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We defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk 🌎 RightsCon: @rightscon Latin America: @accessnow_latam
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    Jun 15
    AI-accelerated warfare must stop! Together with @amnesty and +200 experts and civil society organizations, we are calling on governments and tech companies to ensure AI does not become a tool for accelerating death and destruction. Read more:
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    Access Now - Joint statement on AI in warfare
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    Dec 21, 2018
    اصدقائنا في #السودان ! استعملوا #TunnelBear و #Psiphon لتجاوز حجب مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي. اخترناهم لأنهم يحمون بياناتكم. قولوا لنا ما مدى فاعليتها ؟
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    Mar 7, 2017
    #Breaking: #WikiLeaks alleged #CIA documents highlight urgent need for limits on government hacking buff.ly/2mxCUnu
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    Dec 20, 2018
    We’re hearing multiple reports of an internet shutdown in #Sudan. Can anyone safely confirm or provide more information? #KeepItOn
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    Т А Х И Р 🇵🇸
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    Dec 20, 2018
    Dears @accessnow please be informed that @ZainSudan has blocked the social media sites as well as WhatsApp to cover the on going revolution #SudanUprising #مدن_السودان_تنتفض @ReemWrites
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    Aug 18, 2020
    Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights. Digital rights are human rights.
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    Mar 7, 2017
    Latest #WikiLeaks dump shows why we need to patch, not stockpile, vulnerabilities in products, networks & systems. buff.ly/2mBRNFI
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    Nov 4, 2022
    Do you know what’s happening in #Tigray, Ethiopia? If not, it’s probably because authorities have deliberately shut down the internet. Without the internet, people in Tigray and across Ethiopia can’t talk with their loved ones. Learn more ⬇️ #ReconnectTigray #KeepItOn
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    Aug 17, 2021
    Journalists, activists, and civil society in #Afghanistan who are facing increased digital security threats (like tracking and being forced to hand over devices): we've compiled this resource guide to help ⬇️ accessnow.org/online-safety-…
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    Sep 28, 2020
    This is how data-driven voter suppression works — by design. This is how the personal data of millions of people can be weaponized for political power. The U.S. needs a federal data protection law now. #CambridgeAnalytica
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    Sep 28, 2020
    🚨🚨Tonight at 7pm:🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 News investigation reveals a huge Trump campaign data leak, exposing how 3.5 million Black Americans were listed as ‘Deterrence’ - to try to stop them voting in 2016. #DeterringDemocracy
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    May 11, 2022
    In Tigray, internet shutdowns are contributing to the lack of knowledge about the ongoing violence: thenation.com/article/world/… #KeepItOn
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    There’s Genocide in Tigray, but Nobody’s Talking About it
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    Nov 4, 2022
    ⛔️ Two years of internet shutdowns. ⛔️ Two years of communication blockades. ⛔️ Two years of not knowing. Two years is two years too long. #ReconnectTigray today. #KeepItOn
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    Apr 2, 2021
    Attention Spotify users ⬇️ Spotify's patent for a technology — that listens to us to detect emotional state, gender, age, or accent to supposedly better recommend music — was approved. We are calling on the company to drop the patent. accessnow.org/spotify-tech-e…
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    Apr 2, 2021
    SCOOP: Digital civil rights group Access Now is sending a letter to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek imploring the company to abandon a technology it has patented to detect emotion, gender and age using speech recognition. axios.com/spotify-predic…
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    Oct 27, 2020
    ⚠️ Tanzania's election is tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Tanzania government has reportedly blocked Twitter, WhatsApp & potentially Telegram. We call on telecom cos to resist Magufuli gov't requests to censor the internet: accessnow.org/tanzania-votes… #KeepitOn #TanzaniaDecides2020
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    Nov 15, 2022
    The ongoing #InternetShutdown in #Tigray, Ethiopia, is endangering people’s lives, fueling violence, and worsening the humanitarian crisis. Take action. Tell the @_AfricanUnion to help #ReconnectTigray + beyond ➡️ accessnow.org/tigray-ethiopi… #KeepItOn
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