Tag: US
One small step for accountability: U.S. announces anonymous visa sanctions program for spyware violations
In a positive but limited step, the U.S.’s new sanctions policy will deny visas to individuals who are involved in, facilitate, or financially benefit from the misuse of commercial spyware.
What the U.S. can and must do to reconnect Gaza
Gaza is suffering under its ninth recent telecommunications and internet shutdown. We outline how the U.S. can help reconnect Gaza.
How to protect black and brown lives in the age of AI?
Coalition warns Congress: don’t use legislative tricks to reauthorize surveillance abuse
White House Executive Order on AI: a step forward on civil rights, but Congress must pass privacy law
Access Now calls on the Biden-Harris Administration to protect human rights from bad data practices and algorithmic discrimination.
Access Now urges robust civil society participation in Congressional AI policymaking
El Salvador: cómo los datos poco fiables acorralan a las personas migrantes en Estados Unidos
U.S. continues aggressive action on spyware, adds more companies to economic blocklist
The inclusion of spyware companies in the U.S. government’s Entity List is a major victory for at-risk people around the world.
Scrap Montana’s rights-abusing TikTok ban
Section 230 survives another challenge: U.S. Supreme Court rulings protect free expression online
The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings today in Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google, a pair of cases centered on whether social media companies could be held liable for the terrorist content hosted and recommended via algorithm on their platforms, represent a major win for digital rights.