Civic Space and Content Governance
Civic Space
and Content Governance
A significant part of today’s civic space is online, where individuals and groups express themselves, access information and engage with one another. How do human rights standards apply to State regulation of the online space and online content? What responsibilities do companies have to ensure that / in ensuring their platforms and their content moderation do not interfere with rights guaranteed under international law? How should States and companies approach hate speech, incitement, and disinformation online?
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Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
2008
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality; SDGs - Digital divide
Special Rapporteurs
Impact of new information technologies on the equal opportunity of access to information and on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression
Report presented to 54th session of the Commission on Human Rights in 1998 on, among other things, the impact of new information technologies on the equal opportunity of access to information and on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression.
1998