Topic: Access Now
Access Now advocates for digital rights and fights against censorship and surveillance worldwide. The organization highlights the dangers of government and corporate actions that undermine free expression, such as internet shutdowns and pressure on platforms to censor content. Their efforts emphasize the importance of protecting individual liberties in the face of increasing restrictions on speech and privacy.
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Rights Groups Push Back Against EU Censorship Chief Thierry Breton After He Pressured Platforms to Censor “Disinformation”
Many are getting tired of the EU’s bureaucracy and interference with speech.
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Rights Groups Push Back Against The EU’s Upcoming Censorship Law, Demand Clarification On Internet Shutdowns
Internet rights groups are starting to pay attention.
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Sierra Leone shuts off internet access to crush cost-of-living protests
A growing tactic around the world.
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Rights groups demand “speech offenses” are excluded from UN cybercrime treaty
Pushing back against threats to free speech.
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Rights groups call on Zoom to stop surveilling people’s emotions
“Emotional tracking software.”
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Facebook censorship hinders Cuban journalists reporting on corruption
Continuous censorship.
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China is flooding South America with cheap surveillance. At what cost?
What’s China’s end game?
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“Free expression” activists call on Biden to create an online disinformation task force
Somewhat contradictory.
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Local authorities around the world have their eye on implementing digital IDs
Expect a big push this year.
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Tanzanian human rights activists are being censored on Twitter by bogus copyright claims
Activists warning aganst election fraud are getting deleted.