Tag: Business & Human Rights
Censorship tech company Sandvine’s human rights “commitments” are too little too late
Sandvine withdrawing its product support in Belarus after abuses have already occurred is a necessary but deeply insufficient gesture from a company whose investors have a long track record of failing to protect human rights.
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Civil society to South Korea: protect online freedom of speech
South Korea’s network infrastructure may be state of the art, but the country’s “pay to play” regime for delivering traffic is an unprecedented threat to the free and open internet.
Open letter to South Korea’s ICT Minister: ensure Net Neutrality
The signatories of this letter would like to voice their concern regarding the dangerous developments in
South Korean telecom regulations that run contrary to the principle of Net Neutrality.
Американская компания помогла Лукашенко блокировать интернет в Беларуси
Facebook faces questions on non-disclosure of network trying to influence Delhi elections
Hate Speech on Facebook Is Pushing Ethiopia Dangerously Close to a Genocide
U.S. Company Faces Backlash After Belarus Uses Its Tech to Block Internet
Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change.
Francisco Partners-owned Sandvine profits from shutdowns and oppression in Belarus
Sandvine, a Canadian company owned by U.S. private equity firm Francisco Partners, supplied DPI technology that was likely used to implement internet shutdowns in Belarus.