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A DIGITAL RIGHTS APPROACH TO PROPOSALS FOR PREVENTING OR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ONLINE

ACCESS NOW POSITION PAPER, November 2016

Summary

Governments, policymakers, and law enforcement across the world are showing increased interest in pushing for proactive monitoring, surveilling, censoring, or otherwise modifying certain types of online content, under the broad rubric of “preventing” or “countering” violent extremism (PVE or CVE).

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Online (Internet) CVE Human Rights

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Human rights
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Article
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Published
17 November 2016
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