Welcoming remarks: Irina Schoulgin-Nyoni, Ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden Moderator: Alejandro Mayoral Baños, Co-Executive Director, ...

For years, Access Now and civil society have raised the alarm over Telenor’s hasty and irresponsible departure from Myanmar and the potential human rights abuses should Telenor sell its Myanmar ...

Connectivity is a critical lifeline that must be protected. Yet in times of crisis, those in power deliberately cut off internet access when people need it the most, putting lives at risk. When the ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations and experts, condemn in the strongest possible terms the cyberattack on the World Food Programme (WFP) that took place on May 14, 2026, exposing the ...

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are deeply alarmed by the rapid militarization of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI systems embedded into military kill chains are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, sexual assault, war crimes, and torture. Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown. Last year, people ...

In the armed conflicts of today, shutting down the internet has become an increasingly common, deliberate, and systematic act of warfare. Across conflict zones, belligerent and warring parties attack ...