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The Ottawa Agenda – Recommendations for Freedom Online

23 Jan 2023

Reaffirm our commitment to respect, protect and fulfil human rights for all, both online and offline, as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments, as well as the Freedom Online Coalition’s various statements and declarations, including the Tallinn Agenda and Helsinki Declaration, B. [...] Underline the importance of multi-stakeholder co-operation, including governments, international organizations, civil society, private sector, academia, media, the technical community, and other relevant stakeholders, advocating for the development and use of digital technologies in ways that protect and reinforce democracy, human rights and the rule of law, C. [...] Emphasize the need to overcome multiple, persistent digital divides, including the gender digital divide, and push back against the fragmentation of the global Internet, stressing that the free, open, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet and digital technologies are critical for the protection of human rights online as well as social and economic development and inclusive governance, E. [...] Acknowledge that women and girls, as well as members of groups in situations of vulnerability and marginalization suffer disproportionately from the digital divide and the misuse and abuse of digital technologies, including online hate speech and online sexual and gender-based violence and harassment, H. [...] Note that emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence systems, offer unprecedented opportunities for human development and innovation, with the potential to generate social and economic benefits and help protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms, while remaining concerned by the documented, ongoing and possible use of such technologies in repressive, authoritar.
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5
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Netherlands