2011 - Update II: Internet rights and democratisation

Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) is an annual report focusing on issues affecting information societies around the world.

GISWatch 2011 looked at internet rights and democratisation, with a focus on freedom of expression and association online. This Special Edition picks up where GISWatch 2011 left off, analysing more than 60 country and thematic reports in order to better reveal and build understanding of the broad range of practical actions and strategies that activists are developing.

Themes

Internet rights

Institutional Overview

Report Year

2009 - Access to Online Information and Knowledge

Authors

Jeremy Malcolm

Introduction

Access to information and knowledge is a governance domain involving a broad range of stakeholders at different levels. As will be apparent from some of the thematic reports in this volume, this results from the diversity of the issues it subsumes, including intellectual property rights, access to public information, open standards, broader communications rights such as freedom of expression, and issues around ownership of and participation in the media.