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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 >

GNI in Slate: Network Shutdowns Go Beyond Syria

May 10, 2013

This piece by David Sullivan originally appeared on Slate’s Future Tense blog:  On May 7 at 3... Read more >

International Herald Tribune Op-Ed: “Hands Off the Internet!”

December 6, 2012

This op-ed by GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the... Read more >

Jermyn Brooks: Business and Human Rights in the Digital Era

November 21, 2012

GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks has authored a contribution to the Internet & Society Co:llaboratory Discussion Paper... Read more >

Op-Ed: Responding to India’s Internet Clampdown

August 30, 2012

This op-ed was distributed by Global India Newswire and originally appeared on the International Business Times: Responding to... Read more >

Wall Street Journal Asia Op-Ed: “Thailand Stifles the Internet”

June 7, 2012

This op-ed by GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal Asia: ... Read more >

GNI in Financial Times: “Collaborating over Human Rights”

November 2, 2011

In reaction to a column by Michael Skapinker in the Financial Times, GNI Executive Director Susan... Read more >

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