Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of digital technologies A/RES/80/215 (e) To encourage efforts to integrate a disability, gender and racial equality perspective throughout the life cycle of digital technologies so as to prevent the perpetuation of stereotypes, bias and negative social norms, and to ensure that these technologies are inclusive, accessible and respectful of human rights; (f) To continue to take all appropriate measures in the best interests of the child, including in and out of school, both in person and in digital contexts, to address and counter all forms of violence, such as bullying, including cyberbullying, and child sexual abuse and exploitation, by promptly responding to such acts, and to provide appropriate support to children affected by and involved in bullying; 4. Encourages the private sector and all relevant stakeholders to meet their responsibility to respect human rights in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework and applicable domestic laws; 5. Recognizes the importance of combating all forms of violence in the context of digital technologies, including sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, stalking, bullying, non‑consensual sharing of personal sexually explicit content, threats and acts of sexual and gender-based violence, death threats, arbitrary or unlawful surveillance and tracking, trafficking in persons, extortion, censorship, illegal access to digital accounts, mobile telephones and other electronic devices, in line with international human rights law; 6. Calls upon the private sector and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that respect for human rights is incorporated into all stages of the life cycle and into the regulation of all new and emerging digital technologies and to provide for redress and effective remedy for the human rights abuses that they may cause, contribute to, or to which they may be directly linked; 7. Encourages online platforms, including social media companies, to review their business models and ensure that their design and development processes, business operations and data-collection and data-processing practices are in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and emphasizes the importance of conducting human rights due diligence of their products, particularly of the role of algorithms and ranking systems in amplifying disinformation and hate speech, and calls upon them to adopt and make publicly available, after consultation with all relevant stakeholders, clear, transparent, narrowly defined content and advertising policies on countering disinformation and advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence that are in line with international human rights law, and emphasizing the role of States to put in place safeguards so that companies, including technology companies, meet their responsibilities to respect human rights; 8. Calls upon Member States to work with relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society, to take steps to close all digital divides, including through creating an enabling and inclusive regulatory environment for small and non‑profit Internet operators, and to promote digital inclusion by addressing the challenges associated with access, affordability, safety, digital literacy and digital skills, ensuring that the benefits of new and emerging digital technologies are available to all without discrimination of any kind; 9. Also calls upon Member States to ensure the possibility for all, including older persons, persons with disabilities and persons living in remote and rural areas, to participate in political and public life through non‑digital channels, where they so choose or where digital exclusion persists and, where applicable, while continuing efforts to promote inclusive and accessible digital participation for all and to close existing digital divides; 25-20986 7/10