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
Role of technology in the spread of neo-Nazi ideology
Report presented to the 38th session of the HRC in 2018 on recent, concerning shifts in ideologies and support for Nazism and neoNazism and their glorification, examining, among other things, the role of technology in the spread of neo-Nazi ideology
2018
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, David Kaye, Report presented to the 38th session of the HRC in 2018 on the regulation of user-generated online content, along with a supplementary annex providing an overview of submissions received in preparation of the report (A/HRC/38/35/Add.1). https://undocs.org/A/HRC/38/35/Add.1
2018
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
2017
Civic space and content governance ; Artificial Intelligence
Special Rapporteurs
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Report presented to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in 2018 on the implications of artificial intelligence technologies for human rights in the information environment, focusing in particular on rights to freedom of opinion and expression, privacy and non-discrimination
2018
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Online civic space
Report presented to 35th session of the HRC in 2017 on the successes and achievements of civil society in recent years, including how civil society has leveraged digital technology to organize, deliberate and innovate, while noting that technology is a double-edged sword as it raises privacy, censorship, and surveillance concerns, among others
2017
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Digital technology in the spread of neo-Nazi and related intolerance
Report presented to the 73rd session of the UNGA in 2018 on the contemporary use of digital technology in the spread of neo-Nazi and related intolerance, providing as well good practices for States and technology companies to address this issue
2018
Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Global trends with regard to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Report presented to 38th session of the HRC in 2018 on global trends with regard to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, including on obstructions encountered in the digital space
2018