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Civil society calls for human rights to underpin surveillance at Freedom Online Coalition Conference

25 Jun 2013

The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), a group of 21 governments committed to collaborating to advance internet freedom, convened in Tunis, Tunisia for their third annual meeting of governments, businesses, and civil society. While the conference had several programmatic tracks, recent revelations of sweeping state surveillance took center stage, including civil society’s statement at the closing plenary (below) which pointed to a series of principles that should underlie communications surveillance policies and practices.

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Civil society calls for human rights to underpin surveillance at Freedom Online Coalition Conference
25 Jun 2013
Civil society calls for human rights to underpin surveillance at Freedom Online Coalition Conference