United States: Facebook makes human rights commitment 22 May - Facebook has taken a critical step toward increasing respect for human rights by joining the Global Network Initiative. Facebook joined the Global Network Initiative after participating as an observer in the organization for the past year. By becoming a full member, Facebook has pledged to abide by of human rights principles for respecting the rights to freedom of expression and privacy. The company also agrees to independent, third-party monitoring to show that it is complying with the initiative’s standards. “Facebook has an undeniable responsibility to safeguard human rights for the more than billion people who use it,” said Arvind Ganesan, business and human rights director at Human Rights Watch and board member of the Global Network Initiative. “By joining the Global Network Initiative, Facebook is taking an important step to respect its users’ human rights and to be accountable to them. The real test is to see how it implements GNI’s principles.” hrw.org/news/2013/05/22/united-states-facebook-makes-human-rights-commitment
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:30:12 +0000
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