Civil society
Access Now
Access Now is an international digital-rights organization that defends the civil and human rights of people in the digital age.
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
- Geographic scope
- Global
- Areas of work
- Digital rights, Privacy, Surveillance, AI policy advocacy
- Official website
- https://www.accessnow.org/ (opens in a new tab)
Why it is relevant to AI governance
Access Now campaigns, litigates and publishes analysis on biometric surveillance, platform accountability and AI-related human-rights harms. It is a primary civil-society source rather than an intergovernmental standard-setter.