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Leading Tech Industry Associations Call on the State Department to Prioritize Internet Governance and Internet Freedom

August 8, 2025

On Friday, four leading tech industry associations wrote to United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on the State Department to advance... Read more >

GNI Urges Human Rights Reforms to Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act

August 4, 2025

The Global Network Initiative (GNI) has issued a detailed set of recommendations to reform Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act (OSA) 2024, highlighting... Read more >

GNI Statement on Zambia’s new Cyber Laws: A blow to freedom of expression and privacy

July 2, 2025

GNI joins Zambian and international civil society in calling for a transparent, rights-respecting reform... Read more >

GNI Fellows: Building Collaborative Policy Coalitions Across The World

June 15, 2023

Over the past five years, GNI has led the Sustaining Multistakeholder Networks for Internet Freedom (SuNI) project... Read more >

Addressing Digital Harms AND Protecting Human Rights — GNI Shares Recommendations for Policymakers

October 13, 2020

Washington, D.C./Amsterdam — Today the Global Network Initiative (GNI) issued a policy brief that uses... Read more >

New World Borders: How Governments Assert Authority Across Borders in the Internet Age

October 2, 2018

Although the transfer of data across jurisdictions is a fundamental byproduct of the global, interoperable Internet, it can also put pressures on... Read more >

Proposed German Legislation Threatens Free Expression Around the World

April 20, 2017

April 20, 2017 – AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS/LONDON/WASHINGTON DC – The Global Network Initiative is deeply concerned by... Read more >

GNI Expresses Concern About Ongoing blocking of Facebook in Nauru

December 13, 2016

“The Government of Nauru should restore access to Facebook and commit to ensuring internet connectivity for all their citizens consistent with... Read more >

LinkedIn Blocked in Russia

November 11, 2016

The Global Network Initiative is deeply concerned that LinkedIn has been blocked in Russia. The blocking order from the Russian regulator was put... Read more >

GNI speaks at UN meeting on how to stem flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters

August 20, 2015

"By backing strong encryption, the White House can send a global message in support of the privacy and freedom of expression of all internet users,"... Read more >

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