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Unchecked digital power and state repression threaten civic space… we exist to demand accountability.
Founded out of the Internet Society Youth Ambassador's Fellowship, Internet for Rights exists to defend digital democracy, protect online freedoms, and advance inclusive digital development. Working at the intersection of democracy, technology, and human rights, we treat the internet not as a luxury, but as critical public infrastructure for human dignity, safety, and civic participation. As digital repression, network disruptions, and algorithmic harms grow across the Global South, we bridge technical internet governance with community defense: combining research, strategic & creative advocacy, grassroots capacity building, and open-source civic tech tools across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Our Latest Initiative
The Fair Terms Project: Demystifying Platform Terms & Contract Rights for Everyday Users
Defender Security Audit
Surveillance & Disclosure
⚠️ Critical Risk
The Fine Print
“...may preserve, access, and disclose personal data and metadata to law enforcement or private entities without prior notice to you...”
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In Plain Terms: State actors can request your private logs, subscriber info, and location records without you ever being alerted.
Nobody reads 40-page terms of service packed with opaque legalese, yet they govern our communications, safety, and digital lives. The Fair Terms Project cuts through fine print to translate bulky platform contracts into clear, accessible terms—surfacing the hidden clauses on surveillance data sharing, account seizures, and liability that put everyday users, activists, and human rights defenders at risk.
Our Focus Areas
We bring together digital rights research, policy advocacy, and civic technology to defend online freedom and digital dignity across three foundational tracks.
Latest insights
Digital Dependency: How State-Led Network Throttling Evades Electoral Scrutiny
Total blackouts draw swift condemnation, but granular bandwidth degradation on messaging apps quietly cripples civic mobilization during critical election windows...
The Architecture of Extraction: Moral Rights and Platform Terms of Service
Standard-form terms of service frequently strip African creators of baseline attribution and licensing autonomy, enforcing private IP regimes over domestic copyright protections...
Our Approach
We bridge empirical digital rights research, strategic legal action, and youth civic tech to dismantle digital harms and build verifiable platform accountability across Africa.
Rather than passive commentary, we focus on direct technical and contract intervention: demystifying terms of service, defending civic actors from covert network censorship, and equipping community defenders with open, actionable tools.