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The Global Network Initiative: Past, Present, and Future

December 20, 2018

By Leslie Harris How did GNI Start? GNI is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Those of... Read more >

Why Joining GNI is Part of Paradigm Initiative’s Success Story

November 2, 2018

By ’Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative The increasingly virulent digital rights landscape in Africa,... Read more >

GNI: A Journey of Trust and Making Common Cause

October 16, 2018

After two-plus years of intensive negotiation, GNI was launched in October... Read more >

Getting Specific About Transparency, Privacy, and Free Expression Online

November 5, 2014

Amid the contentious global debates about privacy and surveillance since the Snowden revelations, few proposed reforms have attracted more consensus... Read more >

GNI Responds to GCHQ in the Financial Times

November 5, 2014

In reaction to the Financial Times op-ed by Richard Hannigan, Director of GCHQ, GNI Board Chair Mark Stephens wrote this letter to the editor, "Need... Read more >

Op-Ed: Privacy Since Snowden

June 18, 2014

A year has passed since the American former intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden began revealing the massive scope of Internet surveillance by... Read more >

Op-Ed: Only the Powerful Will Benefit from the “Right to Be Forgotten”

May 19, 2014

Last week's judgment by the European court of justice allowing anyone to demand that a search engine should remove unwanted information from its... Read more >

Op-Ed: The UK’s Response to Snowden’s Revelations Lets Putin Off the Hook

April 21, 2014

The UK response to the Snowden revelations is providing a worrying precedent for Putin and other autocrats, and has been incommensurate to the scope... Read more >

Op-Ed: Tech Companies Should be Allowed to Disclose Government Requests

November 13, 2013

This piece by GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks and Policy & Communications Director David Sullivan... Read more >

ThinkProgress: How To Bring More Transparency To U.S. Surveillance Programs

July 3, 2013

This piece by GNI Policy and Communications Director David Sullivan originally appeared on ThinkProgress: There is... Read more >

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