A Brazilian court’s decision instituted a nationwide blocking of the WhatsApp messaging service on December 17. The GNI urges the Brazilian... Read more >
In its latest transparency report, Facebook has reported an 18 percent increase in official requests for its users' data around the... Read more >
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 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 >
GNI was among the 31 civil society groups that successfully spoke out against section 603, which would have created a sweeping requirement for... Read more >
On September 14, GNI Executive Director Judith Lichtenberg addressed the United Nations Counter-Terrorism... Read more >
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) joined human rights and civil liberties organizations and trade associations to convey its concerns with a... Read more >
GNI has published a short document setting out key questions and considerations to inform the debate on the role of ICT companies in removing alleged... Read more >
GNI welcomes the report to the Human Rights Council by David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, on encryption, anonymity and... Read more >
The Global Network Initiative applauds the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act, a critical first step toward reforming surveillance practices that will... Read more >