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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Ethiopia cuts off the country’s internet to quash protests
The extreme approach is increasingly common.
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India’s internet shutdowns have reached as far as Delhi as the government tries to crush protests
Thousands of people have been detained.
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Hong Kong court’s decision to ban some Telegram content slammed by legislators and digital rights activists
Legislators and digital rights activists fear the decision marks the first steps of an internet shutdown.
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Germany says Europe needs “digital border controls”, citing security, not censorship
Introducing powerful, blanket tools into the digital sphere is always a risky business in its own right.
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Governments around the world are increasingly shutting off the internet, putting citizens at risk
23 countries deployed internet blackouts 114 times as a control technique in the first six months of 2019 alone.