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Fostering Freedom Online: the Role of Internet Intermediaries” is the title of a new title in the UNESCO Internet freedom series. With the rise of Internet intermediaries that play a mediating role on the internet between authors of content and audiences, UNESCO took a joint initiative, with the Open Society Foundations, the Internet Society, and Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, to examine this recent historical phenomenon and how it impacts on freedom of expression and associated fundamental rights such as privacy.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_launches_a_new_publication_in_its_internet_freedom_series/#.VTDYfK2qqko
Depending on relevant national law, liability for online content of third parties “can arise in a number of situations, both legitimate and politicised, including for defamation, obscenity, invasion of privacy, intellectual property infringement, or because the content is critical of the government.
For governments, intermediaries “represents a potential point of control over content or unlawful behaviour.
Interesting study on the role and liability of internet intermediairies in Africa:
https://www.apc.org/en/system/files/READY%20-%20Intermediary%20Liability%20in%20Africa_FINAL.pdf
Connected to this is also the session on transparency reporting by internet intermediairies of interest.
http://www.gccs-unplugged.net/?events=session-6-room-2