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Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepitOn!

16 May 2018

Access Now and the Internet Society on the need to protect the core of the internet for digital rights

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Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepitOn!
16 May 2018
Joint statement: Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepitOn!
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US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown

15 Aug 2014

In a recent interview, former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the Syrian government was not to blame for a nationwide internet blackout on Nov. 29, 2012, the NSA was.

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US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown
15 Aug 2014
US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown

WPFD: Recognizing an ongoing struggle

3 May 2013

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, a day to celebrate the fundamental principles of independent media. But WPFD is also an opportunity to pay attention to where press freedom is under attack around the world–and the increasing tendency of those attacks to occur online. Bloggers and citizen journalists are arrested, jailed, and murdered for the words they write and the images they share; citizens are cut off from each other and from the information they seek because of what governments or companies deem appropriate for society.

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WPFD: Recognizing an ongoing struggle
3 May 2013
WPFD: Recognizing an ongoing struggle

Tracking network interference around political content in Malaysia

2 May 2013

On Sunday, May 5th, Malaysia will go to the polls for a highly contested general election, potentially ending 56 years of single-party rule. But ever since the elections were announced in April, the internet has become become a target: opposition websites and independent media have experienced significant network interference–and with the election days away, pressure is intensifying.

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Tracking network interference around political content in Malaysia
2 May 2013
Tracking network interference around political content in Malaysia