Offline restrictions are finding way online, warns rights expert
Restrictions that affect people in their daily lives are increasingly finding their way online, a leading human rights expert said on Wednesday.
David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Expression, made his comments on the sidelines of the Internet Governance Forum (#IGF2017) taking place in Geneva.
He told Daniel Johnson that while he welcomed calls for an international treaty that protects people’s rights online, such a move would require far more multilateral discussions in the years ahead.
Restrictions that affect people in their daily lives are increasingly finding their way online, a leading human rights expert said on Wednesday.
David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Expression, made his comments on the sidelines of the Internet Governance Forum (#IGF2017) taking place in Geneva.
He told Daniel Johnson that while he welcomed calls for an international treaty that protects people’s rights online, such a move would require far more multilateral discussions in the years ahead.
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