Global Network Initiative Launched - Today a diverse coalition of leading Internet companies, major human rights and free press organizations, investors and academics launched the Global Network Initiative to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies. CDT and Business for Social Responsibility co-facilitated an 18-month effort by these groups to craft the key documents underlying this effort. The documents provide guidance for companies, NGOs, investors, academics and others working together to resist efforts by governments that seek to enlist companies in acts of censorship and surveillance that violate international standards. The documents also provide specific implementation commitments and outline a framework for accountability and learning. October 28, 2008
Share this articleCDT: Global Internet Freedom Should Be Top Human Rights and Foreign Policy Priority - The Congress and Administration should make global Internet freedom a top human rights and foreign policy priority, CDT said today in testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. The government should closely monitor and report on global Internet freedom and factor progress in this area into criteria for development assistance and conditions for trade agreements. CDT also called for greater cooperation between the U.S. government and the technology industry to better manage human rights risks associated with offering Internet services in repressive countries. May 20, 2008
Share this articleFree Flow of Information Should Be At Core of Internet Governance - At the close of the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro this week, CDT joined other free expression advocates in warning that issues like "security" should not be used as justification for limits on online speech. While the Forum ended without specific action, states that systematically curb freedom of expression on the Internet were among the most vocal in criticizing current Internet governance. The joint statement also called on Internet companies operating in repressive countries to protect freedom of expression. November 16, 2007
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