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Digital rights win: U.S. to amend internet exemptions for sanctions programs

5 Apr 2023

The U.S. is amending internet communications general licenses to ensure sanctions regimes do not negatively impact people’s ability to access the internet in targeted countries.

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Digital rights win: U.S. to amend internet exemptions for sanctions programs
5 Apr 2023
Digital rights win: U.S. to amend internet exemptions for sanctions programs
Azerbaijan elections internet elections

To defend democracy, stand up for civil society 

30 Mar 2023

As governments, businesses, and civil society organizations gather for the 2nd U.S. Summit for Democracy, our message is clear: to defend democracy in the digital age, states must stand up for civil society, online and off.

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To defend democracy, stand up for civil society 
30 Mar 2023
To defend democracy, stand up for civil society 
Myanmar's digital dictatorship

Two years of dangerous occupation: international community must protect rights in Myanmar

1 Feb 2023

After two years of a violent coup in Myanmar, the international community must condemn the junta’s abuses and surveillance infrastructure.

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Two years of dangerous occupation: international community must protect rights in Myanmar
1 Feb 2023
Two years of dangerous occupation: international community must protect rights in Myanmar
Myanmar's digital dictatorship

အသက်ပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးသည့် အာဏာသိမ်းပြီး ၂ နှစ်အကြာ- မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးများကို ကူညီကာကွယ်ပေးရန် နိုင်ငံတကာ အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းအား တိုက်တွန်းတောင်းဆို

1 Feb 2023

After two years of a violent coup in Myanmar, the international community must condemn the junta’s abuses and surveillance infrastructure.

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အသက်ပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးသည့် အာဏာသိမ်းပြီး ၂ နှစ်အကြာ- မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးများကို ကူညီကာကွယ်ပေးရန် နိုင်ငံတကာ အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းအား တိုက်တွန်းတောင်းဆို
1 Feb 2023
အသက်ပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးသည့် အာဏာသိမ်းပြီး ၂ နှစ်အကြာ- မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးများကို ကူညီကာကွယ်ပေးရန် နိုင်ငံတကာ အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းအား တိုက်တွန်းတောင်းဆို
Regulating digital platforms

When sanctions undermine human rights online

18 Jan 2023

Sanctions are a preferred foreign policy tool for many states. But they can also harm human rights. Governments, businesses, and civil society must align to protect human rights and democratic values through international sanctions regimes.

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When sanctions undermine human rights online
18 Jan 2023
When sanctions undermine human rights online
NSO Group human rights

U.S. Solicitor General and Department of Commerce must hold NSO accountable

22 Nov 2022

NSO Group must be held accountable for facilitating human rights abuses around the world.

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U.S. Solicitor General and Department of Commerce must hold NSO accountable
22 Nov 2022
U.S. Solicitor General and Department of Commerce must hold NSO accountable
Unsafe anywhere: women human rights defenders speak out about Pegasus attacks

Pegasus victims sue NSO in Thailand: It’s time for spyware accountability

15 Nov 2022

Access Now supports a lawsuit filed today in Thailand against NSO Group for violating the rights of people whose phones were infected by Pegasus.

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Pegasus victims sue NSO in Thailand: It’s time for spyware accountability
15 Nov 2022
Pegasus victims sue NSO in Thailand: It’s time for spyware accountability
ITFlows artificial intelligence

Why we need human rights impact assessments for AI

10 Nov 2022

What are human rights impact assessments? Our new report explains how improving human rights assessments for AI can help ensure these systems respect human rights.

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Why we need human rights impact assessments for AI
10 Nov 2022
Why we need human rights impact assessments for AI
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#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions

21 Oct 2022

Access Now welcomes the growing global pressure on Iranian authorities to immediately reinstate internet access across the nation.

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#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions
21 Oct 2022
#KeepItOn: 34 governments demand Iran ends internet restrictions
#KeepItOn during elections

With U.S. nudges, Google and others aim to help Iranian protesters

13 Oct 2022
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With U.S. nudges, Google and others aim to help Iranian protesters
13 Oct 2022
With U.S. nudges, Google and others aim to help Iranian protesters