“No Internet Means No Work, No Pay, No Food”
Internet Shutdowns Deny Access to Basic Rights in “Digital India”
Technology and Rights
The internet and other technologies are critical tools to defend rights and hold powerful actors to account. But technology can also be used in ways that curtail rights and deepen inequality. We defend human rights in the digital age. We document how governments and companies restrict online speech and access to information. We investigate how digital surveillance tools, from hacking to facial recognition, are used to target activists, racial and ethnic minorities and workers. We expose the impact of AI and other data-driven technologies on the rights of workers and people living with poverty. We advocate for laws and policies that promote privacy, digital inclusion, and respect for human rights by social media platforms.
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AmericasThis submission focuses on the right to self-determination of Indigenous peoples, access to adequate health care including sexual and reproductive health services, comprehensive sexuality education, government-endorsed online learning, the protection of education from attacks, and the rights of persons with disabilities.
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AfricaThis submission focuses on teenage pregnancy and child marriage, government-endorsed online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the right to free and compulsory education.
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Automated Neglect
How The World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights
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Brazil: Online Learning Tools Harvest Children’s Data
One State Government Removes Ad Tracking, But Others Continue
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“All This Terror Because of a Photo”
Digital Targeting and Its Offline Consequences for LGBT People in the Middle East and North Africa
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Time to Ban Facial Recognition from Public Spaces and Borders
Rights Groups Sound the Alarm on Mass Surveillance Technology
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No Consensus on Proposed Global Cybercrime Treaty
A Flawed Treaty Could Empower Rights Abuses on a Global Scale
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ARTICLE 19 and Human Rights Watch’s Comments on the Draft Text of the UN Cybercrime Convention
Submitted to the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes in its sixth session
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Colombia: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
73rd Pre-Sessional Working Group
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Jordan: Scrap Draconian Cybercrimes Bill
Proposed Law Threatens Rights to Expression, Anonymity, Access to Information
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EU: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Should Protect People’s Rights
Human Rights Concerns Should Be at Center of AI Act Negotiations
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You Don’t Need to Demand Sensitive Biometric Data to Give Aid. The Ukraine Response Shows How.
‘This shift away from biometrics is a significant step in the direction of protecting the rights of people who use aid.’
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The Data of the Most Vulnerable People is the Least Protected
How has biometric data collection caused harm in the context of humanitarian interventions and where do future risks lie?
