The Open Internet After Dubai: Strengths and Vulnerabilities, Opportunities and Threats

This past week in Dubai, governments from around the world attempted to use an international telecommunications treaty to increase government control over the Internet in ways harmful to online free expression and privacy. Negotiations concluded with 89 governments signing the new treaty, and 55 governments indicating […]

2018-03-14T20:12:14+00:00December 18, 2012|Categories: media releases|Tags: , , |

International Herald Tribune Op-Ed: “Hands Off the Internet!”

This op-ed by GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the Global Edition of the New York Times, on December 6, 2012.

A chorus of human rights groups, diplomats, companies and technologists has achieved something remarkable. They are shining a media spotlight […]

2019-02-12T15:56:30+00:00December 6, 2012|Categories: media releases, op-eds|Tags: , , |

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 […]

2019-01-13T23:46:37+00:00November 21, 2012|Categories: media releases, op-eds, Resources|Tags: , , |

The Multi-stakeholder Model of Internet Governance Needs to be Retained

The Global Network Initiative urges the retention of the multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance as global policy forums create policy for the future. Several important decisions are to be made around Internet governance in the coming year.

The roles of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and […]

2018-03-14T21:01:33+00:00June 22, 2012|Categories: media releases|Tags: |
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