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, David Kaye
2017
SDGs - Digital divide; Civic space and content governance
Special Rapporteurs
Promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Report presented to 35th session of the HRC in 2017 on the role of digital access providers, in particular on the roles played by private Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (continued) actors engaged in the provision of Internet and telecommunications access, and concluding with a set of principles that could guide the private sector?s steps to respect human rights along with a supplementary annex providing materials accompanying the report (A/HRC/35/22/Add.4). http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/35/22/Add.4
2017
Privacy, surveillance, data; Civic space and content governance; Business and private sector
Human Rights Council
Freedom of expression, State regulation, and the private sector in the digital age
Report presented to 32nd session of the HRC in 2016 on the freedom of expression, State regulation, and the private sector in the digital age addressing, among other things, content regulation, internet shutdowns, net neutrality, and surveillance as well as digital security, along with submissions by States and civil society on the topic. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/Privatesectorinthedigitalage.aspx
2016