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December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Companies deploy AI tools very differently across markets. How fast –and how safely– they roll out new tools often depend on how much the existing regulations in respective jurisdictions lets them get away with.
Different standards,different markets Companies deploy AI tools very differently across markets. How fast –and how safely– they roll out new tools often depend on how much the existing regulations in respective jurisdictions lets them get away with. Take Meta AI on Whatsapp: its launch was delayed in the EU due to regulatory intervention by the Irish Data Protection Commission, and even then the feature came with restrictions on data collection and processing. The technology, meanwhile, was deployed in other regions with little to no notice and a complicated opt out process. Can data protection frameworks fix human rights gaps in AI? Partially. While good data protection laws are necessary, the risks presented by innovation and adoption in AI far outweigh the risks envisioned by most data protection frameworks. For instance, some data protection legislations –like EU GDPR’s article 22 and South Africa POPIA’s section 71– include rules for AI, especially Automated Decision Making systems (ADMs). But some of these provisions set a low standard of duty for data collection and processing, limiting the real protection they might offer. To truly safeguard people from the worst risks of AI development, we need strong, actionable data protection rights: such as meaningful consent, and a real enforcement of existing principles, including purpose limitation. It’s not a silver bullet, but it can help prevent predatory data scraping, unlawful third party access to personal data, and discriminatory data backed automated processing– and give people autonomy over the decisions and predictions made about them.
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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In October, Fight joined @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @hrw.org @7amleh.bsky.social and @eff.org in another letter to Microsoft demanding more transparency around the ongoing investigation Microsoft is overseeing into its contracts with the Israeli military: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Access Now - Microsoft must come clean on its role in Israel’s war on Gaza
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are writing with great concern regarding media reporting alleging that Microsoft has contributed to grave violations of international law perpetrated by...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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@VOICE_Updates, Bangladesh

VOICE focuses on building the capacity of journalists and human rights defenders, particularly women human rights defenders and youth activists, by providing training on digital safety, human rights-based reporting, and privacy and data protection. ⬇️
VOICE 📍 Bangladesh VOICE focuses on building the capacity of journalists and human rights defenders, particularly women human rights defenders and youth activists, by providing training on digital safety, human rights-based reporting, and privacy and data protection. These activities have established VOICE as a leader on media freedom, digital rights, and online safety, strengthening the digital ecosystem. Access Now has been supporting their vital work for two years. How do you help? “For many of the journalists, activists, and human rights defenders we work with, particularly women, women entrepreneurs, Indigenous communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people living in rural or semi-urban areas, digital rights violations are deeply personal threats to their livelihoods and safety”.
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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@kryssnetwork, Malaysia

KRYSS Network works with young people on issues of freedom of opinion and expression, focused on girls, women, and gender non-conforming individuals. ⬇️ 🧵
KRYSS Network 📍 Malaysia KRYSS Network works with young people on issues of freedom of opinion and expression, focused on girls, women, and gender non-conforming individuals. Access Now has been supporting their vital work for five years. How do you help? “KRYSS began as a voluntary collective that is passionate about creating safer spaces for young people who are too often denied opportunities to participate in social activism or dismissed for being considered ‘too young.’ (...) Our focus is on promoting safer online spaces for these marginalized communities, so they feel able to better express their lived realities and experiences, share their opinions, and disclose any human rights violations they have suffered, without experiencing harassment and online violence.”
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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@NubianRights, Kenya

Via community-led advocacy and strategic litigation efforts, they work to dismantle systemic barriers facing Kenya’s most marginalized communities, especially members of the Nubian ethnic minority. ⬇️ 🧵
Nubian Rights Forum 📍Kenya Via community-led advocacy and strategic litigation efforts, Nubian Rights Forum works to dismantle systemic barriers facing Kenya’s most marginalized communities, especially members of the Nubian ethnic minority, with a focus on citizenship, statelessness, and land rights. Access Now has been supporting their vital work for five years. How do you help? “Digital rights aren't just about access to technology; they're fundamental rights to exist within a system that recognizes your humanity. We walk alongside some of Kenya's most historically marginalized communities, especially members of the Nubian community, who remain largely invisible in the eyes of the state. (...) Digital identity and statelessness are incredibly complex, intersectional issues that aren't always headline-grabbing, yet they profoundly affect people's ability to access almost every other right.”
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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@Haki_na_Sheria, Kenya

Haki na Sheria works to end systemic discrimination against marginalized communities in Northern Kenya, with a focus on statelessness and digital ID, legal and digital invisibility, and biometric purgatory. 🧵 ⬇️
Haki na Sheria 📍Kenya Haki na Sheria works to end systemic discrimination against marginalized communities in Northern Kenya, with a focus on statelessness and digital ID, legal and digital invisibility, and biometric purgatory. Access Now has been supporting their vital work for six years. How do you help? “Northern Kenyans and Muslims across Kenya still face extra vetting, scrutiny, and suspicion when applying for national ID cards. Yet despite this, work at the intersection of digital ID, minority rights, and statelessness remains underfunded, and the communities most impacted are politically marginalized. To address this gap, we build community-based paralegal models, document real-life incidents and impacts of exclusion, and use community organizing, public advocacy, and strategic litigation to make change a reality.”
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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