GNI Signs Joint Letter Concerning Australian Basic Online Safety Expectations (BOSE)

In November 2021, GNI signed onto a joint organization letter authored by DIGI and submitted to Australian officials in response to Australia’s proposed  Basic Online Safety Expectations (BOSE) Determination. The letter, which was co-signed by 11 organizations in Australia and […]

2022-02-07T15:35:31+00:00November 12, 2021|Categories: intermediary liability, Issues, legal frameworks, Letter|Tags: , , , |

Surveillance Reforms to Protect Rights and Restore Trust

The Global Network Initiative urges President Obama and the U.S. Congress to enact reforms to U.S. national security surveillance laws, policies and practices that would ensure a rights-based approach to national security and help to restore trust in the Internet for users around the world.

Public […]

2019-01-31T23:25:29+00:00January 14, 2014|Categories: Issues, media releases, surveillance|Tags: , , |

Op-Ed: Tech Companies Should be Allowed to Disclose Government Requests

This piece by GNI Independent Chair Jermyn Brooks and Policy & Communications Director David Sullivan originally appeared at Guardian Sustainable Business:

The disclosure of secret documents detailing massive government surveillance programs has triggered an outcry around the globe. The bulk collection of US call records and […]

2019-01-13T23:20:42+00:00November 13, 2013|Categories: Issues, media releases, op-eds, surveillance|Tags: , |

GNI Writes to the Governments in the Freedom Online Coalition

The Global Network Initiative has written to the governments in the Freedom Online Coalition, asking them to report on the requests they make for electronic communications surveillance and to make it legally possible for companies to report regularly to the public on the government requests […]

2019-01-29T15:48:06+00:00September 19, 2013|Categories: Issues, Letter, media releases, surveillance|Tags: , |

Presidential and Congressional Steps on Communication Surveillance Programs

The Global Network Initiative welcomes the commitment by President Obama to work with Congress on the reform of section 215 of the Patriot Act and to increase transparency and oversight around communications surveillance programs in the United States.

The Global Network Initiative is encouraged […]

2018-03-14T17:11:07+00:00August 10, 2013|Categories: Issues, media releases, surveillance|Tags: , |

GNI Comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

The Global Network Initiative submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) regarding surveillance programs operated pursuant to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act.

Worldwide concerns about U.S. surveillance practices seriously threaten the United States’ […]

2018-03-14T17:16:02+00:00August 7, 2013|Categories: Issues, media releases, surveillance|Tags: , , |

The Global Network Initiative Joins Internet Companies & Advocates to Demand More Transparency Around Government Surveillance

We Need to Know – Transparency Letter

The Global Network Initiative has joined a coalition of technology companies and advocates for free speech and privacy rights to deliver a letter to the US government demanding greater transparency around national security-related surveillance of Internet and telephone communications. […]

2019-01-29T16:42:58+00:00July 18, 2013|Categories: Issues, Letter, media releases, surveillance|Tags: , |
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