The Freedom Online Coalition has issued a statement calling upon governments to halt measures designed, in contravention of states’ international human rights obligations, to restrict the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly online, as stated in the “Tallinn Agenda”. These measures include imprisonment, harassment, physical violence, censorship, as well as illicit filtering, blocking, and monitoring of opposition voices. These tactics negatively impact the exercise of freedoms online, diminish trust among actors in the digital space, and erode the Internet’s economic and social benefits for all.
Taiwan’s Observer Status Renewed by the FOC Steering Committee
The Observer status of Taiwan within the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) has been renewed for