OONI’s submission for the OHCHR report on internet shutdowns and human rights

Currently, the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council is taking place.

In response to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’s call for submissions in support of the OHCHR report on internet shutdowns and human rights to the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022, the OONI team provided a submission with relevant information on the occurrence of mandated disruptions of access to social media and messaging platforms over the past 5 years based on empirical OONI network measurement data.

READ OONI’s SUBMISSION

Through our submission, we share OONI data and information on social media blocks that occurred during elections in Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, Benin, Togo, Burundi, and Zambia over the last 5 years.

We also share information on social media blocks that occurred during protests in Pakistan, Jordan, Iran, Zimbabwe, and Cuba. Moreover, we share OONI data and information on social media blocks that emerged during sensitive political time periods in Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Venezuela.

In our submission, we also recommend that the OHCHR considers expanding this scope to also report on cases that involve the blocking of websites of marginalized communities.

Learn more by reading our submission in support of the OHCHR report on internet shutdowns and human rights.