Online counterterrorism efforts can have significant implications for human rights. Tech platforms are often required, in an exercise familiar to public bodies, to strike a fine balance between the rights of certain users and the safety of other users and the wider public.
This toolkit aims to clarify how human rights are relevant to the online counterterrorism space, and what can be done in practices by tech companies to safeguard human rights. The theory and practice of human rights can equip platforms with a means of navigating the intricate route to a free, flourishing and safe online space.
This toolkit is aimed at tech platforms and their partners in countering terrorism and violent extremism use of the internet. It provides an introductory overview of the human rights most at risk when platforms engage in counterterrorism and violent extremism (CTVE), and of what can be done to help platforms mitigate these risks in order to develop and maintain CTVE practices capable of safeguarding those rights.
