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Regulating online platforms: how EU Member States are undermining the Digital Services Act - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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Sheikh Jarrah: Facebook and Twitter systematically silencing protests, deleting evidence - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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What spy firm Cellebrite can't hide from investors - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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Putting a check on Big Tech: the path to accountability for companies in the 2020 RDR Index (www.accessnow.org)
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RightsCon spotlight: “The Privatised Panopticon: Workers’ Surveillance in the Digital Age” - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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G7 leaders decry internet shutdowns, but leave personal data up for grabs - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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The Indian government’s torrent of digital censorship, intimidation must stop - Access Now (www.accessnow.org)
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Ban Biometric Surveillance (www.accessnow.org)
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Some surveillance technologies are so dangerous that they inevitably cause far more problems than they solve. The use of facial recognition and remote biometric technologies in publicly accessible spaces enables mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance. In such cases, the potential for abuse is too great, and the consequences too severe.

We must ban such practices once and for all. More than 175 civil society organizations, activists, technologists, and other experts around the world have already joined together to sign the open letter below calling on decision makers to stand up against rights-abusing uses of biometric surveillance technologies. Will you join us to #BanBS?