February 2018 WILMap Updates

This Report was published as a chapter of the 2016 Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (OSRFE), and approved on March 15, 2017

This report analyzes how the internet challenges the fundamental rights of privacy and free expression. In particular, it emphasizes tensions that arise from the interdependence and mutual support of privacy

This document touches upon the relationship between the internet privacy and freedom of expression, and discusses various privacy issues arising from the use of the new technologies. It also provides

There are 56 members of the OSCE out of which 46 participated in this survey. The survey contained questions that would help ascertain existing legislative provisions for regulation of internet

The Resolution highlights the importance of protecting human rights, including freedom of speech, right to privacy and, equal opportunity to across genders and borders in enabling development and innovation on

This report identifies guiding principles for freedom of expression on the Internet and covers a number of issues including net neutrality, Internet access, cybersecurity, privacy, and Internet governance. It quotes

This report, the first in a series concerning human rights in the digital age, focuses on the private sector. It lists key private actors in the Internet speech ecosystem, and

This Recommendation focuses on how European countries should perform their obligations to protect citizens’ human rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet, in the context of the European Convention. Its

This report identifies freedom to express online as a right. It recognizes four principles as preconditions to internet ‘universality’: (1) human rights; (2) openness; (3) accessibility; and (4) multi-stakeholder participation

In this document, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers highlights the public service value of social media and social networking sites, as well as their potential to pose a

This Recommendation predates the Google Spain "Right to be Forgotten" case, and highlights key concerns regarding free expression on search engines. The Recommendation appears contradictory in many respects, so -

The Special Rapporteurs were particularly concerned about then-pending US legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act. Specifically, the creation of extrajudicial notice-and-termination procedures requiring a

Participating organizations : The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media,

This report has been prepared pursuant to UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolutions 7/36 and 16/4. The report deals with two aspects of the internet, access to content online and

This report summarizes the findings of the Special Rapporteur that came from a series of communications, meetings, seminars, and country visits. The report highlights the fact that Article 19 of

This report explains the general standards on freedom of expression supported by jurisprudence and doctrines binding in the Inter-American system while discussing their most pressing problems. It also lays an

This document is intended to provide Council of Europe member states with guidelines for their internet filtering policies. These guidelines are premised upon member states’ general commitment to free expression,

The OAS Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression establishes a legal framework for the protection of free expression to be adopted by all states throughout the hemisphere. The Declaration

This General Comment offers guidelines to States on what the freedoms of opinion and expression mean in a series of current contexts. The Committee places a particular emphasis on explaining

In similar facts to the earlier 2012 decision, Mr Trkulja again brought a claim in defamation against Google for defamatory search results. Google Inc. sought to set aside service outside

Redbubble allows users to upload images to be printed on t-shirts and other products. Customers can order products that are printed on demand by third party manufacturers. The upload and