GENEVA (15 June 2022) – _UN Special Rapporteurs* participating in the annual RightsCon Summit have emphasized that digital rights violations enable and escalate online and offline violence, deepening conflict, systemic discrimination against particular groups and humanitarian, economic, and political crises worldwide. They issue the following joint statement:_ “Digital platforms and tools play an integral and growing role in crises, conflicts, and war. Communities displaced by war, famine, natural disasters and climate change, as well as marginalized individuals and groups, rely on such platforms to stay connected, access up-to-date and life-saving…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 15 June 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
