Brett Solomon

Jul 18, 2024 | accessnow.org | Brett Solomon

Reflections on 15 years as Access Now’s co-founder and Executive Director 2009-2024As I prepare to leave Access Now after serving 15 years as its Executive Director and co-founder, I have taken this moment to reflect on my personal learnings and observations on the evolving fight to defend and extend human rights in the digital age for people and communities most at risk.

Jul 11, 2024 | accessnow.org | Brett Solomon

On June 17, 2024, Access Now joined the Shaping Cybersecurity Conference in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and the Digital Society Institute  (DSI).

Jul 11, 2024 | accessnow.org | Brett Solomon

On June 17, 2024, Access Now joined the Shaping Cybersecurity Conference in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and the Digital Society Institute  (DSI).

Feb 29, 2024 | accessnow.org | Brett Solomon

As I head to the 15-year anniversary of co-founding Access Now this coming July, it feels like the right time for me to step down as Executive Director, passing on the leadership of this amazing organization to someone new. Since 2009, I will have completed three five-year terms as ED. I’ve been thinking a lot about what that means. We call for transparency and transition from our political leaders — and I believe the same should be expected from civil society.

May 29, 2023 | accessnow.org | Brett Solomon |Marwa Fatafta |Méabh Maguire

Next month marks 14 years since a defining moment in the digital rights movement; the 2009 Iranian election. This was the event that showed just how important free and open access to the internet could be for allowing civil society to speak truth to power in moments of crisis, but also how authoritarian governments could, and would, wield an iron fist over the digital sphere in order to quash protest and silence dissent.