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
Judicial system: improper use of new technology and social media
Report presented to the 74th session of the UNGA in 2019 on the essential role that the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary have played as guarantors of judicial independence, and the status of threats and challenges to the independence of judges and lawyers and the judicial system as a whole in the current global context, noting, among other things, the improper use of new technology and social media can negatively influence public perception of the justice system and undermine public trust in the functioning of judicial institutions
2019
Civic Space and Content Governance
Special Rapporteurs
Human rights analysis of efforts by contemporary Nazi, neo-Nazi and other extremist groups to recruit and radicalize young people
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
2019
Civic Space and Content Governance
Special Rapporteurs
Human rights analysis of efforts by contemporary Nazi, neo-Nazi and other extremist groups to recruit and radicalize young people
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
2019
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Cyberspace as a public space
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights - 2019 -Report presented to the 74th session of the UNGA in 2019 on the importance of public spaces for the exercise of cultural rights and the challenges that must be addressed so that everyone can access and enjoy such spaces, discussing, among other things, cyberspace as a public space and concluding that, in the digital age, public spaces are no longer limited to strictly physical spaces but also include cyberspace and that this implies that human rights guarantees continue to apply online, subject to the same regime of limitations recognized in international human rights law for distinctive rights and that public powers, to fulfil their human rights obligations, may need to take measures to ensure access to and participation in cyberspace for all
2019
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Online hate speech
Special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression presented a report to the UN General Assembly on online hate speech that discusses the regulation of hate speech in international human rights law and how it provides a basis for governmental actors considering regulatory options and companies determining how to respect human rights online
2019
