Access Now's Digital Security Helpline and Vita Activa offer holistic digital safety and mental health support for activists.

Tell the UN World Food Programme: Drop Palantir.

Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition  — a global network of over 370 organizations from 106 countries working to end internet shutdowns, through an open letter, are urging Zambian authorities to…

New York, August 3—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the decision by Mozambique’s constitutional court to strike down a decree that allowed the government to shut down the internet. In…

Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.

The Organization and Role About Access Now Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. As a grassroots-to-global organization, we partner with local actors to…

The Organization and Role About Access Now Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. As a grassroots-to-global organization, we partner with local actors to…

Amid live coding sessions and Silicon Valley optimism, the UN’s AI for Good summit wrestled with an urgent question: Can global governance catch up before the technology races beyond its control?

A funding shortfall nearly killed off Signal rival Session — until its users rescued the project from the brink. What exactly are they paying to protect?

MENA's social media regulations give the appearance of legitimacy but threaten to increase state censorship and control.

Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of ...

El lanzamiento de LatamGPT, un sistema de procesamiento de lenguaje natural hecho por y para América Latina nos lleva a analizar dónde estamos y qué pasos debemos priorizar en esta región en cuanto a…

Critics of spyware, which can be used to remotely hack into phones, worry the Trump administration is eroding policies that stigmatized the commercial spyware industry.

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Through a new joint letter, we're calling on Microsoft to publish the findings of its review into the Israeli military’s use of the company services.

Actors engaged in humanitarian protection and human rights now recognize digital-related harms as a component of war and conflicts. Humanitarian organizations, as well as other actors that intervene…

The undersigned NGOs condemn Meta’s decision to restrict the Facebook and Instagram accounts of independent NGOs, researchers, and civil society figures from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and…

El vínculo entre la desinformación y la privacidad La desinformación impulsada por internet y el uso de las redes sociales supone un desafío que muchos

Yesterday, Access Now and ten other civil society organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S.’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals calling to protect encryption from NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware and...

Government blocks RightsCon 2026 conference saying it did not ‘align with national values’

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

Organizers canceled the event just days before thousands were set to descend on Lusaka to discuss issues at the intersection of technology and human rights.

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

Access Now's latest report on internet shutdowns reveals that 2025 was the worst year on record for digital freedom. With VPNs and satellite internet increasingly under fire, we recap the year’s biggest threats and look at what’s next for global connectivity.

Statement: Rep. Meeks voting for a clean FISA reauthorization is disrespectful & dangerous As Rep. Meeks (D-NY) stands up for a clean FISA reauthorization to preserve the data broker loophole that all...

Access Now and Rightify Ghana have urged the government of Ghana to put human rights first and reject the repressive Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

Our new research unpacks how AI tools are dodging procurement vetting to infiltrate humanitarian organisations' operations.

The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with ol...

If Myanmar’s digital authoritarianism goes unchecked, it signals that governments can dismantle fundamental rights and still be treated as legitimate actors.

Access Now’s new Co-Executive Director reflects on her journey fighting for human rights in the digital age.