On September 28, 2026, Access Now wrote to four pension funds regarding their investment in AE Industrial Partners (AEI). AEI ...

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For activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and other members of civil society, cybersecurity is a concrete matter that relates to the real-world risks and threats we face as a consequence of ...

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We provide flexible and grantee-driven funding to grassroots and frontline organizations fighting for human rights in the digital age. We pursue this work at a time when civil society around the world ...

As I prepare to leave Access Now after serving 15 years as its Executive Director and co-founder, I have taken this moment to reflect on my personal learnings and observations on the evolving fight to ...

Internet shutdowns are unacceptable and a blatant violation of human rights, whether authorities implement them routinely during ongoing conflict, protests, exams, or elections, or as a knee-jerk ...

We, the undersigned organizations and members of the #KeepItOn coalition — a global network of over 300 human rights organizations from 105 countries working to end internet shutdowns — urge the ...

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 ...

Earlier this fall, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on two cases on the so-called right to be forgotten. This right was established by the same court in 2014 as a way to protect ...

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 ...