RightsCon is the world’s leading conference on human rights in the digital age, brought to you by Access Now. We bring together business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, and human rights defenders to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and digital technology. RightsCon is where the global community comes together to break down silos, forge partnerships, and drive large-scale, real-world change toward a more free, open, and connected world.
The call for papers isopen until December 10, 2018.
Every RightsCon program is divided into tracks to help participants navigate around the many issue areas our community covers. Cathegories:
- Artificial intellegigence, automaton and algorithmic accountability
- Freedom of expression and censorship
- Misinformation, journalism and the future of online media
- Civic tech and e-gobernance
- Corporate social responsibility, transparency and remedy
- Dat trust, protection and user control locally, regionally and globally
- Privacy, surveillance and individual security
- Countering online harassment, hate speech and violent extremism
- Jurisdiction and the rule of law
- Diversity and inclusion
- The impact of the convergence of new technologies
- Innovation, trade and intellectual property
- Democracy, conflict, and the shrinking civic spaces
- Cibersecurity and encryption
- The impact of technology on the sustainable development goals
- Internet shutdowns, net discrimination and connectivity
- Philanthropy, funding and operational development
- Skill-building: advocacy and campaigning
- Skill-building: organizational and individual wellness
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