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Digital security for journalists

Posted on June 10, 2019 | in Tools and Guides

A free press is a cornerstone of any democracy, with journalism playing an integral role in the transparency and debate that is so important to protecting and maintaining society. Increasingly, we are seeing journalists forced to comply with authoritarian government orders, and repressive regimes of secrecy and gagging designed to hamper the freedoms of the Third Estate.

Spies should focus on foreign threats rather than journalists

Posted on June 10, 2019 | in Articles

We have witnessed two shocking raids by the Australian Federal Police on news outlets, both under the guise of protecting our national security.

Lizzie O'Shea declared "Hero" for mobilizing the Australian public against the government's anti-encryption legislation

Posted on June 10, 2019 | in Media releases , News

Today, Access Now announces its selection of Lizzie O’Shea, an Australian human rights lawyer, broadcaster, and writer, as a recipient of this year’s Human Rights Heroes Award. O’Shea is recognized for leading work to highlight, analyze, and protest expansive surveillance laws in Australia.

Statement on AFP raid of journalist's home

Posted on June 4, 2019 | in Media releases

“It’s incredibly worrying to see AFP officers carry out a raid on the home of a political journalist working to reveal an important public interest issue – a potential massive expansion of domestic capacity in Australian spy agencies.

Political parties are targeting you

Posted on May 17, 2019 | in News , Take Action

This election, you may have noticed that you’ve been inundated with targeted adverts from political parties, interest groups and individual candidates, who are all using Facebook microtargeting in their strategies to influence voters.

Technology Is as Biased as Its Makers

Posted on May 15, 2019 | in Articles

From exploding Ford Pintos to racist algorithms, all harmful technologies are a product of unethical design. And yet, like car companies in the ’70s, today’s tech companies would rather blame the user.