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Title: The relationship between AI and data protection Subheading: AI is expanding fast — and so are the risks to human rights. Here’s what you need to know ▶️

Everybody wants to talk about machine learning 👀 Machine learning is an approach where systems are trained on huge amounts of data to recognise patterns without explicit instructions. Today’s AI boom comes from advances in large language models (LLMs) – the tech behind ChatGPT, Gemini, Deepseek or Claude – trained on massive datasets that allow them not only to recognise patterns, but also generate content. Because machine learning relies on collecting enormous amounts of data, it is vital that robust data protection provisions are established to protect people’s rights.

How is AI putting people’s rights at risk? Governments worldwide are increasingly deploying AI-backed surveillance – like predictive policing and facial recognition technologies– in the name of national security. Many are also adopting automated decision making systems for the provision of social welfare. These put people at various levels of risk.

Tech companies' AI use raises similar data protection concerns, especially for vulnerable communities The dating app Bumble, for instance, faces a complaint in Austria due to their sharing of users’ chat history with OpenAI, in order to facilitate their new ‘AI icebreakers’ feature. EFF has raised the alarm on other dating apps like Grindr with their planned AI wingman launch.

AI is expanding fast — and so are the risks to human rights.

To truly safeguard people from the worst risks of AI development, we need strong, actionable data protection rights.

Here’s what you need to know ⬇️

In the photo: sketch in shades of brown, red, and white depicting people attempting to use their mobile devices inside their homes, which also resemble labyrinths.

Across conflict zones, internet shutdowns are used as a tactic of war.

Based on testimonies from Gaza and Sudan, our new report shows how shutdowns inflict psychological, economic, political, and societal damage.

Read the report ➡️ www.accessnow.org/publication/...

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Today on Human Rights Day, we’re reminded that the struggle for human rights now extends into the digital world.

Protecting digital rights is part of protecting each other — and building a future where everyone can live, speak, and participate with freedom and dignity!

Social Media can't keep profiting from war propaganda!

NEW REPORT: War propaganda 2.0 is evolving. Targeted digital ads now influence every moment during conflict, often normalizing violence and justifying abuses.

Our new report reveals how online ads fuel these harms and why this demands urgent attention. 🧵▶️

Access Now: a digital rights love story A tale about people, power, and keeping the internet open for all Access Now logo. A book, a lock and a hands lens

Who we are Access Now is an international nonprofit defending and extending the digital rights of people and communities at risk worldwide. We were founded in 2009 during the Iranian elections, when people came together online and in the streets to rally against human rights abuses. What began as an emergency response team helping activists get back online after the regime cut them off has grown into a global movement defending digital rights everywhere.

What we stand for From battling internet shutdowns to opposing harmful spyware, we work at the intersection of human rights and technology. We fight censorship and surveillance, and advocate for free expression, privacy, transparency, and safe, open digital spaces. Our mission is simple: to ensure technology strengthens human rights and safeguards democracy, instead of dismantling it.

From grassroots to global Our work is rooted in communities around the world and carried to the global stage. We partner with local activists and movements to bring a human rights agenda to the use, development, and governance of digital technologies, and to intervene where technologies adversely impact human rights. Each region drives its priorities and feeds into a global effort to protect and extend digital rights.

At Access Now, we defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk, everywhere.

Learn more about our work: accessnow.org

Surveillance, censorship, internet shutdowns — the attacks on our freedoms keep growing. Don’t let digital dictators decide the future of the internet.

Fund the good fight, donate to Access Now ➡️ www.accessnow.org/donate

Digital rights are everyone’s business — including yours!

From mass surveillance that decimates our privacy to internet shutdowns that silence us, our human rights online are constantly under threat. This is why safeguarding digital rights isn’t optional — it’s essential for justice, democracy, and dignity in the digital age.

First… what are digital rights? Digital rights are the same human rights we all have — in digital spaces. They protect how we can express ourselves, access information, and safeguard our privacy in the digital age. They include: Freedom of expression Privacy and data protection Protest and online organizing If you use the internet and participate in our increasingly digital world, these rights are YOUR business.

Almost every aspect of our lives now depends on digital technology. Without digital rights, our basic freedoms collapse. When governments shut down the internet, communities lose their voice. When companies harvest our data, our privacy vanishes. When algorithms decide what we see, democracy is distorted. Protecting digital rights means defending our ability to speak, connect, and participate freely in our societies.

Digital rights are everyone’s business — including yours.

From surveillance to shutdowns, our human rights online are under attack every day.

Learn more on our website: www.accessnow.org

Taking stock of Big Tech: the 2025 RDR Index - Access Now Big Tech needs to step up. We’re pushing companies in the 2025 RDR Index to do better on human rights.

Big Tech continues to fail the transparency test!

The 2025 @rankingrights Index shows that none of the 14 tech giants scored above 50 on human rights performance. That’s not good enough.

We called on these companies to do better. Here’s how they responded. ▶️ www.accessnow.org/big-tech-202...

White background with black and red student illustration. Schools are back in the Middle East and North Africa, but will exam shutdowns return as well during this new academic year? #NoExamShutdown #KeepItOn

As a new school year begins in the MENA region, not every student gets a fair shot at education.

Governments keep turning to internet blackouts as a “solution” to exam cheating. #NoExamShutdown 🔽 🧵

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Nepal’s escalating digital repression and deadly crackdown Access Now is deeply alarmed by the government of Nepal’s violent crackdown on human rights, both online and off..

Authorities in Nepal imposed a sweeping ban on 26 social media platforms, from WhatsApp to YouTube, and violently suppressed youth-led protests against it.

Multiple protestors were killed, and hundreds were left injured. This cannot be normalized.

Read more: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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Access Now - #KeepItOn: Togolese authorities must uphold human rights online and off during protests We demand that Togolese authorities uphold human rights, restore full internet access, and refrain from imposing any future shutdowns in the country.

On June 26, Togolese authorities blocked WhatsApp, Facebook, Signal, and Telegram amid nationwide youth-led protests.

The #KeepItOn coalition strongly condemns this violent and unlawful crackdown on fundamental rights.

Read our statement ⬇️

www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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Why client-side scanning is a lose-lose proposition Client-side scanning (CSS) on encrypted platforms undermines people’s privacy and security by circumventing end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

Client-side scanning (CSS) is an attack on encryption, on privacy, and on security — no matter what its proponents claim.

Read our latest FAQ to learn more about the risks of CSS and why it’s incompatible with preserving privacy and security.

www.accessnow.org/why-client-s...

Tell MENA authorities: #NoExamShutdown Year after year, the MENA region has led the world in exam-related shutdowns. With the 2023 exam season in the region quickly approaching, it's time to take action and demand change!

Every year, millions across MENA are forced offline during exams. 📵

These shutdowns don’t stop cheating, but they do disrupt lives, block healthcare, hurt economies, and violate rights.

Join the #NoExamShutdown campaign today 🔽

www.accessnow.org/campaign/no-...

Join the digital safety clinic at the Internet Governance Forum 2025 in Norway June 24-27, 2025 In person support and advice for members of civil society

Let’s connect at #IGF25!

Our Digital Safety Clinic will be open to all who need help with digital security: activists, journalists, and civil society allies.

📍 Lillestrøm, Norway
🗓️ June 24–27

🌍 Not attending? We’ve still got you: accessnow.org/help/

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

No normalising spyware: Italy admits use, but not the full extent Italy confirmed it has used Paragon spyware to target civil society. However, it does properly acknowledge the rights of the victims impacted.

🚨 Italy has confirmed using Paragon’s spyware against humanitarian workers.

The Italian authorities’ invasive surveillance of civil society actors like Luca Casarini, Giuseppe Caccia, and David Yambio rings alarm bells regarding abuse of power.

Read more: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

NSO Fined $168 Million for Pegasus Spyware Attack on WhatsApp In a landmark verdict, NSO Group must pay almost $168 million in damages for using Pegasus spyware to target WhatsApp.

A major win for privacy!

Israeli spyware company NSO has been ordered to pay almost $168 million in damages for targeting WhatsApp with Pegasus spyware. Access Now and partners will continue to advocate for NSO to be held accountable for its actions.

www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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