All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.
 
In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, and have formed an Initiative to take this work forward.

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GNI Inaugural Report

GNI is delighted to release its inaugural annual report.  The report focuses on the emerging trends related to freedom of expression and privacy issues online in the two years since GNI was launched; the work of the current three member companies to implement GNI's Principles and the vision and work for GNI in the future.

Download a copy of the report here (pdf).