Global Net Neutrality Coalition Archives - Access Now

Access Now, together with several human rights organizations, are calling on MTN Group to protect mobile service subscribers and ensure transparency and accountability for data breaches perpetuated by their subsidiaries in the Republic of Congo.
On 24 October, 2025, President Denis Sassou N’Guess revealed that he had authorized the General Directorate of Presidential Security (DGSP) to crack down on gangs, which the government has accused of orchestrating violent crime in Brazzaville, the country...

Ralph Mupita
Group President and Chief Executive Officer
MTN Group Limited

Internet shutdowns have become a rising tactic in modern warfare to collectively harm, isolate, terrorize, silence, and control entire populations. Access Now’s latest report, Internet shutdowns in armed conflict: a typology of harms, unpacks the serious...

Introduction
In the armed conflicts of today, shutting down the internet has become an increasingly common, deliberate, and systematic act of warfare. Across conflict zones, belligerent and warring parties attack telecommunications networks and ICT infrastructure...