Drawing on leaked internal company documents, sales and marketing material, as well as training videos, the “Intellexa Leaks” investigation gives a never-before-seen glimpse of the internal operations...

The Omnibus leaves gaps that undermine a rights-centred approach and expand room for dominant actors, writes Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal.

Under the guise of “simplification,” a corporate-backed wave of weakening digital rules is underway that threatens all of our rights, writes Joshua Franco.

Under the guise of “simplification,” a corporate-backed wave of weakening digital rules is underway that threatens all of our rights, writes Joshua Franco.

Through desk research, social media analysis and in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with young human rights defenders (HRDs) and expert observers, the report examines the links between di...

Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognit...

What is being presented as a “technical streamlining” of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections against digital threats.

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

In my experience, surveillance is never simply confined to one person. It is directed at your family, colleagues and sources. People around me have had to pay the price for my journalism. In the wake ...

Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, Canada, and the United States, Amnesty In...

Our new briefing, ‘Breaking up with Big Tech,’ outlines how big technology companies influence how we access the internet and how their power affects human rights.

Amnesty International has launched a new briefing calling on governments to rein in the power of Big Tech companies in order to safeguard human rights.

The US authorities are using automated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tools to deliberately target non-US citizens and pose risks to those who speak out for Palestinian rights, said...

This is the English Easy-to-read of the report Coded Injustice: Surveillance and Discrimination in Denmark’s automated welfare state The report discusses the findings of research conducted in Denmark ...

Ethiopian plaintiffs take on Meta in a landmark Kenyan lawsuit that could redefine Big Tech's accountability for fueling violence in Africa.

Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of investigative journalists, were targeted ...

The law, supported by Orbán’s Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earl...

On 26 February 2025, Amnesty International filed written submissions to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Krzysztof Brejza v. Poland and 8 Other Applications. The case raises important...

Apple threat notifications: What they mean and what you can do

En France, le recours aux technologies de surveillance se multiplie. La prochaine étape, la reconnaissance faciale ? L'inquiétude est réelle.

Pour ces experts « dans de trop nombreux cas, les mesures de sécurité semblent avoir été appliquées de manière indiscriminée », comme le recours aux drones de surveillance ou encore à la vidéosurveill...

Cellebrite has stopped the use of its digital forensic equipment in Serbia following Amnesty International's surveillance report.

International law must protect everyone, or it protects no one, writes Erika Guevara-Rosas

Ignoring lessons from Myanmar and Ethiopia, Meta is stripping away safeguards against mass violence, write Pat de Brún and Maung Sawyeddollah.

The United Kingdom government’s order to Apple to allow security authorities access to encrypted cloud data severely harms the privacy rights of users in the UK and worldwide.

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps...

Amnesty Tech's Likhita Banerji and Damini Satija say the Summit should prioritize people and communities over the whims of corporations.

Ahead of the AI Action Summit, which begins on February 10, Amnesty International’s Director of the technology and human rights programme, Damini Satija, said:  “With global leaders and tech executives gathering to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, the French government must not miss a crucial opportunity to make meaningful progress towards […]

Responding to Google’s decision to remove its prohibition on artificial intelligence (AI) being used for developing weapons and surveillance tools, Matt Mahmoudi, Researcher and Adviser on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, said:  “It’s a shame that Google has chosen to set this dangerous precedent, after years of recognizing that their AI programme should not be used […]

Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in Athletics franchise history and a 2009 Hall of Fame inductee, died at 65.

MEPs expressed concern about Amnesty International report of digital surveillance by Serbian law enforcement and security structures

Serbian authorities are using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists in a surveillance campaign.

This technical tutorial explains how to use AndroidQF with the Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) to examine an Android device for traces of the Serbian NoviSpy spyware.

Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside Cellebrite mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other ind...

Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside Cellebrite mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other ind...