Access Now: News Briefing - Elections and Internet Shutdowns
November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
The internet plays a key role in democracy in 2020. Access to the internet, social media platforms, and messaging services enables people to obtain information, actively participate in the voting process, engage in public discourse, and hold elected leaders to account -- all key tenets of a democratic society. Yet, in 2020 alone, the governments of Togo, Burundi, Guinea, Belarus, Tanzania, and Myanmar all held electi . . .
The internet plays a key role in democracy in 2020. Access to the internet, social media platforms, and messaging services enables people to obtain information, actively participate in the voting process, engage in public discourse, and hold elected leaders to account -- all key tenets of a democratic society. Yet, in 2020 alone, the governments of Togo, Burundi, Guinea, Belarus, Tanzania, and Myanmar all held electi . . .