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30 Jul 2025
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Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
30 Jul 2025
Join us for RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia!
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Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet. Fund the good fight!

8 Dec 2025

Don’t let dictators decide the future of the internet – fund the good fight! Donate to Access Now.

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

Strengthening the foundation: Access Now embraces new co-leadership model

24 Feb 2026

As of January 2026, Arzu Geybulla has joined Access Now as Co-Executive Director, partnering with Alejandro Mayoral Baños to co-lead Access Now through the evolving human rights landscape of the next year and beyond

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Strengthening the foundation: Access Now embraces new co-leadership model
24 Feb 2026
Strengthening the foundation: Access Now embraces new co-leadership model
Digital Rights
Digital Rights

Who should control our digital world?

18 Feb 2026
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Who should control our digital world?
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18 Feb 2026
Who should control our digital world?
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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality

5 Feb 2026

In the first part of our blog series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we unpack how LLMs can jeopardize the confidentiality of people’s data.

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Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
5 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity

12 Feb 2026

In the second part of our series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we examine how LLMs threaten information integrity.

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Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity
12 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI

19 Feb 2026

In the third part of our blog series on the dodgy digital security practices underlying advanced AI tools, we look at how the availability of systems is impacted by the proliferation of large language models.

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Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI
19 Feb 2026
Artificial Insecurity: access and availability in the age of AI
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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
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