Instagram has been a crucial channel for people to communicate about important pandemic-related issues.
