Over the next few weeks (15-25 October), we’ll be in New Delhi for the 2024 World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24), the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)’s quadrennial conference for the development of technical standards.  As we explain in our recent Guide…

On 8 August 2024, amidst widespread concern by many observers, including GPD, the text of the draft United Nations Convention against combating cybercrime was agreed to by governments in New York, marking the conclusion of a fractious three year negotiation process. …

In July, the United Kingdom experienced a wave of racially charged riots following a mass stabbing in the town of Southport. Among multiple contributing social and political factors, one clear driver was disinformation spread via social media.  In the aftermath, several British politicians have called for…

States are on the brink of adopting the UN Cybercrime Convention, which would pose fundamental risks to human rights, as well as undermining cybersecurity. Negotiations commenced yesterday (29 July) amid a chorus of dissent from civil society and other stakeholders, and are scheduled to conclude on 9 August. …

In the past few decades, the landscape of online platform regulation has undergone significant changes. For many years, online platforms were largely left outside the scope of government regulation, based on claims from companies and policymakers that platforms could successfully self-regulate, promote free expression…

Introduction We, the undersigned civil society organisations and individuals, who have been active in the United Nations (UN) Global Digital Compact (GDC) process since the onset, write to express our concerns regarding the state of the GDC from a human rights perspective. We release this because we understand that…