Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights in the Digital Age: Additional Material Submitted to the UN Global Digital Compact, 30 April 2023 2 Consultations 6. Although the views expressed in this submission are those of the Commission, they have been informed by the views and opinions expressed by participants throughout the consultation process. 7. The Commission facilitated two consultations with a range of stakeholders and experts from civil society, business, regulators and government. 8. Participants were provided with a Consultation Note when they were invited to attend the sessions. The Consultation Note set out what the Commission requested stakeholders to bear in mind when engaging in the consultations. It emphasised that participants should consider: • input on the core principles that all governments, companies, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders should adhere to in respect of the topic areas. • key commitments to bring about these specific principles. These could take the form of what should be done and/or based on what has already been done. 9. The Commission also encouraged invitees to provide written input via email where they were unable to attend the online consultations, or if they wished to further expand upon what was discussed. 10. Each consultation was held via Microsoft Teams and conducted under the ‘Chatham House Rule’. Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, provided the introduction to participants while the consultation was facilitated by Human Rights Advisor (Business and Technology), Patrick Hooton. 11. The first consultation was held on Monday, 3 April, and covered the protection of data and the promotion of the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The first half of the consultation was dedicated to seeking the views of participants on the protection of data. The second half was utilised to discuss the regulation of AI. 12. The second consultation was held on Thursday, 6 April, and covered applying human rights online and introducing accountability criteria for discrimination and misleading content. The first half of the consultation was dedicated to seeking the views of participants on applying human rights online. The second half discussed the introduction of accountability criteria for discrimination and misleading content. 13. Across the two sessions, 36 participants engaged in the Commission’s consultations on the Compact. A further 7 stakeholders provided written submissions. 4