GNI Submits Comments to UN on Privacy in the Digital Age
GNI provides input for the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on “The right to privacy in the digital age.”
Comments on European Commission Draft ICT Sector Guidance on Business and Human Rights
GNI Comments on EC Draft ICT Sector Guidance
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) welcomes the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry project to develop guidance on the corporate responsibility to respect human rights in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. We appreciate the opportunity to […]
GNI Hosts Online Debate on the UK Communications Data Bill
Susan Morgan hosts a Google Big Tent Hangout discussing the UK draft Communications Data Bill, featuring Lord Paul Strasburger, member of the Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee, and Jamie Bartlett from Demos.
Read the GNI statement on the report of the UK Joint Committee on the […]
Jermyn Brooks: Business and Human Rights in the Digital Era
GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks has authored a contribution to the Internet & Society Co:llaboratory Discussion Paper on Human Rights and Internet Governance. The article responds to a proposition by Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.
New technologies have played a catalytic role in […]
GNI Briefs the U.S. Helsinki Commission on Technology and Corporate Responsibility
GNI Statement to Helsinki Commission – 2012
On October 19, 2012, GNI Executive Director Susan Morgan presented to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) at a briefing entitled “Online Safety under Repressive Regimes: What is the Responsibility of Technology Companies?”
In her testimony, […]
GNI Responds to European Commission Consultations
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) has submitted comments to the European Commission on two recent consultations relevant to freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector.
Procedures for Notifying and Acting on Illegal Content Hosted by Online Intermediaries
GNI Comments on EU Notice and Action
GNI […]
Corporate Responsibility and Global Internet Governance
GNI Policy Brief – Corporate Responsibility & Internet Governance
A Global Network Initiative Policy Brief[…]
GNI Comments on UK Draft Communications Data Bill
GNI Submission on UK Communications Data Bill – August 2012
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) submitted the following written evidence to the Joint Committee of Parliament currently considering the UK Government’s proposed Draft Communications Data Bill (C8359). Our submission has been published on the Committee website alongside […]
Balancing Business and Human Rights: GNI featured at Carnegie Council
On September 20, 2011, GNI Executive Director Susan Morgan spoke at “Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business” at the Carnegie Council in New York.
The lunchtime Ethics in Business workshop also featured Ebele Okobi-Harris, Director of Business and Human […]
Report on Account Deactivation and Content Removal
The GNI is pleased to announce a report released by the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society on “Account Deactivation and Content Removal: Guiding Principles and Practices for Companies and Users.” This document grew out of […]