Tag: hate speech
Cambodia: Meta refuses to block Hun Sen’s accounts, implicitly encouraging incitement to violence
By refusing to suspend Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta has missed a crucial opportunity to oppose incitement to violence and hate speech online.
Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Dictators are using digital tools to repress and suppress democratic dissent, reinforcing digital authoritarianism. Our latest report looks at what’s happening in the EECA region, and how pro-democracy activists are fighting back against digital dictatorship.
Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Dictators are using digital tools to repress and suppress democratic dissent, reinforcing digital authoritarianism. Our latest report looks at what’s happening in the EECA region, and how pro-democracy activists are fighting back against digital dictatorship.
Resisting the rise of digital dictatorship in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
“Digital dictatorship: authoritarian tactics and resistance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” unpacks the tools of oppression in the region, and explores resistance.
Warning: blocking online platforms in Kenya will spread election disinformation
People in Kenya should not have to pay for Meta’s inability to address disinformation by suffering a communications blackout during an election.
Telegram must protect LGBTQ+ people
Telegram must protect LGBTQ+ people from hate and violence on its platform, and set a new standard of upholding and promoting human rights in its business practices.
Access Now addresses the U.N. Security Council on countering hate speech online
Before the United Nations Security Council, Access Now explained proactive ways to address and counter hate speech online.
What you need to know about the Facebook Papers
The Facebook Papers paint a grim picture of how Facebook has repeatedly and knowingly prioritized profit over people’s safety. Here’s a snapshot of what we know so far.
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Facebook Oversight Board: No place for Trump’s hate and disinformation on its platforms
The Facebook Oversight Board today upheld the “deplatforming” of Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, finding Facebook’s decision to be necessary and proportionate. Access Now welcomes this decision.