PROTECTING AND ADVANCING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
AND PRIVACY IN THE ICT SECTOR
OUR WORK
GNI helps companies respect freedom of expression and privacy rights when faced with government pressure to hand over user data, remove content, or restrict communications.
OUR MEMBERS
We are a growing alliance of Internet and telecom-munications companies, human rights and press freedom groups, investors, and academic institutions from around the world.
OUR IMPACT
From advancing accountability to advocating for laws and policies that protect free expression and privacy rights worldwide, our members are working together to get results.
OUR LATEST UPDATES
Join GNI Members at the 2021 Internet Governance Forum
Find GNI at the 2021 Internet Governance Forum.Event Summary and Video Recording: “The Rights Foundation: Building Human Rights into the DSA”
On 28 May, GNI brought together UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović, and experts from GNI’s multistakeholder membership to explore a human rights-based approach to content regulation in the context of EU Digital Services Act (DSA). Event recap or video recording.Event Report: “The State of Digital Rights Due Diligence,” the 2019 GNI Annual Learning Forum
As the practice of human rights due diligence takes root in the technology sector, how can companies keep pace with new risks to freedom of expression and privacy? Read GNI members' lessons learned from ten years of HRDD and thoughts on the road ahead in the 2019 learning forum event report.Experts Share International Perspectives on the CLOUD Act at Capitol Hill Event
On 18 September, GNI convened a group of experts to discuss how possible partner countries measure against the criteria the U.S. CLOUD Act sets out for bilateral agreements for evidence sharing, how Congress can help ensure the agreements protect human rights, and how the law may impact Internet governance globally.MEDIA
GNI’s Comments on UNESCO’s Guidance for Regulating Digital Platforms
GNI shared procedural and substantive analysis on the draft guidance for regulation UNESCO following the "Internet for Trust" global conference. We are pleased to see that UNESCO has taken seriously the feedback that GNI and other organizations have provided and appreciate the time and effort that has gone into its revised Draft 2.0.
GNI Analysis: Information Technology Rules Put Rights at Risk in India
Recent amendments to IT Rules in India continue to pose significant risks for freedom of expression and privacy. Read GNI's update on the recent developments and analysis of the Rules.
The Private Sector’s Role in Countering Misuse of Tech: A S4D Roundtable
The roundtable will convene representatives from across the tech industry, and other key stakeholders, to discuss present approaches and future commitments to avoid and mitigate human rights harms.
GNI Statement on Government Efforts to Ban Digital Communications Platforms
GNI is troubled by recent efforts by democratic states to completely ban the use of digital communications platforms, which pose significant human rights risks and are likely to have global ramifications. When governments have legitimate concerns about the impacts and conduct of digital platforms...Read more.OUR MEMBERS, FELLOWS & OBSERVERS
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityDavid Sullivan2022-01-12T00:22:00+00:00
Centre for Communications Governance at National Law University, DelhiDavid Sullivan2022-01-12T00:23:35+00:00
Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE)David Sullivan2022-01-12T00:24:00+00:00
L’École Supérieure de Journalisme, des Métiers de l’Internet et de la CommunicationRocio Campos2022-03-03T18:34:58+00:00
