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Access Now @accessnow.org · 02/09/2026

On July 27, 2026, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Bahrain cannot claim immunity over the hacking of Bahraini dissidents’ devices with FinSpy spyware. The ruling could have major implications for digital transnational repression. Read more: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.k....

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U.K. Supreme Court Opens Door for Spyware Victims to Sue Foreign States

The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim immunity from a suit by exiled dissidents over harm caused by spyware surveillance on U.K. soil.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 06/08/2026

What would you do if you woke up and realized the entire internet was down? No news. No way to know what's happening around you. All because your government decided to deliberately shut down the internet. Want to fight internet shutdowns? Join the #KeepItOn movement today: accessnow.org/keepiton

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 09/07/2026

This year didn't go as planned. But this won't stop us or our community! Introducing RightsCon Continues. Join us online on September 22, 2026 for a 24-hour summit focused on resilience, collaboration, and action. See you there?

RightsCon Continues

The work of our community continues. And so does RightsCon.

Save the date: September 22, 2026.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 29/06/2026

For many LGBTQ+ people, the internet is a vital space to find information. But more than ever, queer communities face considerable risks in digital spaces. Join us for a conversation on the digital risks facing LGBTQ+ communities. www.accessnow.org/event/digita...

Stronger together: digital security and resilience for LGBTQ+ people
July 14 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST / 3 PM CEST

Azza Nubi — Founder and Executive Director of LooM SWANA; queer feminist activist and digital rights advocate.
Rocío Jiménez — Security Incident Handler at Access Now; feminist activist and digital security expert.
Donald Hamblock — Staff Safety by Design Partner at Match Group; Trust & Safety expert.
Moderator: Jaimee Kokonya — Africa Campaigner at Access Now; digital rights and human rights advocate

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 26/06/2026

Pride is about being yourself and celebrating community, online and offline. But spaces aren’t always safe. 🏳️‍🌈 Here are a few simple tips to help protect your accounts and your privacy and defend your digital rights. 🔽

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies.

The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 08/05/2026

We have seen an incredible outpouring of support from partners, governments, sponsors, and more, with many sharing public statements of solidarity. We are deeply grateful for this support and for the commitment our community continues to show toward RightsCon. ❤️‍🩹

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RightsCon 2026 Impact

In this page we talk about the impact of RightsCon 2026, including participant support, media hits, FAQs, and how to help

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 01/05/2026

Following our April 29 announcement, we believe it's important to be transparent about the context that led to the decision. We want to explain, where we can, why this was made on such short notice, only days before we were set to host RightsCon. Read: www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...

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A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

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

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 08/04/2026

Espionage enables repression! In collaboration with Lookout + @smex.org, our Digital Security Helpline exposes a hack-for-hire phishing campaign targeting journalists and dissidents in the MENA region. Here’s what we found, and what it means for civil society 🧵

Espionage enabling repression?

The latest investigation by our Digital Security Helpline shows how it’s happening!

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 08/04/2026

Thinking of going to RightsCon 2026? Registration is still open! 4 days of sessions, networking and dialogue on the issues shaping human rights in the digital age. In person or online, this is where the community worldwide comes together. Register and learn more: www.rightscon.org/registration/

Thinking of going to RightsCon?

May 5-8, Lusaka, Zambia

RightsCon26, Zambia

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 31/03/2026

NEW | 2025 was a record year for internet shutdowns — 313 times. Authorities imposed shutdowns to control information and restrict access. The #KeepItOn coalition spent last year documenting shutdowns across the world. These are the findings ⬇️ 🧵

In 2025, we tracked more internet shutdowns than ever before.

Here's what we found, and why it matters

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 26/03/2026

Going to #RightsCon2026? Be the first to get the latest updates. Join our new broadcast channel for updates, tips, and tricks to help you make the most of the event — from important announcements to on-the-ground info. Be the first to know. Join the channel today! 🔽 whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 22/12/2025

AI is expanding fast — and so are the risks to human rights. To truly safeguard people from the worst risks of AI development, we need strong, actionable data protection rights. Here’s what you need to know ⬇️

Title: The relationship between AI and data protection
Subheading: AI is expanding fast — and so are the risks to human rights. Here’s what you need to know ▶️

Everybody wants to talk about machine learning 👀

Machine learning is an approach where systems are trained on huge amounts of data to recognise patterns without explicit instructions. Today’s AI boom comes from advances in large language models (LLMs) – the tech behind ChatGPT, Gemini, Deepseek or Claude – trained on massive datasets that allow them not only to recognise patterns, but also generate content.

Because machine learning relies on collecting enormous amounts of data, it is vital that robust data protection provisions are established to protect people’s rights.

How is AI putting people’s rights at risk?
Governments worldwide are increasingly deploying AI-backed surveillance – like predictive policing and facial recognition technologies– in the name of national security. Many are also adopting automated decision making systems for the provision of social welfare. These put people at various levels of risk.

Tech companies' AI use raises similar data protection concerns, especially for vulnerable communities
The dating app Bumble, for instance, faces a complaint in Austria due to their sharing of users’ chat history with OpenAI, in order to facilitate their new ‘AI icebreakers’ feature. EFF has raised the alarm on other dating apps like Grindr with their planned AI wingman launch.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 11/12/2025

Across conflict zones, internet shutdowns are used as a tactic of war. Based on testimonies from Gaza and Sudan, our new report shows how shutdowns inflict psychological, economic, political, and societal damage. Read the report ➡️ www.accessnow.org/publication/...

In the photo: sketch in shades of brown, red, and white depicting people attempting to use their mobile devices inside their homes, which also resemble labyrinths.

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Louder for the people in the back!!

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 10/12/2025

Today on Human Rights Day, we’re reminded that the struggle for human rights now extends into the digital world. Protecting digital rights is part of protecting each other — and building a future where everyone can live, speak, and participate with freedom and dignity!

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 03/12/2025

NEW REPORT: War propaganda 2.0 is evolving. Targeted digital ads now influence every moment during conflict, often normalizing violence and justifying abuses. Our new report reveals how online ads fuel these harms and why this demands urgent attention. 🧵▶️

Social Media can't keep profiting from war propaganda!

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 20/11/2025

At Access Now, we defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk, everywhere. Learn more about our work: accessnow.org

Who we are

Access Now is an international nonprofit defending and extending the digital rights of people and communities at risk worldwide.

We were founded in 2009 during the Iranian elections, when people came together online and in the streets to rally against human rights abuses.

What began as an emergency response team helping activists get back online after the regime cut them off has grown into a global movement defending digital rights everywhere.

What we stand for

From battling internet shutdowns to opposing harmful spyware, we work at the intersection of human rights and technology.

We fight censorship and surveillance, and advocate for free expression, privacy, transparency, and safe, open digital spaces.

Our mission is simple: to ensure technology strengthens human rights and safeguards democracy, instead of dismantling it.

From grassroots to global

Our work is rooted in communities around the world and carried to the global stage.

We partner with local activists and movements to bring a human rights agenda to the use, development, and governance of digital technologies, and to intervene where technologies adversely impact human rights.

Each region drives its priorities and feeds into a global effort to protect and extend digital rights.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 18/11/2025

Surveillance, censorship, internet shutdowns — the attacks on our freedoms keep growing. Don’t let digital dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight, donate to Access Now ➡️ www.accessnow.org/donate

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 10/11/2025

Digital rights are everyone’s business — including yours. From surveillance to shutdowns, our human rights online are under attack every day. Learn more on our website: www.accessnow.org

From mass surveillance that decimates our privacy to internet shutdowns that silence us, our human rights online are constantly under threat.
This is why safeguarding digital rights isn’t optional — it’s essential for justice, democracy, and dignity in the digital age.

First… what are digital rights?
Digital rights are the same human rights we all have — in digital spaces.
They protect how we can express ourselves, access information, and safeguard our privacy in the digital age.
They include:
Freedom of expression
Privacy and data protection
Protest and online organizing
If you use the internet and participate in our increasingly digital world, these rights are YOUR business.

Almost every aspect of our lives now depends on digital technology. Without digital rights, our basic freedoms collapse.
When governments shut down the internet, communities lose their voice.
When companies harvest our data, our privacy vanishes.
When algorithms decide what we see, democracy is distorted.

Protecting digital rights means defending our ability to speak, connect, and participate freely in our societies.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 22/10/2025

Big Tech continues to fail the transparency test! The 2025 @rankingrights Index shows that none of the 14 tech giants scored above 50 on human rights performance. That’s not good enough. We called on these companies to do better. Here’s how they responded. ▶️ www.accessnow.org/big-tech-202...

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Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index - Access Now

Big Tech needs to step up. We’re pushing companies in the 2025 RDR Index to do better on human rights.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 25/09/2025

As a new school year begins in the MENA region, not every student gets a fair shot at education. Governments keep turning to internet blackouts as a “solution” to exam cheating. #NoExamShutdown 🔽 🧵

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Schools are back in the Middle East and North Africa, but will exam shutdowns return as well during this new academic year?
#NoExamShutdown #KeepItOn

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Amigues no sé qué me pasó, ahora no puedo concentrarme sin kpop

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 09/09/2025

Authorities in Nepal imposed a sweeping ban on 26 social media platforms, from WhatsApp to YouTube, and violently suppressed youth-led protests against it. Multiple protestors were killed, and hundreds were left injured. This cannot be normalized. Read more: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown

Access Now is deeply alarmed by the government of Nepal’s violent crackdown on human rights, both online and off..

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I miss the good old days when Everything Everything was sooo silly and innovative for using AI to write song lyrics for Raw Data Feel. Come back 2022 you are so missed </3

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 17/07/2025

On June 26, Togolese authorities blocked WhatsApp, Facebook, Signal, and Telegram amid nationwide youth-led protests. The #KeepItOn coalition strongly condemns this violent and unlawful crackdown on fundamental rights. Read our statement ⬇️ www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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Access Now - #KeepItOn: Togolese authorities must uphold human rights online and off during protests

We demand that Togolese authorities uphold human rights, restore full internet access, and refrain from imposing any future shutdowns in the country.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 04/07/2025

Client-side scanning (CSS) is an attack on encryption, on privacy, and on security — no matter what its proponents claim. Read our latest FAQ to learn more about the risks of CSS and why it’s incompatible with preserving privacy and security. www.accessnow.org/why-client-s...

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Why client-side scanning is a lose-lose proposition

Client-side scanning (CSS) on encrypted platforms undermines people’s privacy and security by circumventing end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 01/07/2025

Every year, millions across MENA are forced offline during exams. 📵 These shutdowns don’t stop cheating, but they do disrupt lives, block healthcare, hurt economies, and violate rights. Join the #NoExamShutdown campaign today 🔽 www.accessnow.org/campaign/no-...

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Tell MENA authorities: #NoExamShutdown

Year after year, the MENA region has led the world in exam-related shutdowns. With the 2023 exam season in the region quickly approaching, it's time to take action and demand change!

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 23/06/2025

Let’s connect at #IGF25! Our Digital Safety Clinic will be open to all who need help with digital security: activists, journalists, and civil society allies. 📍 Lillestrøm, Norway 🗓️ June 24–27 🌍 Not attending? We’ve still got you: accessnow.org/help/

Join the digital safety clinic at the Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Norway
June 24-27, 2025
In person support and advice for members of civil society

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 06/06/2025

🚨 Italy has confirmed using Paragon’s spyware against humanitarian workers. The Italian authorities’ invasive surveillance of civil society actors like Luca Casarini, Giuseppe Caccia, and David Yambio rings alarm bells regarding abuse of power. Read more: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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No normalising spyware: Italy admits use, but not the full extent

Italy confirmed it has used Paragon spyware to target civil society. However, it does properly acknowledge the rights of the victims impacted.

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Access Now @accessnow.org · 06/05/2025

A major win for privacy! Israeli spyware company NSO has been ordered to pay almost $168 million in damages for targeting WhatsApp with Pegasus spyware. Access Now and partners will continue to advocate for NSO to be held accountable for its actions. www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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NSO Fined $168 Million for Pegasus Spyware Attack on WhatsApp

In a landmark verdict, NSO Group must pay almost $168 million in damages for using Pegasus spyware to target WhatsApp.

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Quizás nunca nada me lastime tanto porque ya hice paz que mi vida solo va a ir para abajo desde que vi a Mitski en vivo y al otro fin de semana a los Jockstrap. All Points East i mizu so much, plz take me back

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Whats the fucking plan now @ MarkS

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Ya favorite pink girl is solo traveling the last leg of this utterly amazing Japanese trip!

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Lol Nicaragua in a nutshell

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hay un presidente autoritario coqueteando con el crimen organizado y al progresismo tico le parece más relevante pelearse en redes sociales entre sí. Esta región verdaderamente no tiene cura, jaja.

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

To whoever put this flight delay/cancelation curse on me… please, I surrender! Just tell me what you want!!!! I CANNOT HANDLE IT ANYMORE

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Si llaman “gentrificación” a cualquier actividad hecha por un extranjero en Costa Rica, nada es gentrificación. Una vez más el activismo de redes está alimentando la gasolina xenofobica que termina afectando a las comunidades más vulnerables.

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

El arte de Gu Da Cei nos recuerda que la distopía de la vigilancia masiva YA es real. Más vigilancia no es más seguridad, es más control. Lee más sobre las piezas artísticas en colaboración con Tire Meu Rosto Da Sua Mira y el Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx ⬇️ www.accessnow.org/manual-del-p...

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Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx: guía ilustrada para resistir la vigilancia

El artista Gu Da Cei produce una serie de obras artísticas que interpretan el Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx y el reconocimiento facial

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Sunsito en Canterbury and Archbishop teddy bears 🙂‍↕️💖

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Mentality disconnected from the world burning… no thoughts, just West End. Best Yami is UK Yami

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Old enough to know better, young enough to sheeesh

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If it wasn’t already clear, the LA fires are a harsh reminder that the climate crisis doesn't discriminate—wealth won't protect you. We must take action now. We must hold our leaders accountable NOW.

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Yamlek Mojica @yamlek.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Debí tirar más fotos de cuando te tuve (mis mejores amiguitas en Nicaragua) 😭

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