Digital identification systems are more dangerous than you think. They can undermine people’s privacy, increase surveillance, and push the most vulnerable among us further to the margins. We challenge ...

During times of political unrest, the streets become dangerous, and information spreads mostly online. Without internet access, I have no way to stay informed about what’s happening. This isolation ...

This toolkit aims to help digital rights activists working on digital identification systems to navigate the complexities of the topic in an easier way, as well as to provide them with language that ...

In 2023, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 283 shutdowns in 39 countries. These are staggering results, marking the highest number of shutdown incidents in a single year since we began ...

1. What’s the difference between ordinary encryption and end-to-end encryption? Don’t they offer the same protection? No. End-to-end encryption (E2EE) offers a materially different level of privacy ...

Since the start of full-scale invasion of Ukraine, internet shutdowns have become a part of Russian military strategy. By shutting down the internet, Russia’s military prevents local residents from ...

Under the banner of “simplification”, the European Commission is pushing ahead with harmful deregulation. If this was only about cutting burdensome red tape or simplifying procedures while still ...

The change in government in Ethiopia has garnered people unprecedented civil and political liberties. In previous years, when the press and broadcast media were censored, social media gave Ethiopians, ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations and experts, condemn in the strongest possible terms the cyberattack on the World Food Programme (WFP) that took place on May 14, 2026, exposing the ...

Access Now’s mission is to defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk around the world. In the European Union (EU), our team works towards a vision of a just, fair, and ...

Digital innovation can make it easier for governments to spy on and control queer people’s intimacies, expressions, and existence — violating their human rights. In countries across Sub-Saharan Africa ...

Imagine being filmed 24/7. Knowing someone is watching you the whole time, would your behaviors and decisions remain the same? When governments or tech companies promote “smart” cities projects, they ...