Join us tmrw. to discuss how actors engaged in protection efforts are stepping up to the challenge of addressing digital risks in conflict and crisis.
Register:
www.accessnow.org/event/digita...
@mahsaalimardani.bsky.social @witnessorg.bsky.social
@cloudflare.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
Luis Barrueto
Resistance is always embodied – whether on the frontlines of a protest or the defense of a river. So it is for resisting technoauthoritarianism:
“In truth, anti-datacenter organizing is the real fight, one centered on an industry choke point that people can reach out and touch”
Technology can amplify risks for civil society in the context of war and conflict — but centering digital rights can also enhance humanitarian and protection responses.
Join our Digital Security Helpline’s webinar on May 19 to learn more 🔽
www.accessnow.org/event/digita...
Luis Barrueto
As a whole nation remains in shock, horror, and grief, and families are searching for their loved ones in the aftermath of security forces’ massacres on January 8 and 9, Iranian authorities continue to terrorize the population.
Read HRW’s new investigation. ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Access Now
Truly honored to support and recognize my colleagues who, instead of bending to pressures, took a principled position to back dissenters and resist the further encroachment of civic space.
We are stronger when we stand together ✊ @arzugeybulla.bsky.social @accessnow.org
How can you detect spear-phishing attacks before it’s too late?
Join the first webinar of our new series, “Safe and Strong,” on March 10, which will cover new trends and share practical tips for civil society to raise its defenses.
Register: accessnow.org/digital-security-webinars
Espionage enables repression!
In collaboration with Lookout + @smex.org, our Digital Security Helpline exposes a hack-for-hire phishing campaign targeting journalists and dissidents in the MENA region.
Here’s what we found, and what it means for civil society 🧵
Luis Barrueto
Access Now
Access Now
Human Rights Watch
This is "our" Manifesto for a Free Internet. We are Iranian Women's Coalition for Internet Freedom. Happy International Women's Day!
initiated by @azadehakbari.bsky.social @farzdusa.bsky.social @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social & Afsaneh Rigot
The war in Iran could trigger a global food shock
• More than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs is currently stuck in the Gulf
• Shortages are starting during northern hemisphere’s planting season, raising the risk of lower harvests for staples like rice
www.ft.com/content/1054...
I've only known Baby Globe for five minutes but if anything happened to him I would become John Wick
NEW: A hack-for-hire group targeted victims with Android spyware and with phishing attacks to break into iCloud backups.
The group, codenamed BITTER, has alleged ties with Indian government, and attacked victims in the Middle East and North Africa, including journalists and government officials.
Azadeh Akbari
Agathe Demarais
Nessa ✨
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
At Wired, @telliotter.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social moved fast to get the inside story on the cancellation of RightsCon: sources say the PRC pressured Zambian authorities to exclude Taiwanese participants.
The anti-data center movement isn’t just about limiting local development—it represents a new front in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism.
Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions
Manifesto for a Free Internet Iranian Women’s Coalition for Internet Freedom Today, people inside Iran are living through a near-total Internet and communications blackout imposed by the Islamic Repub...
Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal iCloud credentials and hack victims’ devices.
Timeline cleanser: @wikipedia.org is celebrating its 25th birthday with a new logo, Baby Globe.
They've got several animations to enjoy, beyond the ones I'm featuring. Link: wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/...
Wikipedia is the internet—and humanity—at its best. Here's to 25 more years!
Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
