Key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet 2011, para. 47
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The Special Rapporteur also underscores the importance of educating individuals about Internet safety and security, including fraud, potential consequences of revealing private information on the Internet and the use of encryption or circumvention technologies to protect information from unwarranted interference, which is of particular importance for human rights defenders. Children should also be trained from an early age with regard to Internet safety.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/290, para. 47.