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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
GNI published a piece building on a convening exploring tech company transparency reporting about government demands and related user notice. It reflects on the history of these mechanisms, how civil society uses them for accountability, & current state of practices and how they could be improved.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
👁️‍ GNI welcomed the opportunity to participate in the European Commission’s call for evidence on ensuring a common EU approach in view of the negotiations for the the United Nations Convention against #Cybercrime to ensure its compatibility with EU law.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Looking forward to participating in the overlapping UN events on digital governance next week. In advance of that, here's a post about how we think these processes can learn from and build on one another.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, @thegni.bsky.social and @dtspartnership.bsky.social released the Event Summary Report from the 2026 Rights & Risks Forum, held in April in Dublin. More than 90 experts came together to discuss how tech companies can manage risks to fundamental rights in the current global context.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📣 GNI is pleased to welcome the Penn Center on Media, Technology and Democracy (Penn MEDIATED) to its academic constituency as a member. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-welcomes...
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GNI Welcomes New Member: Penn MEDIATED - Global Network Initiative
GNI is pleased to welcome Penn MEDIATED to its academic constituency as a member.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📣 GNI is pleased to welcome WITNESS and Research ICT Africa to its civil society constituency as members. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-welcomes...
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GNI Welcomes New Members: WITNESS and Research ICT Africa - Global Network Initiative
GNI is pleased to welcome WITNESS and Research ICT Africa to its civil society constituency as members.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The 2027 AI Summit is an opportunity to build inclusive AI governance. On May 6, MAP-AI (GNI and @CCGNLUD) convened stakeholders from 5 regions to discuss multistakeholder roles in AI Safety Summits, co-hosted with Switzerland’s OFCOM. Read the summary: globalnetworkinitiative.org/collective-s...
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Collective Stewardship: Multistakeholder Roles in AI Safety Summits and what the 2027 AI Summit can achieve - Global Network Initiative
The 2027 Swiss AI Summit is still taking shape, and that is an opportunity. On […]
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
GNI and Centre for Communication Governance, under MAP-AI, are making written submissions to the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance (UNGD). The Dialogue, the first of its kind, will be held in July 2026 in Geneva. You can read more here: globalnetworkinitiative.org/wp-content/u...
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
GNI’s Q1 newsletter is out. We condemn the postponement of #RightsCon2026 and stand in solidarity with the global digital rights community. Also in this edition: AI governance (MAP-AI), WSIS+20, cybercrime convention, and policy engagement across regions. mailchi.mp/globalnetwor...
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🔴 GNI joins a chorus of individuals and organizations expressing shock and deep disappointment at the Government of Zambia’s unilateral decision to “postpone” #RightsCon2026. We are appalled by the timing of this decision & the manner in which it was made: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-condemns...
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GNI Condemns the Postponement of RightsCon 2026 by the Zambian Government - Global Network Initiative
The ripple effects of this postponement will be felt across the global digital rights community for a long time.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🇺🇸 GNI is concerned about the possibility that legislators may miss another opportunity to enact meaningful privacy-protecting reforms as part of the impending reauthorization of Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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GNI Statement on the Reauthorization of Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Global Network Initiative
Section 702 carries serious implications for people, companies, & governance frameworks around the world.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We’re excited to welcome three new academic members to GNI: @alhohlfeld.bsky.social , Daniel Arnaudo, and Jen Weedon, each bringing valuable expertise to our work on human rights, platform governance, and AI accountability. Read more here: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-welcomes...
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GNI Welcomes New Academic Members: Alexander Hohlfeld, Dan Arnaudo and Jen Weedon - Global Network Initiative
GNI is pleased to welcome Alexander Hohlfeld, Dan Arnaudo and Jen Weedon to its academic constituency as members.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
GNI welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the OHCHR's consultation on protecting human rights defenders (HRDs) in the digital age. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-submissi... Digital tools empower HRDs to communicate widely, document violations in real time, and amplify advocacy efforts.
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GNI Submission to OHCHR's Consultation on Protecting Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age - Global Network Initiative
Digital technologies have transformed the work and nature of threats faced by human rights defenders.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
As the momentum for the AI Summits swing from New Delhi to Geneva, with Switzerland set to host in 2027, critical questions emerge on Summit architectures and the future of AI Summits!
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Salil Tripathi @saliltripathi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I write about @anthropicAI and its line in the sand, at @ihrb: www.ihrb.org/latest/anthr...
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Anthropic’s line in the sand—and why it matters
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Since we got “Iran interfered in the election!” as a justification for war, have Maduro sitting in jail, and Tulsi was snuffling around Georgia looking for “evidence” of god knows what—here are the Chinese, Vezuelan, Italian, Iranian, etc conspiracy theories liars in power are dredging back up. 📡💻🗳️
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🇺🇳 The UN Cybercrime Convention is now open for signature, but its real impact will depend on human rights-aligned implementation. In a new blog for EU Cyber Direct, GNI's Jason Pielemeier, Elonnai Hickok, & Samaya Anjum reflect on its promise & perils: globalnetworkinitiative.org/shaping-the-...
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Shaping the UN Cybercrime Convention: Human Rights at a Crossroads - Global Network Initiative
This article has been republished from The DIRECTIONS blog by EU Cyber Direct.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thanks for all of your support for MAP-AI and your fantastic remarks at our opening panel this morning @alexreevegivens.bsky.social!
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#EventAnnouncement As part of the #MAPAI Initiative, CCG and GNI are organising an event on the sidelines of the #IndiaAIImpactSummit on 17 February 2026. (1/3) #CCG #GNI #AIGovernance #Multistakeholderism #GlobalSouth #DigitalRights #ResponsibleAI
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I haven't read the leaked 183-page Commission Decision against X, but I am reading the House Judiciary Committee's X posts about it and the worst stuff they could find is... preposterously weak. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su... x.com/JudiciaryGOP...
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🇧🇩 GNI is concerned by the opaque, exclusionary, and accelerated digital policy reform process undertaken by the Interim Government of #Bangladesh, undermined by serious deficiencies in coordination, transparency, and accountability. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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GNI Statement on Digital Policy Reforms in Bangladesh - Global Network Initiative
GNI is concerned by the opaque, exclusionary, & accelerated digital policy reform process undertaken by the Interim Government of Bangladesh.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
🇮🇷 GNI is deeply concerned by #Iran’s near-total communications blackout & urges authorities to restore nationwide connectivity. Amid reports of lethal violence against protesters & bystanders, GNI condemns internet shutdowns as a recurring tool of repression, reiterating our concerns from July 2025.
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GNI Statement on Network Disruptions in Iran - Global Network Initiative
GNI calls on the Government of Iran to restore and maintain network connectivity and reminds all actors of their obligations under international law.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Getting consensus on a UN resolution reaffirming multistakeholderism and making the IGF permanent was not a given in this moment, which makes this a meaningful achievement. Congrats to the NGO activists, government officials, company reps, technical community folks, and others that made this happen!
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨🚨 Tanzania’s election-period internet shutdown is concerning. GNI calls on the Government of Tanzania to ensure that any future restrictions are necessary, proportionate, time-bound & independently overseen. Read the full statement: 🔗 shorturl.at/CzQ6Z
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GNI Statement on the Nationwide Internet Shutdown in Tanzania During the 2025 Elections - Global Network Initiative
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) expresses deep concern about the nationwide internet shutdown in Tanzania.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
GNI strongly condemns the persistent disruption of Internet & telecommunications services in the #Gaza Strip and calls on all parties to prioritize the restoration and improvement of telecommunications services in the Gaza Strip. Read our full statement: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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GNI Statement on Ongoing Communications Restrictions in Gaza - Global Network Initiative
GNI urgently calls for all parties to immediately end any efforts to disrupt telecommunications and internet services.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌍 How do global paradigm shifts impact digital rights? Join us on Oct 22 in Buenos Aires for GNI's Annual Learning Forum 2025 with experts from Wikimedia, Google, Bolo Bhi, Data Privacy Brazil, CELE, and more at the University of Palermo. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-2025-ann...
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GNI 2025 Annual Learning Forum: Navigating global paradigm shifts to protect digital rights - Global Network Initiative
ALF 2025 will explore global paradigm shifts affecting digital rights & how practitioners can adapt.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🇳🇵 GNI strongly condemns the recent violence in Nepal and urges the government to continue de-escalating the situation following its decision to lift the ban on social media services. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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GNI Statement on Deadly Crackdown and Digital Rights Violations in Nepal - Global Network Initiative
GNI calls on all actors in Nepal to refrain from violence and take meaningful steps toward de-escalation.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
2024 was a busy year! I'm really proud of all the growth and evolution that happened at GNI. Be sure to check out the interview with my amazing colleague, Elonnai Hickok.
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
If you're wondering whether the EU's Digital Services Act censors speech in America, the answer is no. Here's a blog post explaining why. You can skim the key points in a couple of minutes, or stay for the juicy details.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🇲🇽 (Spanish below) Mexico has passed sweeping surveillance laws: biometric IDs; centralized data systems; military surveillance without warrants. GNI calls for urgent reconsideration to protect privacy & free expression. globalnetworkinitiative.org/expanding-st...
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Expanding State Surveillance: GNI Raises Alarm on Mexico’s New Telecommunications and Security Laws - Global Network Initiative
GNI urges Mexico to reconsider sweeping new surveillance laws that threaten privacy, free expression, and regulatory independence.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Community-involved content moderation is not new but is taking on various shapes and forms, including via Meta's new approach to Community Notes. Check out this blog to learn more about the latest GNI convened conversations exploring these approaches and their possible human rights impacts.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🔎 GNI’s new learning series explores how human rights due diligence applies to community moderation models amid rising regulation and AI challenges. Read more: globalnetworkinitiative.org/exploring-hu...
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Exploring Human Rights Due Diligence in Community Moderation Models - Global Network Initiative
GNI's new learning series explores the intersection of content moderation, HRDD, and government demands.
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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New from me and @pielemeier.bsky.social: "Online Safety Regulation: Righting Risks or Risking Rights?" Up on SSRN here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Forthcoming in "Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share: Multistakeholder Insights" from the Trust & Safety Foundation and Taylor & Francis
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Online Safety Regulation: Righting Risks or Risking Rights?
This chapter explores how online safety regulation (OSR) has evolved over the last decade, and the implications it has had for regulated entities, regulated ser
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
If you have concerns about the UK Online Safety Act, you may also want to understand the substantial concerns that we are raising about Sri Lanka's OSA. Check out @thegni.bsky.social's recommendations to learn more!
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michael veale @michae.lv · 26/07/2025
Growing # of intel & law enforcement requests for OpenAI user data, notably content data: 2023: 20 metadata reqs (8 successful); 0 content data reqs 2024: 86 metadata reqs (61 successful); 21 content data reqs (16 successful) 2025: first half report not posted yet openai.com/trust-and-tr...
Screenshot of https://cdn.openai.com/trust-and-transparency/report-2024h1-government-requests-for-user-data.pdf showing Jan-June 2024 figures.Screenshot of https://cdn.openai.com/trust-and-transparency/report-2024h2-government-requests-for-user-data.pdf showing July-December 2024 figures (table)
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
📣 New report by GNI and Global Partners Digital: The Road to WSIS+20 Featuring country insights from Africa, Asia, Europe & the Americas, it is designed to help governments and stakeholders prepare for the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society. Read more: shorturl.at/1t8Ex
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NEW REPORT: The Road to WSIS+20: Key Country Perspectives in the Twenty-Year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society - Global Network Initiative
GNI and GPD are pleased to announce a new report supported by the inaugural ICANN Grant Program.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🌍 GNI has submitted our input for #WSIS20 - reaffirming the need for a people-centered, rights-based digital future. We call for: ✅ Multistakeholder governance ✅ Rights-based approach to AI governance ✅ Rights-respecting DPI ✅ Stronger civic space globalnetworkinitiative.org/gnis-interve...
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GNI’s intervention at WSIS+20 virtual stakeholder consultation sessions (9-10 June 2025) - Global Network Initiative
Realizing the WSIS vision and action lines will require robust multistakeholder engagement.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thanks to all who participated, especially panelists from @ofcom.bsky.social, @ec.europa.eu, @cnam-ie.bsky.social, @cdteu.bsky.social and the NLUD/CCG. It was particularly interesting to hear from Ofcom about its ongoing review of risk assessment under the UK OSA - see slides included in our post.
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
GNI and @gpdigital.bsky.social have launched a new project to support civil society engagement in the WSIS+20 Review. Funded by the ICANN Grant Program, the initiative brings multistakeholder dialogue to the forefront of global digital governance. globalnetworkinitiative.org/shaping-wsis...
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Shaping WSIS+20: GNI, GPD, and Partners Promote Multistakeholder Internet Governance with ICANN Support - Global Network Initiative
The project ensures representation of the Global Majority & technical community in the WSIS+20 review.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
GNI's team is growing stronger and expanding our expertise. We are thrilled to have Shreya joining us!
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Opinion | Trump Is Destroying a Core American Value. The World Will Notice.
His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/05/2025
tired: SignalGate @wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage. Welp.
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Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage
After a hacker reportedly stole data from TeleMessage Signal that included references to CBP, the agency has now confirmed that it used the app but has now “disabled” it as a “precautionary measure.”
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🔴 Read our latest Confluence blog post "Data localization: A Global Threat to Human Rights Online" by Freedom House's Community Engagement Specialist Maddie Masinsin and GNI Senior Fellow Ramsha Jahangir. globalnetworkinitiative.org/data-localiz...
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Data localization: A Global Threat to Human Rights Online - Global Network Initiative
As more and more governments turn to data localization, these laws’ negative impact on digital rights are becoming increasingly clear. The multistakeholder community must come together to devise right...
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
GNI, alongside 101 civil society organizations and 46 experts, endorses the Five Point Plan to help operationalize the WSIS+20 review modalities to ensure transparency, inclusivity, and meaningful stakeholder engagement. Learn more: www.gp-digital.org/five-point-p...
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Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review  – Global Partners Digital
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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
At this difficult, yet critical, time for the human rights and tech community globally, GNI appreciated the space to be in community and collaborate at hashtag #RightsCon2025 at a key moment for the sector. globalnetworkinitiative.org/looking-back...
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Looking Back at RightsCon 2025 - Global Network Initiative
GNI appreciated the space to be in community and collaborate at a key moment for the sector.
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Apple has been forced to disable end to end encryption for iCloud in the UK. This violates human rights law. If UK courts don't block this, the European Court of Human Rights will, as our new coalition letter explains. But users will be left unprotected... www.techpolicy.press/uk-encryptio...
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UK Encryption Crackdown Imperils Privacy, Security & Free Speech | TechPolicy.Press
A secret "technical capability notice" from the Home Office represents a massive overreach, write Berin Szóka and Santana Boulton at TechFreedom.
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org · 07/02/2025
We are exceedingly disappointed to hear the UK has secretly ordered Apple to let it spy on all users’ encrypted accounts. The following can be attributed to Robin Wilton @komadori.bsky.social , Senior Director of Internet Trust:
It's beyond disappointing that the United Kingdom’s government is using its powers under the Investigatory Powers Act to attempt to force Apple to break end-to-end encryption for its cloud service. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is clear: there’s no way to break encryption without making everyone more vulnerable. It is stunning that just days after the UK’s National Audit Office released a report that the "cyber threat to the UK government is severe,” the UK government would launch an attempt to weaken the security and privacy of a service that its citizens, including government employees, rely on.

There still is no safe way for Apple to break end-to-end encryption on its cloud services without weakening the privacy and security of all its users. Undermining protections for end-to-end encryption would make UK businesses and individuals less safe online. Opening a backdoor for the UK government also opens a backdoor for cyber criminals intent on accessing our private info"
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A year ago @thegni.bsky.social lamented the potential for abuse of proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act. This is an unnecessary & disproportionate assertion of power by HMG & terrible global precedent. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
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U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Great piece on impacts of $ freeze on intl tech policy. That this is happening as world gears up for WSIS+20 review isn’t mentioned but underscores the challenge this poses for US interests and the opportunity it creates for those pushing for a state-centric, top-down approach to Internet governance
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pielemeier.bsky.social @pielemeier.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This is an important moment in Bangladesh - a country with so much potential. Getting digital regulation right is not easy, even in the best of circumstances. Engaging key stakeholders is critical to ensure the country charts an open, reliable, sustainable, & rights-protecting digital way forward.
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