Reports
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.
The 2018 GNI Annual Report: “Learning from the Past to Embrace the Future”
In 2018, GNI celebrated its tenth anniversary and took important steps to protect and promote freedom of expression and privacy in the information and communications technology sector.
New Report! Disconnected: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Network Disruptions
Authored by former policy fellow Jan Rydzak, the report presents a wealth of data relevant to both researchers and activists, including identifying over 100 instances of deliberate network disruption worldwide in 2017, and provides recommendations for all stakeholders to respond.Publications
GNI Submission on Draft Amendments to Intermediary Guidelines in India
GNI is concerned the amendments, as drafted, would place significant pressure on a wide range of ICT companies to monitor Indian users’ activities, remove content, and hand over data in ways that could unnecessarily and inappropriately impact users’ freedom of expression and privacy.GNI Statement on Europe’s Proposed Regulation on Preventing the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online
As drafted, the proposed European regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content could unintentionally harm users’ rights and undermine legitimate efforts to document and counter extremists’ online activity.
GNI Welcomes Facebook’s Publication of its Human Rights Impact Assessment in Myanmar
GNI welcomes Facebook’s full publication of an independent report assessing the human rights impacts of [...]Op-Eds and Commentary
Getting Specific About Transparency, Privacy, and Free Expression Online
Amid the contentious global debates about privacy and surveillance since the Snowden revelations, few proposed reforms have attracted more consensus than calls for greater transparency.GNI Responds to GCHQ in the Financial Times
In reaction to the Financial Times op-ed by Richard Hannigan, Director of GCHQ, GNI Board Chair Mark Stephens wrote this letter to the editor, "Need to intrude must be demonstrated, not merely asserted" published November 5.
Op-Ed: Privacy Since Snowden
A year has passed since the American former intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden began revealing the massive scope of Internet surveillance by the US National Security Agency.