As the seventh title in the UNESCO Series on Internet Freedom, the new publication “Privacy, free expression and transparency: redefining their new boundaries in the digital age” will be officially launched by UNESCO at the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico, which will be held from 6 to 9 December 2016.
Тhis publication examines the crucial challenges of balancing the fundamental rights of privacy and freedom of expression, and the related value of transparency, in an online context. It was commissioned following UNESCO’s new approach to Internet issues as set out in the Connecting the Dots Outcome Document adopted by UNESCO’s 195 Member States in November 2015. UNESCO stands for the concept of “Internet Universality” and the related “ROAM principles”, which refer to a human-Rights-based, Open and Accessible Internet that is governed by Multi-stakeholder participation. It is in this context that the current study was commissioned to address very specific rights and associated values of privacy, free expression and transparency.
The study was commissioned by UNESCO and authored by Joseph Cannataci, Bo Zhao, Gemma Torres Vives, Shara Monteleone, Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici and Evgeni Moyakine, from the STeP (Security, Technology and e-Privacy) – Research Group in the University of Groningen. The STeP group is among the partners of LIBRe Foundation in many of the organisation’s projects.
The publication will be launched at the UNESCO Open Forum, 8 December 2016, during the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico.
You could find more information and download the book here.