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2014 Learning Forum on Transparency and Human Rights in the Digital Age – Geneva

December 9, 2014

On December 1, 2014, the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue and GNI held the second of their two Joint Learning Forums for the year 2014.... Read more >

Getting Specific About Transparency, Privacy, and Free Expression Online

November 5, 2014

Amid the contentious global debates about privacy and surveillance since the Snowden revelations, few proposed reforms have attracted more consensus... Read more >

GNI Responds to GCHQ in the Financial Times

November 5, 2014

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... Read more >

GNI Joins Coalition Letter on Surveillance Reform

September 30, 2014

The Global Network Initiative joined a coalition letter signed by members of Congress, former government officials, civil society organizations and... Read more >

Open Letter to UK Prime Minister on the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

July 14, 2014

We urge reconsideration of the fast-track timeline of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Bill to provide adequate opportunity for... Read more >

Op-Ed: Privacy Since Snowden

June 18, 2014

A year has passed since the American former intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden began revealing the massive scope of Internet surveillance by... Read more >

GNI Urges U.S. Senate to Lead on Surveillance Reform

May 23, 2014

GNI urges the U.S. Senate to address serious shortcomings in the version of the USA FREEDOM Act passed by the... Read more >

GNI Presents 2013 Annual Report

May 6, 2014

The Global Network Initiative today released its 2013 Annual Report, charting the initiative’s progress protecting free expression and privacy in... Read more >

GNI Reaction to the Recommendations Adopted by the Freedom Online Coalition

April 29, 2014

GNI welcomes the adoption of a series of recommendations by the Freedom Online... Read more >

Op-Ed: The UK’s Response to Snowden’s Revelations Lets Putin Off the Hook

April 21, 2014

The UK response to the Snowden revelations is providing a worrying precedent for Putin and other autocrats, and has been incommensurate to the scope... Read more >

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