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## #KeepItOn in Tanzania: authorities must ensure connectivity during local elections

The #KeepItOn coalition demands that the Government of Tanzania ensure unhindered access to the internet during the upcoming elections.

## Toward a digital ceasefire

The ascent of cyber warfare is weaponizing our digital world; it’s time to embrace the concept of “digital ceasefire.”

## Testimony from NSO Group raises questions about its culpability for spyware abuses

## Six years of the GDPR: we won’t pay for our right to data protection

Access Now’s new report, Six years of the GDPR: priced out of privacy, presents recommendations for the EU to address the incompatibility of “pay or consent” models with fundamental rights.

## حرية التعبير والخصوصية: حقوق محاصرة بالقوانين السيبرانية في المنطقة العربية

في ظل الارتفاع الملحوظ في استخدام القوانين السيبرانية لاستهداف المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان والأصوات المعارضة في المنطقة العربية، تطلق أكساس ناو ورقة سياسات جديدة.

## Global coalition of NGOs call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

## Sandvine must make good on its commitments and stop harming human rights

Access Now, along with partner civil society organizations and experts, demand evidence of the adequacy and effectiveness of Sandvine’s announced reforms.

## #KeepItOn: authorities in Kenya must restore access to Telegram and protect people’s rights

The #KeepItOn coalition write to seek clarification on the ongoing disruption of the digital communications application, Telegram, in Kenya.

## Access Now publica alternativas al “derecho al olvido” en América Latina

## #KeepItOn: authorities in Mozambique must stop normalizing internet shutdowns during protests

We urgently demand that the government of Mozambique put an immediate end to the increasing use of shutdowns amid ongoing protests.

## Israel’s digital occupation of Palestine

Access Now stands with the people of Gaza who are currently living under a complete siege imposed by the Israeli military, indiscriminate airstrikes targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, and the looming threat of a ground invasion that would cause further chaos and violence.

## Big Tech and the risk of genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?

Big Tech is playing a central role in enabling the relentless mass slaughter and destruction unleashed in the war in Gaza.

## دليل الأمن الرقمي للنشطاء في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا

قامت أكساس ناو بإعداد هذا الدليل للأمن الرقمي بهدف تقديم الدعم للأشخاص في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا الذين يسعون لحماية أنفسهم من التهديدات الرقمية والبقاء آمنين على الإنترنت.

## Why human rights must be at the core of AI governance

Human rights are being sidelined in conversations around AI governance. Here’s how to re-center them.

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