4.
In providing access to the internet, States shall take specific
measures to ensure that marginalised groups have effective
exercise of their rights online.
5.
States shall adopt laws, policies and other measures to promote
affordable access to the internet for children that equips them
with digital literacy skills for online education and safety,
protects them from online harm and safeguards their privacy
and identity.
Principle 38. Non-interference
1.
States shall not interfere with the right of individuals to seek,
receive and impart information through any means of
communication and digital technologies, through measures
such as the removal, blocking or filtering of content, unless such
interference is justifiable and compatible with international
human rights law and standards.
2.
States shall not engage in or condone any disruption of access to
the internet and other digital technologies for segments of the
public or an entire population.
3.
States shall only adopt economic measures, including taxes,
levies and duties, on internet and information and
communication technology service end-users that do not
undermine universal, equitable, affordable and meaningful
access to the internet and that are justifiable and compatible
with international human rights law and standards.
Principle 39. Internet intermediaries
1.
States shall require that internet intermediaries enable access to
all internet traffic equally without discrimination on the basis of
the type or origin of content or the means used to transmit
content, and that internet intermediaries shall not interfere with
the free flow of information by blocking or giving preference to
particular internet traffic.
2.
States shall not require internet intermediaries to proactively
monitor content which they have not authored or otherwise
modified.
3.
States shall require internet intermediaries to ensure that in
moderating or filtering online content, they mainstream human
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