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30 Jul 2025
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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!

8 Dec 2025

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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!
8 Dec 2025
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Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

DSA Human Rights Alliance publishes principles calling for DSA enforcement to incorporate global perspectives

28 Jan 2026
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DSA Human Rights Alliance publishes principles calling for DSA enforcement to incorporate global perspectives
28 Jan 2026
DSA Human Rights Alliance publishes principles calling for DSA enforcement to incorporate global perspectives
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Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns

23 Jan 2026
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Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
23 Jan 2026
Civil society coalition calls for Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity amid Iran’s internet shutdowns
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Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns

Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict

11 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious harms that internet shutdowns inflict on civilian populations during armed conflict.

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Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
11 Dec 2025
Connectivity as a weapon of war: how internet shutdowns harm civilians in armed conflict
VPN Ban

Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression

19 Dec 2025
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Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression
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19 Dec 2025
Myanmar’s new era of digital oppression
AI Action Summit

América Latina busca su propio camino en la regulación de la IA

22 Jan 2026
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América Latina busca su propio camino en la regulación de la IA
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22 Jan 2026
América Latina busca su propio camino en la regulación de la IA
Online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights

3 Dec 2025

Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.

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War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
3 Dec 2025
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights
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