Indefinite internet shutdowns are increasing each year as perpetrators seek to keep entire populations permanently ...

On September 28, 2026, Access Now wrote to four pension funds — Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Houston ...

Access Now, alongside several European civil society organisations, is urging Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, European Union commissioners, and members of the European ...

Imagine a basketball game where one team writes the rules, owns the court, and controls the referee. The crowd is silenced before tip-off, and the opposing players are warned that every play could end ...

The provision of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services to the Israeli military intelligence unit, Unit 8200, which has reportedly enabled the storage and processing of vast surveillance data, including ...

Correction: The previous version of this post identified Al-Karama as an “independent” publication, when it was issued by a political party. This has now been corrected. A new investigation by Access ...

Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown. Last year, people across the world experienced the highest number of deliberate blackouts ever recorded by the #KeepItOn ...

Content note: the following post contains references to violence, war crimes, and torture. Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown. Last year, people across the world ...

In 2025, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 313 shutdowns in 52 countries, surpassing the appalling records from 2024 (304) and 2023 (289). Seven new countries joined the offender list ...

We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the deletion of the Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk AI systems that is proposed ...