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; Privacy, surveillance, data
Special Rapporteurs
Surveillance, arbitrary blocking or filtering of online content
Report presented to 41st session of the HRC in 2019 on the opportunities and challenges facing the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age, addressing, among other things, State obligations, roles and responsibilities of business, opportunities, and trends in State restrictions such as surveillance, arbitrary blocking or filtering of online content, and network disruptions
2019
Civic space and content governance ; Privacy, surveillance, data
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, David Kaye, Report presented to the 41st session of the HRC in 2019 on the private surveillance technologies and human rights, especially the right to freedom of opinion and expression
2019
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality
Independent Experts
Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Report presented to the 41st session of the HRC in 2019 on data collection and management as a means to create heightened awareness of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
2019
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Internet and human rights
Report presented to the 74th session of the UNGA in 2019 on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, discussing, among other things, the Internet and human rights, including the Internet shutdown, and the regulation of online expression, including concern over drafting of an anti-hate speech law and noting that automation plays a role but human moderators will still be necessary, and recommending that the established principles of international human rights law must be adopted by Internet companies with operations in Myanmar as the basis of policies and processes for content regulation.
2019
Security � Counter-Terrorism; Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Terrorism and violent extremism on civic space
Report presented to the 40th session of the HRC in 2019 on the impact of measures to address terrorism and violent extremism on civic space and the rights of civil society actors and human rights defenders, examining, among other things, the use of the internet for terrorist purposes
2019
Civic space and content governance ; Discrimination and equality
Human Rights Council
Online violence against women and girls
Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences on online violence against women and girls from a human rights perspective -
2018