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In 2009, after the Iranian post-election crackdown, a group of technologists coordinated to keep citizens’ Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogs, and email accessible and free from surveillance. That group coalesced into Access Now (https://www.accessnow.org), which now organizes RightsCon (https://www.rightscon.org/) and runs a 24/7 Digital Security Helpline (https://www.accessnow.org/help/). We're working to ensure the internet remains an open and secure platform for the rights to privacy, free expression, freedom of assembly, and association.

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Aug 22, 2026	End the use of AI in warfare (Opinion)	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Granate Kim The world’s militaries are locked in an arms race to develop the use of artificial intelligence in warfare. They’ve been at it for more than a decade — despite calls from civil socie...
Aug 15, 2026	Apple Delivers First Lock Screen Spyware Warning to Users in 110 Countries	By William Chan Published: Aug 15 2026, 8:28 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Aug 10, 2026	Taiwan Throttled Mobile Data for 16 Million; Stock Exchange Got Exemption	By Adrian Parham Published: Aug 10 2026, 11:54 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jul 22, 2026	Taiwan Cuts Mobile Data to Near-Zero for 16 Million in First-Ever War-Readiness Drill	By Mark Rutherford Published: Jul 22 2026, 2:13 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jun 27, 2026	Cellebrite’s Russia Exit Failed: Forensics Confirm Its Tools Cracked Activist’s iPhone	By Adrian Parham Published: Jun 27 2026, 1:34 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jun 20, 2026	Cyberattacks on Civil Society Hit 7 Times the Rate of Other Websites, Cloudflare Finds	By Shannon Harwood Published: Jun 20 2026, 06:44 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jun 10, 2026	Africa: AI Regulation in Africa - Why Copying the European Model Won't Work	Mauritius set out its national AI strategy in 2018, the first by an African country. Since then over a dozen African states have adopted national AI policies of some sort or another. As a national policy plan, an AI strategy typically sets ...
Apr 27, 2026	Central Africa: Internet Shutdowns Won't Solve Central Africa's Political Crises	Silencing the internet during unrest buys governments time but corrodes the trust and economic foundations that stability requires. In Gabon, social media access has been blocked since February amid social unrest and strikes in the educatio...
Apr 22, 2026	Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise Of Network Shutdowns	Iran’s internet has been intermittently disrupted for months. After years of bombardment, Gaza’s telecommunications infrastructure remains fragile. In India, recurring shutdowns and throttling have become a routine response to protests and ...
Mar 23, 2026	What Does The Viral Afroman Trial Have to Do with Section 230?	The internet has been rightfully enjoying videos from the defamation trial against Afroman, a musician known for his humorous songs including “Because I got high.” The lawsuit involves songs he wrote about a 2022 raid police conducted on hi...
Mar 4, 2026	Фейковый грант от NED: анатомия таргетированного фишинга	письмо 18 февраля 2026 года сотрудник НКО получил таргетированное фишинговое письмо якобы от National Endowment for Democracy — американского фонда поддержки демократии. Обращение по полному имени, ссылка на «предыдущую заявку на грант» (ко...
Jan 22, 2026	Africa: UN Warns of Rising Internet Shutdowns As Digital Blackouts Spread Worldwide	A rising trend towards government-enforced internet shutdowns - with at least 300 incidents in more than 54 countries over the last two years - is prompting renewed warnings from the UN about the threat these digital blackouts pose to freed...
Dec 19, 2025	Africa: Offline and Silenced - Africa's Quiet Rise of Internet Repression	Africa was hit by a record number of digital shutdowns in 2025 that stifled opposition and undermined democracy. On 29 October 2025, election day, a nationwide internet outage cut online communication across Tanzania, raising concerns about...
Dec 9, 2025	How ICE’s Plan To Monitor Social Media Threatens Not Just Privacy, But Civic Participation	When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for informat...
Nov 16, 2025	How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation (Opinion)	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Nicole M. Bennett When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigrat...
Nov 5, 2025	Tanzania: How an Internet Blackout Affected Tanzania's Election	What's the context? A nationwide internet outage during last week's vote fits a pattern of electoral interference and may fuel abuses, activists say. NAIROBI - A five-day internet shutdown during Tanzania's disputed election and the protest...
Oct 28, 2025	UN’s First Global Cybercrime Treaty Sparks Debate Over Privacy and Surveillance	Image: Envato Sixty-five countries have signed the first-ever United Nations treaty aimed at fighting cybercrime, even as rights groups and technology companies voiced growing unease over its potential impact on privacy and surveillance. Af...
Oct 22, 2025	UN cybercrime pact to be signed in Hanoi raises hopes, concerns	HANOI: A landmark UN cybercrime agreement aimed at curbing offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually is set to be signed by representatives from dozens of states in Hanoi this weekend, despite criticism over human ...
Jun 20, 2025	A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone	Five experts with whom the AP shared recordings said it could be low-tech artificial intelligence, a chatbot or a pre-recorded message to which calls from abroad were diverted. It remains unclear who is behind the operation, though four of ...
May 7, 2025	A New Era of Immigration Policy and the Battle Against Spyware	In the ever-shifting landscape of politics and technology, two stories emerge, each a reflection of the times we live in. One is a tightening grip on immigration policy in the UK, while the other is a courtroom clash that reverberates throu...
May 7, 2025	Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168 million defeat for spyware firm	Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168 million defeat for spyware firm By Raphael SatterMay 6, 20259:37 PM UTCUpdated ago Text Small Text Medium Text Large Text Share X Facebook Linkedin Email Link The logo of Meta is seen at the ent...
Feb 19, 2025	Africa: Dating Apps' Lack of Safeguards Put LGBTQ+ Africans At Risk	What's the context? LGBTQ+ users from Egypt to Nigeria risk entrapment and surveillance when online dating. Online dating offers crucial connections Digital platforms exploited by criminals, governments Safeguards specifically for LGBTQ+ pe...
Feb 1, 2025	The Shadowy World of Spyware: WhatsApp's Battle Against Paragon Solutions	In the digital age, privacy feels like a mirage. With every ping of a notification, the specter of surveillance looms larger. Recently, WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, revealed a troubling truth: Israeli spyware comp...
Jan 31, 2025	Meta's WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon targeted users in two dozen countries	Meta's WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon targeted users in two dozen countries By Raphael SatterJanuary 31, 20258:55 PM UTCUpdated ago Text Small Text Medium Text Large Text Share X Facebook Linkedin Email Link A keyboard is placed in f...
Nov 15, 2024	Mozambique: Internet Cuts After Mozambique's Disputed Vote Hit Businesses	Uber driver Rofino Fiel said the post-election protests that have convulsed Mozambique for weeks have been disastrous not only because of the running battles on the streets of Maputo - internet shutdowns are bleeding his business dry. Like ...
Nov 9, 2024	The Erosion of Freedom: Mauritius' Social Media Shutdown and Its Implications	In a surprising twist, Mauritius, often hailed as a democratic beacon in Africa, recently experienced a social media shutdown. This decision, taken by the country's communications regulator, came just days before the general election schedu...
Nov 6, 2024	Mauritius' Social Media Shutdown - a Worrying Sign That Civil Rights Are Slipping	Mauritius' communications regulator recently shut down access to social media platforms until a day after the upcoming general election, due to be held on 10 November 2024. The decision was reversed a day later. Nevertheless, the move came ...
Oct 18, 2024	Africa: Internet Shutdowns - A Threat to Free Speech and Democracy in Africa	Internet shutdowns are a worrying trend in African countries, often justified during elections, protests, and periods of civil unrest, as measures to prevent the spread of misinformation or maintain public order. These actions violate the b...
Sep 23, 2024	Техногиганты начали пытаться смягчить требования европейского закона об искусственном интеллекте	Крупнейшие технологические компании мира пытаются убедить Европейский союз придерживаться более мягкого подхода к регулированию деятельности в сфере искусственного интеллекта, стремясь избежать риска миллиардных штрафов. В мае законодатели ...
Jul 18, 2024	US taps IBM for 5-year contract to boost European, Eurasian allies’ cyber posture	The U.S. government’s lead development and humanitarian assistance agency locked in a five-year contract with IBM to head a project focused on bolstering cybersecurity support for a slew of allied European and Eurasian countries. The U.S. A...
Jul 11, 2024	Apple Issues Spyware Attack Warnings to iPhone Users in 98 Countries	By Jace Dela Cruz Published Jul 11, 2024 8:45AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Apple has sent alerts to iPhone users in 98 countries about potential spyware attack...
Jul 3, 2024	India: IPI calls for renewed commitment to press freedom	IPI urges PM Narendra Modi to honour his commitment to freedom of the press India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Narendra Modi (R) takes the oath as India's Prime Minister during the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace i...
Jun 22, 2024	CDT Joins Joint Statement Urging Australian Government to Protect End-to-End Encryption in Review Process of the Online Safety Act	*** From the statement: End-to-end encryption plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety, security and privacy of millions in Australia. However, the statutory review of the Australian Online Safety Act erroneously characterises end-to-end...
Jun 4, 2024	NSO Malware Discovered On The Phones Of Critics Of Putin And His Allies	Here’s yet more unsurprising news about Israeli malware developer NSO Group and its preferred customers. More phones infected by NSO’s flagship Pegasus malware have been discovered by Citizen Lab researchers. And yet again those targeted ar...
May 30, 2024	Pegasus Malware Spying on Kremlin Critics: EU Journalists, Activists Hit: Report	By Quincy Jon Published May 30, 2024 11:28AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket A fresh investigation by security researchers reveals that Pegasus malware targeted at ...
May 20, 2024	Meta’s Ad Approval Process Fails to Block Violent Content, Disinformation in India	By Quincy Jon Published May 20, 2024 10:43AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket An investigation revealed that Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, permitted AI...
May 9, 2024	Зашифрованный мессенджер Signal используется Госдепартаментом США для смены режимов за рубежом	Удивительно, что эта новость не получила широкой огласки, хотя её прокомментировали Павел Дуров, Джек Дорси, Илон Маск, Виталик Бутерин и многие другие. Издание City Journal, которое является пресс-центром Manhattan Institute (консервативны...
May 6, 2024	Spyware Problems Are Getting Under Apple iPhone's Skin Through the Years	Joseph Henry, Tech Times 06 May 2024, 09:05 am Just like malware, spyware can easily invade your precious iPhone. Even with the most advanced mobile security, Apple still struggles to remove the unwelcomed guests in its handsets. With the r...
Apr 20, 2024	CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: April 2024	Also authored by CDT Europe’s AI Policy Fellow Jonathan Schmidt. Policymakers in Europe are hard at work on all things artificial intelligence, and we’re here to keep you updated. We’ll cover laws and policies that relate to AI, and their i...
Apr 15, 2024	Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn	Nearly two dozen civil society groups and non-profits have written an open letter to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), urging it not to endorse a strategy used by Meta that they say is intended to bypass the EU’s privacy protection...
Apr 11, 2024	The iPhone notification you definitely don't want to get	Tech The iPhone notification you definitely don't want to get Camilo Fonseca 2024-04-11T17:10:06Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send...
Apr 4, 2024	YouTube okayed ads with misinformation on India's election process: Report	Video streaming giant YouTube allegedly approved almost 50 advertisements having misinformation about elections recently, according to a joint investigative report by digital rights group AccessNow and Global Witness. But Youtube, while rea...
Mar 15, 2024	Dark web election posts up almost 400 percent	The number of new posts on dark web forums about elections surged by 394 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, research released this week by cybersecurity firm NordVPN reveals. And in the first two months of 2024 alone, users have already publ...
Mar 8, 2024	Sudan - Internet Shutdown Threatens Delivery of Humanitarian and Emergency Services	A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to the coordination of emergency assistance and humanitarian services to millions of people caught up in the con...
Feb 8, 2024	Privacy Day 2024: слежка за журналистами и блокировка VPN-сервисов	НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ «РОСКОМСВОБОДА» ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА «РОСКОМСВОБОДА». 18+ 29 января в формате онлайн, с подключением экспертной площадки из Казах...
Feb 8, 2024	Jordan: Authorities must investigate Pegasus surveillance of journalists	Former IPI Vice-Chair Daoud Kuttab among targets of spyware attacks, according to new report Veera Nikkila, Helsingin Sanomat Journalism Fellow at IPI Feb 8, 2024 IPI is deeply alarmed by a new report finding that at least 35 journalists, h...
Jan 18, 2024	Web monitors say Gaza week-long internet outage is longest yet	Internet monitoring firms say a near-total internet blackout in Gaza is reaching its seventh day, the longest outage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict so far. Doug Madory, the director of internet analysis at Kentik, told TechCrunch in a...
Jan 16, 2024	Kenya’s $27 billion loss underscores the devastating cost of social media shutdowns in Africa	Last November, Kenya experienced an unexpected shutdown of Telegram, one of its most popular social media platforms. The outage lasted for eight days and coincided with the national exams for secondary school students. It led people to beli...
Nov 8, 2023	Meta pressed to compensate war victims amid claims Facebook inflamed Tigray conflict	Meta is facing growing calls to set up a restitution fund for victims of the Tigray War, which Facebook is alleged to have fueled leading to over 600,000 deaths and the displacement of millions across Ethiopia. Rights group Amnesty Internat...
Nov 2, 2023	DSA Framers Insisted It Was Carefully Calibrated Against Censorship; Then Thierry Breton Basically Decided It Was An Amazing Tool For Censorship	A few weeks ago, I highlighted how EU chief Digital Services Act enforcer, Thierry Breton, was making a mess of things sending broadly threatening letters (which have since been followed up with opening official investigations) to all the b...
Oct 27, 2023	A group behind Stable Diffusion wants to open source emotion-detecting AI	In 2019, Amazon upgraded its Alexa assistant with a feature that enabled it to detect when a customer was likely frustrated — and respond with proportionately more sympathy. If a customer asked Alexa to play a song and it queued up the wron...
Oct 27, 2023	Internet access in Gaza is collapsing as ISPs fall offline	As the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches its third week, internet connectivity in Gaza is getting worse. On Thursday morning, internet monitoring firm NetBlocks wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the Palestinian internet service pro...
Sep 14, 2023	AmneziaVPN: раз, два, три — и готово	НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ «РОСКОМСВОБОДА» ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА «РОСКОМСВОБОДА». 18+ Рассказываем о том, как развивается self-hosted сервис для развёртывани...
Aug 11, 2023	Internet shutdowns, and how governments do it	Senegal’s government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly using during times of political contention, such as elections ...
Aug 3, 2023	African countries with internet restrictions so far in 2023	Picture a scenario where you wake to find yourself cut off from the realm of social media. No more scrolling through Instagram to view high-definition pictures, no LinkedIn for forging professional connections, and no Twitter for engaging i...
Jul 13, 2023	Myanmar’s ‘alternative’ exams a major test amid bombs, blackouts	On a morning in March, during a pause in fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces, 60 students gathered secretly in a village in western Myanmar to take their university entrance examinations. Without internet access, they hud...
Jun 10, 2023	Самые громкие события инфобеза за май 2023 года	Всем привет! Мы подводим итоги последнего весеннего месяца в нашем традиционном дайджесте. В мае особо отличилась Toyota, обнаружившая у себя несколько облаков, висевших без пароля десять лет, злоумышленники из Cl0p устроили массовую атаку ...
May 25, 2023	Researchers say they found spyware used in war for the first time	Security researchers and digital rights organizations believe the government of Azerbaijan used spyware produced by NSO Group to target a government worker, journalists, activists, and the human rights ombudsperson in Armenia, as part of a ...
May 25, 2023	Security Researchers Find Spyware as War Weapon For the First Time in Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict	Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 25 May 2023, 08:05 am Azerbaijan and Armenia are embroiled in a brutal conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh territories, and amidst the chaos, a disturbing allegation has come to light. Non-profit organization Acces...
May 17, 2023	PEGA Committee Votes on Spyware Recommendations	In July 2021, the Pegasus Project—a consortium of 80 journalists from 17 media organizations in 10 countries—broke the story that several governments were using the Pegasus spyware against journalists, activists, politicians, academics, and...
May 16, 2023	Addressing Media Capture	For years, industry, governments, and civil society have grappled with how to address the potential harm from state media while protecting people’s right to information in the digital domain. In some cases, the harm from state media can be ...
May 7, 2023	Технологическо-правовой прогноз по регулированию IT в РФ до 2025 года	Мой любезный друг и старший товарищ по правозащите Паша Чиков в 2017 сделал весьма унылый прогноз, который еще обсуждали у Дудя. Радуемся, что пока еще 2 пункта из 10 не случились - это введение смертной казни и закрытие границ. Мы с коллег...
Apr 28, 2023	Biden’s Spyware Order: A Needed First Step	Investigative reports show that the Mexican government has become the most prolific user of spyware in the world, illegally deploying intrusion technologies from Israel-based NSO Group to spy on prominent human rights defenders, journalists...
Apr 3, 2023	Demhack 6: больше вызовов — больше ответов	НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ «РОСКОМСВОБОДА» ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА «РОСКОМСВОБОДА». 18+ В этот раз участники разрабатывали новые решения по восстановлению дост...
Mar 9, 2023	The Indian Telecommunication Bill Engenders Security and Privacy Risks	The last telegram in India was sent in July 2013. Almost 10 years after the use of telegraph faded into extinction, most regulation of telecommunication in India still finds its legal basis in the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 and the Indian...
Feb 28, 2023	Record number of countries enforced internet blackouts in 2022	A record number of countries have enforced internet shutdowns in 2022 that had a “devastating impact on human lives”, a new report has found. The digital rights group Access Now and the #KeepItOn campaign – a coalition of about 70 organisat...
Jan 27, 2023	Assessing Impacts of AI on Human Rights: It’s Not Solely About Privacy and Nondiscrimination	That artificial intelligence (AI) systems impact privacy rights has become a kind of truism, often met with a subtle eye roll or a repressed sigh. The similar concerns about AI and discrimination have not quite become a truism just yet, but...
Jan 12, 2023	Brisbane Venues Partnering With HeadBox Can Now Access Leads Valued at $15K
Jan 7, 2023	WhatsApp's new feature could help Iranians bypass censors and coordinate protests during government-imposed internet blackouts	Messaging platform WhatsApp will help users bypass repressive restrictions using proxy servers. This follows a string of internet shutdowns in Iran, imposed amid ongoing anti-government protests. Advertisement WhatsApp, the messaging platfo...
Nov 30, 2022	Is the DSA a New Dawn of Legislating Platform Governance Globally?	The newly passed Digital Services Act (DSA) in the European Union is what some may call Rorschach legislation or, depending on your point of view, an intermediary liability bill, an illegal content bill, or even a platform accountability bi...
Nov 30, 2022	Ethiopia: News - UN Hosts Internet Governance Forum in Ethiopia Amid Criticism Over Longest Running Shutdown in Tigray, Frequent Interruptions in Other Parts	Addis Abeba — The UN is hosting in Ethiopia the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), under the overarching theme of Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, which started in Addis Abeba on 28 November and lasts until ...
Oct 29, 2022	Elon Musk's Twitter Free Speech Approach Might Not Work Because of One EU Law	Griffin Davis , Tech Times 29 October 2022, 08:10 am Elon Musk's Twitter free speech approach might not work. (Photo : Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Elon Musk, founder and chief engineer of SpaceX speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conferenc...
Oct 27, 2022	Value Pluralism and Human Rights in Content Moderation	On Oct. 4, the Council of the European Union (EU) approved the new Digital Services Act (DSA). The EU’s new law regulates social media company liability for user posts containing content prohibited under the laws of EU member states—such as...
Oct 18, 2022	Is privacy only for the elite? Why Apple’s approach is a marketing advantage	This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: How Data Privacy Is Transforming Marketing. Shortly after GDPR went into effect in 2018, Apple began running privacy-focused advertisements and since then, has released ...
Oct 10, 2022	How a flawed biometrics research project exposed AI ethical issues, singled out LGBTQ+ individuals	Learn how your company can create applications to automate tasks and generate further efficiencies through low-code/no-code tools on November 9 at the virtual Low-Code/No-Code Summit. Register here. Last year was a grim, record-setting year...
Oct 6, 2022	Toward Greater Content Moderation Transparency Reporting	Freedom of expression is enshrined in almost every constitution globally. It is explicitly reflected in the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. According t...
Aug 12, 2022	Recognizing And Preventing The Psychological Toll Of Spyware	Mike Fong is the founder and CEO of Privoro, an Arizona-based company pioneering first-of-their-kind mobile security hardware protections.
Jul 25, 2022	Govt Does Not Maintain Centralised Data Of Internet Shutdowns: I&B Ministry	Temporary suspension of telecom services/internet shutdown is done by appropriate authorities in states/union territories in the interest of maintaining law and order: Govt It is done under the provisions contained in the Temporary Suspensi...
Jul 6, 2022	Apple to Introduce ‘Lockdown Mode,’ a new Extreme Dimension of Security coming to iPhone, iPad & Mac Operating Systems this Fall Post a comment Categories Search	In 2021 news began to break that high profile politicians and journalists using iPhones were being spied on with software from the Israeli firm NSO. In July 2021 ZDNet posted a report titled “NSO Group's Pegasus spyware used against journal...
Jun 28, 2022	India Postpones New Data Privacy Law That Drove VPN Providers Away	In a major, albeit temporary, victory for data privacy, the Indian government has decided to delay its new rules for VPN providers by three months. The law, which stated that VPN providers would need to log user data for up to five years, i...
Jun 27, 2022	India delays VPN rules to log customers data by 3 months	India will give VPN providers and cloud service operators an additional three months to comply with new rules that require they maintain names and addresses of their customers and their IP addresses, delivering some relief to firms as many ...
Jun 20, 2022	Roe v. Wade leak heightens data privacy concerns	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The panic ignited by the leaked draft opinion fro...
Jun 7, 2022	Africa: Controlled or Free Internet? Time for Africa to Speak Out	As internet shutdowns wound economies and damage democracies, Africa needs a position on how cyberspace is governed. To what extent should African states seek to control the internet, its availability, reliability, and content? And should c...
May 30, 2022	Demhack 4: проекты во время *****	Победителями стали команды literalLegends, Get_site_copy и SecurityBand. Они работали над созданием бота в мессенджерах, который будет делиться мостами Tor с пользователями, и телеграм-ботом, способным сделать заблокированную информацию сно...
May 18, 2022	Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh saw most Internet shutdowns after Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years	There are several internet shutdowns in India each year. India reported over 630 internet shutdowns in the last 10 years. There have been 400 instances of internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years. Advertisement Internet ...
Apr 12, 2022	U.S. Eases Off Telecom Sanctions That Could Encourage A Russian Splinternet	As Russia has faced a flood of sanctions for its brutal invasion of Ukraine, many telecom companies, like Lumen and Cogent, also stopped feeding and financing key Internet transit routes into the country. Other companies, like domain regist...
Feb 10, 2022	Using the Law to Advance Oppression: How Kazakhstan Presents a Veneer of Due Process to Silence Opposition	The Kazakhstan Parliament approved in September 2021 a draft law to restrict the use of foreign social media. The bill is ostensibly designed to protect children and prevent cyberbullying. But the law also offers a tool for the government, ...
Feb 9, 2022	Content Moderation Case Study: Russia Slows Down Access To Twitter As New Form Of Censorship (2021)	Summary:
Feb 7, 2022	Who really benefits from digital development?	Kevin Klyman Contributor Share on Twitter Kevin Klyman is a technology researcher who has written data protection policies for the United Nations. His work has been published by Human Rights Watch, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Campai...
Feb 7, 2022	When Platforms Do the State’s Bidding, Who Is Accountable? Not the Government, Says Israel’s Supreme Court	Around the world, law enforcement bodies known as Internet Referral Units (or IRUs) are asking platforms like Facebook to delete posts, videos, photos and comments posted by their users. Platforms are complying, citing their own discretiona...
Dec 23, 2021	Tanzania's Abuse Of US Copyright Law To Silence Critics On Twitter Should Be A Warning For Regulators Looking To Mess With Content Moderation	We were just highlighting how rules that enable the easy takedown of content on social media will always lead to over-blocking, and this is why we should be quite careful about government attempts to mandate content removal — like those of ...
Dec 23, 2021	Tanzania's Abuse Of US Copyright Law To Silence Critics On Twitter Should Be A Warning For Regulators Looking To Mess With Content Moderation	We were just highlighting how rules that enable the easy takedown of content on social media will always lead to over-blocking, and this is why we should be quite careful about government attempts to mandate content removal -- like those of...
Nov 9, 2021	Facebook Relaunches Itself as ‘Meta’ in a Clear Bid to Dominate the Metaverse	By Marcus Carter, University of Sydney and Ben Egliston, Queensland University of Technology Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects the fact the company is ...
Oct 1, 2021	EU Parliament Committee Adopts Digital Services Act	In recent years the European Commission has proposed and adopted various legislative changes to help combat online piracy. This includes the Copyright Directive which passed in 2019 as well as the Digital Services Act, which was officially ...
Sep 30, 2021	Social Media Regulation In African Countries Will Require More Than International Human Rights Law	There has been a lot of focus on moderation as carried out by platforms—the rules social media companies base their decision on what content remains online. There has however been limited attention on how actors other than social media plat...
Sep 23, 2021	How (Not) to Regulate the Internet: Lessons From the Indian Subcontinent	In February, the Indian government enacted the highly anticipated amendments to its intermediary liability regime. Titled the “Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,” which we refer to as...
Sep 2, 2021	Bloqueio de internet por governos cresce de forma “alarmante”, diz estudo	Ao longo da última década, desligamentos intencionais da internet realizados por governos de múltiplos países decolaram estatisticamente. As principais motivações para essa forma de repressão são conter movimentos e protestos ao limitar o a...
Jun 6, 2021	As Amazon prepares its Sidewalk launch, privacy experts are raising concerns. One described the tech company's plans as 'another monumental step in surveillance capitalism.'	Amazon on Tuesday will launch Sidewalk, a network connecting Alexa and Ring devices. Privacy experts told Insider the network raised concerns about customer data and privacy. They highlighted the prospect of potential data leaks and the imp...
Jun 6, 2021	As Amazon prepares its Sidewalk launch, privacy experts are raising concerns. One described the tech company’s plans as ‘another monumental step in surveillance capitalism.’	Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Amazon on Tuesday will launch Sidewalk, a network connecting Alexa and Ring devices. Privacy experts told Insider the network raised concerns about customer data and privacy. They highlighted...

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Access Now was founded in 2009.

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