Human Rights Archive
Corporate
GoTech World: NATO Stresses the Importance of Cybersecurity Speaking at the 2021 GoTech World Conference, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană stressed the importance of cybersecurity at a
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Feature
Emerging digital technologies driven by big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are entrenching racial inequality, discrimination, and intolerance, a UN human rights expert said Wednesday (July 15), calling
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Feature
“As more and more data is generated about us, as we go about our daily lives it is essential that data protection is seen as a human rights
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E-Governance
The Digital Security Act was on Monday signed into law in Bangladesh, despite wide-ranging concerns that its content and scope could seriously impede the exercise of the rights
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Consumer Events
Following the opening of physical exhibits at the ICC and Atrium in The Hague and the UNHQ in New York, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched the
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E-Governance
A new report by a UN human rights expert warns that governments and companies risk undermining free speech on the internet, and urges both public officials and private
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E-Governance
A group of UN human rights experts has expressed concerns over Iran government’s decision to block Internet services in the country. “We are very concerned at reports that
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E-Governance
Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of
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Enterprise Events
India, for the first time ever, is going to host the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS), one of the world’s largest conferences in the field of Cyber
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Corporate
UN News App provides daily updates on breaking news and events from the United Nations. It delivers multimedia content including audio, video, text, and photos. The global updates
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E-Governance
A planned shutdown of social media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Sunday evening ahead of the end of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate, coupled with
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Feature
In response to reports that the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered internet firms to block access to social media sites on 18 December, leading
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Enterprise Events
Nearly 3,000 delegates from across the world will join thousands more online for the 11th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Jalisco, Mexico. With a key focus on
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E-Governance
Leading human rights organization Amnesty International has ranked 11 companies that run the world’s top messaging apps – including Skype, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger – on how well
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Feature
After a Singaporean teenage blogger was sentenced to jail for his social media posts, a United Nations (UN) human rights expert warned Tuesday that it is “exactly the
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