Regional Perspectives on Internet Fragmentation: A summary of reports from the Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia-Pacific regions
Internet fragmentation poses a significant threat to the protection and promotion of human rights by creating environments that can limit free expression, restrict access to information, undermine privacy, and isolate individuals or communities from broader society.
These threats can occur in many forums and spaces where digital governance and technical standards are discussed. It’s therefore critical that civil society and human rights defenders around the world are well aware of the potential range and scope of fragmentation and where it can manifest, and equipped to effectively engage and contest it.
In response to this need, in 2023 and 2024 GPD convened a series of regional roundtables alongside civil society organisations in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia-Pacific.
This brief provides a summary of key insights across these regional discussions, identifying cross-cutting takeaways and recommendations to inform next steps for the field.
Access the regional reports:
