Tag: Digital rights
Rafael Correa: y u so mad at the internet?
In a worrying move against freedom of expression on the internet, Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa publicly shamed critics for their statements on social networks and asked his supporters to attack them online. Digital rights organizations worldwide, including Access, issued this statement condemning the president’s disturbing reaction.
New cybersecurity legislation introduced in U.S., but still doesn’t protect users
Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper introduced the Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015, a new bill to authorize the public/private dissemination of cybersecurity-related information. The legislation’s limitations on the type of information that can be shared are not enough to protect user privacy. Access is calling on the U.S. Congress not to consider information-sharing legislation–which could ostensibly create new surveillance authorities under the guise of cybersecurity–until existing surveillance authorities are adequately reformed.
Charlie Hebdo Tragedy Must Not Be Used by Governments to Expand Surveillance
More than 20 digital and civil rights organizations have endorsed a joint statement calling on world leaders political leaders not to expand surveillance measures in wake of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy.
Spain Targets Vulnerable Users on Eve of Review at UN Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council will review the human rights record of the government of Spain on Wednesday as part of its Universal Periodic Review. Access calls on UN member states to recommend that Spain halt the criminalization of encryption, and to protect the rights of all users in the country.
Access calls for President Obama to pledge to veto CISA
Access and a coalition of digital rights groups, companies, and security experts submitted a letter to U.S. President Obama urging him to pledge to veto the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), and any other bill that includes similar provisions that would hurt our basic right to privacy.
It’s time for the Senate to act to preserve digital rights
Having passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming support, bill heads to the Senate in need of leaders to sponsor important amendments restricting NSA surveillance activities.
RedLatAm: derechos digitales en Latinoamérica
Estamos muy contentos de anunciar que ya está en línea RedLatAm, un mapeo de información relevante sobre regulación, políticas públicas y organizaciones latinoamericanas que trabajan en temas relativos a los derechos digitales en la región.