Governments are shaping the future of AI: sometimes advancing human rights, sometimes undermining them.

This Policy Brief maps government interventions in AI across the value chain, showing how rights-based governance can protect privacy and free expression.

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Happening today at #FIFAfrica2025!

Join GNI’s Elonnai Hickok for a multistakeholder workshop on "Building meaningful connections between human rights, development, and Internet governance through a multistakeholder approach to the WSIS+20 process."

📍 Windhoek, Namibia

🗓️ July 23 | Exploring DSA Risk Management

At TrustCon, GNI & @oversightboard.bsky.social are hosting a roundtable on how risk assessments under the #DSA can uphold rights while addressing harms.

Insights from our EU Rights & Risks Forum + Oversight Board’s work on VLOPs.

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GNI Executive Director Jason Pielemeier will speak at the AI & Human Rights 101 panel tomorrow, 13 May at 9AM ET, organized by the UN Global Compact and the B-Tech team at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

📨 Check your inboxes for GNI's newsletter "Safeguarding Rights in Unstable Times" for updates on our AI related work, policy advocacy in Asia, new members & more.

🔔 Get up-to-speed on all the exciting & incredible work that GNI members are doing from the Members Bulletin Board!

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GNI issued a letter to the Government of Pakistan today, in light of the amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) & amidst continued monitoring and restriction of internet access and social media services in the country.
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Another year, another TikTok ban! The Global Network Initiative remains deeply concerned by recent efforts around the world to completely ban the use of specific social media platforms, which generally run counter to human rights law and due process principles.