GitHub collaborates on how to promote human rights at RightsCon
How GitHub integrates human rights in its policy work.
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GitHub contributes to UN free speech expert’s report on content moderation
How GitHub promotes human rights in its approach to takedown requests and other aspects of content moderation
GitHub open sources its Statement Against Modern Slavery and Child Labor
We're open-sourcing our anti-slavery and anti-child-labor statement and will discuss it at RightsCon.
EU policymakers respond to developers on upload filters
follow-up to earlier call to action to developers on EU copyright proposal
The fight progresses as the net neutrality deadline approaches
Congress has about 30 legislative days left to reverse an FCC order repealing net neutrality, while many U.S. states move to protect net neutrality
Updates to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service
Learn more about updates we've made to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service.
Our Cybersecurity Tech Accord pledge
We're pledging to strengthen cybersecurity and collaborate to build a more resilient internet.
EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content (including code)
$ git push ... remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), completed with 2 local objects. remote: error: GH013: Your push could infringe someone's copyright. remote: If you believe this is a…
One more vote for net neutrality and beyond
The tech industry and internet users collectively made a ruckus, but the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) still voted to repeal net neutrality regulations. The FCC published its order in…
Africa, Nigeria, and their growing tech communities
Growing tech communities across Africa will continue to push the continent’s digital revolution forward while powering societal and cultural changes, and a key part of moving this digital revolution forward…
GitHub joins amicus brief to protect sanctuary cities
Yesterday we filed an amicus brief alongside a group of other technology companies supporting San Francisco's and Santa Clara County's efforts to permanently block Executive Order 13768, which seeks to…
GitHub’s global policy predictions for 2018
With issues like net neutrality and digital news curation in headlines every day, we’re seeing the effects of the growing role that technology has in our lives more than ever.…
Why you should join the fight for net neutrality today
Today is the second Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality this year, and there’s never been a more important time to show your support. GitHub is joining a number…