Empower Policy

GNI is a uniquely authoritative platform through which companies, academics, investors, and civil society speak with a single voice and collectively engage governments and international institutions to advocate for laws and policies that protect and respect freedom of expression and privacy rights worldwide.

Since 2017, GNI has focused its policy work on five priority issue areas: network disruptions, intermediary liability and content regulation, privacy and surveillance, data, information, & network governance, and artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

Below you can read GNI’s most recent policy work on the five key issues and how we’re shaping internet governance processes.

 

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Network Disruptions

Advocating for public access to digital communications

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Intermediary Liability & Content Regulation

Rights-based approaches to online content

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Privacy & Surveillance

Protecting user privacy against government surveillance

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Data, Information, and Network Governance

Protecting rights in governing data, content, & digital infrastructure.

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Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

Grounding next generation technologies in human rights

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Policy News

Policy

GNI Condemns the Postponement of RightsCon 2026 by the Zambian Government

The ripple effects of this postponement will be felt across the global digital rights community...

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Confluence Blog

Scrutinizing Zambia’s New Cyber Law Regime in the Shadow of RightsCon

By Chilombo Mukena, GNI Fellow

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Policy

MAP AI Phase One: Summary of Events Report Launch

This MAP-AI Phase One: Summary of Events Report Launch summarizes the perspectives, agendas, themes, and...

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