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GNI Workshop at 2016 IGF: Inclusive Responses to Intentional Internet Disruptions

December 10, 2016

The workshop used breakout groups to facilitate detailed discussions of three topics pertaining to shutdowns: connections to elections and moments of... Read more >

GNI Hosts 2016 Learning Forum at Georgetown University

December 2, 2016

GNI launched a new policy brief, "Extremist Content and the ICT Sector," and convened discussions on the imposition of government restrictions beyond... Read more >

GNI Joins Brookings Panel on The Economic Cost of Internet Shutdowns

October 7, 2016

GNI Director of Communications Kath Cummins called on governments to recognize the challenges shutdowns pose for economic development, rather than... Read more >

Global Network Initiative at 2016 RightsCon Silicon Valley

March 28, 2016

Panel topics include combatting terrorism online, intermediary liability, online hate speech, and human rights based approaches to... Read more >

GNI Briefs the U.S. Helsinki Commission on Internet Freedom

March 4, 2016

On Thursday, March 3, 2016, GNI Director of Policy and Learning Lisl Brunner presented to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S.... Read more >

Call to embrace GNI principles at 37th International Privacy Conference, Amsterdam

November 4, 2015

A report presented to the October 2015 Amsterdam Privacy Conference has called on telco and Internet companies facing surveillance by governments to... Read more >

GNI and CDT host closed roundtable session in London on regulating of extremist content online

October 30, 2015

The half-day session discussed the effectiveness of restricting content for countering extremism online, and what measures could be used mitigate the... Read more >

GNI Meets with UK officials to discuss new “Snoopers’ Charter” bill and mutual legal assistance reform

October 28, 2015

GNI met with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Home Office, and the Cabinet Office to express concerns about the impact the Investigatory... Read more >

U.N. Ambassador Power Calls for ICT Businesses to Join GNI

September 29, 2015

At the State Department Internet Freedom Technology Showcase held in New York on Sept 26, 2015, Ambassador Power urged internet companies "to embrace... Read more >

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