This lab anticipates, assists with, and responds to various legal issues unique to internet freedom projects.
For projects in need, the Legal Lab exists to support your work in promoting internet freedom globally. The Lab endeavors to assist you with acute legal issues as well as with building a solid legal foundation to mitigate risks that could hinder the effectiveness of your work or threaten its very existence. For lawyers who want to help, the technology-centered projects OTF supports are integral to fighting the suppression and censorship of free expression and information, as well as the dissemination of misinformation, upon which oppressive regimes rely to infringe the fundamental rights of their citizens and commit human rights abuses. Because our projects operate worldwide to fight censorship, suppression, and misinformation, the legal issues they face are global and multi-jurisdictional. Learn more below (could also link to a new page).
The Digital Trade Alliance is a collaborative effort of digital rights and consumer groups assembled in 2018. The Alliance model provides effective advice and expertise to us in order to structure the transnational debate on digital trade.
Data Zetu (“Our Data” in Swahili) aims to empower communities to make better, more evidence-based decisions to improve their lives.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organisations and self-help resources.
A commitment to make digital technologies work for, not against, democracy and human rights. It underlines the joint responsibility of governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technology companies to develop and use digital technologies to the benefit of democracy and human rights.