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Digital security in war and conflict: challenges for civil society and tools for resilience
Digital security in war and conflict: challenges for civil society and tools for resilience
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 interven...
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111d ago
Spear phishing: how to stay safe and prevent advanced attacks against civil society
Spear phishing: how to stay safe and prevent advanced attacks against civil society
Spear phishing is a form of phishing that is highly targeted, aimed at compromising the data and communications of specific individuals or groups — such as high-profile activists, journalists, and ...
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191d ago
#KeepItOn partners webinar on Internet Shutdowns
#KeepItOn partners webinar on Internet Shutdowns
With Uganda's elections approaching and the risk of internet shutdowns and censorship on the rise, Access Now and #KeepItOn partners hosted a webinar focused on mitigation and circumvention strateg...
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199d ago
Fund the Good Fight
Fund the Good Fight
Help us push back against digital dictators around the world. From surveillance to censorship, online repression threatens all of our rights — but together, we’re fighting back. Fund the good fi...
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347d ago
Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio" Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia
Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio" Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia
La Coalición latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia te invita este 18 de diciembre – día Internacional de la Persona Migrante – al lanzamiento del informe “Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio. Un...
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347d ago
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression
Saudi Arabia has a longstanding record of human rights violations, and in recent years, its digital authoritarianism has escalated to unprecedented and dangerous levels, including repression of fre...
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347d ago
Prolonged shutdowns: An analysis of the silenced voices in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Prolonged shutdowns: An analysis of the silenced voices in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Following the outbreak of conflict between the Amhara Fano and the Ethiopian military in the spring of 2023, the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency and implemented a telecommunicati...
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348d ago
War, famine, and satellites: Connecting the dots of the humanitarian impact of shutdowns in Sudan
War, famine, and satellites: Connecting the dots of the humanitarian impact of shutdowns in Sudan
Internet shutdowns are playing a direct role in the preventable, human-caused famine in Sudan, where faltering peace negotiations and humanitarian efforts struggle to bring some relief to populati...
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348d ago
Lanzamiento: Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx
Lanzamiento: Manual del Pequeñx Vigiladx
Los sistemas de vigilancia masiva con capacidades de recolección remota de datos biométricos, pueden capturarlos en el subte o metro, estaciones de bus, calles públicas y muchos otros lugares. Para...
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348d ago
Digital Public Infrastructure: A Tool for Gender Equality?
Digital Public Infrastructure: A Tool for Gender Equality?
As more public services and information sources move online, women and girls, in all of their diversity, continue to face barriers to access to digital public infrastructure and repositories of kno...
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348d ago
Internet shutdowns in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
Internet shutdowns in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
It’s been more than 200 days since authorities in Ethiopia cut off internet access to the Amhara region. This targeted act to control online space and manipulate narratives has disconnected million...
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348d ago
Understanding key issues in data protection framework implementation in Africa.
Understanding key issues in data protection framework implementation in Africa.
Africa continues to rise as a hub for digitization, and as it does, laws and policy frameworks follow. Data protection laws are part of the ever-changing legislative scene in Africa; and as the Mal...
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348d ago
Lanzamiento de la Coalición Latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia
Lanzamiento de la Coalición Latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia
Las personas en movimiento también tienen derecho a la privacidad. Es por esto que 30 organizaciones lanzamos la Coalición Latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia para resguardar los derechos humanos ...
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348d ago
How AI is defining our bodies | Access Now
How AI is defining our bodies | Access Now
Have you ever thought about how data about our bodies is being collected, often without our consent? Companies are feeding it into AI technologies to “identify” emotions or “cure” diseases… but t...
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348d ago
Civil society demands a ceasefire in Gaza now | Access Now
Civil society demands a ceasefire in Gaza now | Access Now
Civil society demands a ceasefire in Gaza now! Governments, institutions, and tech companies must ensure an immediate physical and digital ceasefire to stop attacks on civilians in Gaza and the on...
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348d ago
Social media and gendered disinformation in Tunisia
Social media and gendered disinformation in Tunisia
Heralded by many as a blueprint for advancement towards gender equality in the MENA region, Tunisia’s rapid slide into autocracy is dangerously threatening women’s political participation, equal ri...
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348d ago
Access Now's oral statement on military abuse of digital tools against people of Myanmar
Access Now's oral statement on military abuse of digital tools against people of Myanmar
On Thursday, July 6, 2023, Wai Phyo Myint, Asia Pacific Policy Analyst at Access Now, addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 53rd session regarding the intensified abuse of survei...
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348d ago
From grassroots to global – protecting the planet in the digital age
From grassroots to global – protecting the planet in the digital age
Join Irene Khan and Vilas Dhar for a fireside chat with facilitator Paola Ricaurte to discuss the impact of climate dis/misinformation, the urgent need to protect environmental defenders, and the i...