Global Network Initiative is a multistakeholder collaboration focused on protecting freedom of expression and privacy in technology. The organization aims to improve responsible decision-making, shape best practices in the tech sector, promote human rights, and generate trust to increase transparency.

Global Network Initiative

Global Network Initiative | 3,844 followers on LinkedIn. A multistakeholder collaboration to protect freedom of expression and privacy in tech | GNI is the leading multistakeholder forum for accountability, shared learning, and collective advocacy on government and company policies and practices at the intersection of technology and human rights.

President, International Panel on the Information Environment Professor, Oxford University

Phil Howard

Partner, Venable LLP | former Chief of Safety, Security, Privacy | Media & Tech Exec | ex-Microsoft | ex-News Corp | ex-MySpace | ex-MPA | ex-US DOJ

Hemanshu Nigam

Senior Member

Mark Stephens CBE

Experienced digital and human rights leader with expertise in advocacy, foreign policy, and international security

Richard Gaines, MBA

On November 19 and 20, GNI and its membership will convene in Washington D.C. for a series of meetings and events that will bring together experts from across the fields of human rights, tech governance, trust & safety, AI, and corporate accountability. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ek9eT5ZQ

GNI has written an open letter to the Prime Minister of #Malaysia , Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to express concern regarding recent regulatory initiatives by the Malaysian Government targeting social media providers and messaging services. GNI acknowledges the important role that governments can have in regulating the ICT sector to ensure due process, transparency, and accountability. However, a rights-respecting law requires carefully considered approaches to enforcement and narrowly tailored requirements for content-related decision-making. Read the full letter: https://lnkd.in/ejmV5qXk

📣 GNI is pleased to announce that Partneri Srbija and The Future of Free Speech have joined GNI as members of our NGO constituency. “It is exciting to welcome Partners Serbia and the Future of Free Speech to GNI. Both organizations bring synergies to GNI and provide evidence of our ongoing efforts to create a truly global organization, integrated into the broader movement to advance responsible business conduct,” said GNI’s Executive Director Jason Pielemeier . Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/guFCpxjX

Coming up 19 November in Washington DC. Register to attend in person, or online https://lnkd.in/ekfQ4V4Y

Vicky Bowman

📣 GNI is pleased to announce that former UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye, who until August 2024 served as the Independent Chair of GNI’s Board, will continue to support our work as a member of GNI’s Academic Constituency. “GNI has long represented a unique and critical space for engagement among civil society, companies, investors and academics. As a former Independent Board Chair, I was able to see not only its culture of openness and problem-solving but also how it exercises influence globally. I could not be more excited to join as an academic member,” Kaye reflected. In response, GNI’s Executive Director Jason Pielemeier said, “I feel comfortable speaking on behalf of all of GNI’s members as I welcome David Kaye into our academic constituency and membership. From his pioneering work as UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, through to his leadership of GNI through the pandemic and our strategic review as Chair, David has done so much to influence GNI and the broader field of human rights. We are thrilled to be able to continue to count on his expertise and guidance in his new capacity as an independent academic member.” Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gKY2Q2Tz

Heartland Initiative is pleased to announce our membership in the Global Network Initiative (GNI) as part of its investor constituency. In response, Heartland’s co-founder and president, Sam Jones , stated, "Heartland works with investors to advance corporate accountability for human rights harms in the ICT sector, with an emphasis on the use of emerging technologies in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRA). GNI’s commitment to advancing freedom of expression and privacy rights in ICT — through standard-setting and shaping company practice — is a natural complement to our work on targeted and mass surveillance technologies, the growing risks posed by the military application of AI in CAHRA, and the rise of ‘defense tech’ more broadly." #bizhumanrights #tech #freedomonexpression #privacyrights #investment https://lnkd.in/gyaBBefk

Heartland Initiative, Inc.

📣 GNI is pleased to welcome Heartland Initiative, Inc. and Sarasin & Partners LLP as members of its investor constituency. GNI’s Executive Director Jason Pielemeier noted, “We are very excited to welcome Sarasin & Partners and Heartland Initiative to GNI. Their experience and expertise in using investor influence to encourage company efforts to respect human rights will strengthen GNI in many ways.” Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gyaBBefk

As a member of the Global Network Initiative , Tech Global Institute echoes the concern expressed by GNI regarding the UN Convention Against Cybercrime creating a permission structure for the extraterritorial surveillance and prosecution of human rights defenders, the harassment of tech company employees, and the compelled compromise of systems that protect the privacy and security of users around the world.

Tech Global Institute

Daphne Keller 's observations are always worth reading but this one is particularly timely as we assess the first year of DSA enforcement and prepare for more. I'm really glad the Global Network Initiative + Digital Trust and Safety Partnership event was helpful and am posting a link to the full report from that event here, as well as a recent podcast we did on the same for Tech Policy Press , for anyone that's interested: https://lnkd.in/eqcis739 & https://lnkd.in/ex7KBm4r

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