Live Blogging from Goldsmiths | Defending Human Rights in a Digital Age

"So far, the hack has only been seen targeting one person, Emirati civil rights activist Ahmend Mansoor."
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The issue of jurisdiction seems to be dead-on-arrival, having been killed by the US government. Meet the new boss: same as the old boss.
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Post-ACTA, decision-making has been adapted to avoid decision-moments. Of course, individual grassroots campaigns are still hugely valuable. But we need long-term advocacy.
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Coalitions of actors – scholars, activists, some politicians, and even some captains of industry, will need to collaborate if the pathway we pursue to a calculated, unequal future is to change.
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In this wide-ranging interview with human rights lawyer and former Privacy International head of advocacy Carly Nyst, we discuss surveillance politics, radical thinking, and human rights on the internet.
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Corporate actors play no small part in setting this agenda as well, in kind rather than by international treaty, through the proprietary rights of commercial enterprise.
Corporate actors play no small part in setting this agenda as well, in kind rather than by international treaty, through the proprietary rights of commercial enterprise.
Arguments about why indeed human rights matter for our online lives, and who is responsible for taking action - the individual, the government, or the service provider? - rage over most people’s heads.
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New #HumanRights and the Internet series at openDemocracy website, edited by former IRPC co-chair Marianne Franklin
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We are at #EuroDig16! Don't miss our first Workshop tomorrow at 14.30: WS 2: Confronting the digital divide (1) - Internet access and/as human rights for minorities. If you're planning to join in remotely you can send your comments / questions by using the hashtags #eurodig16 #minoritiesinternet
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#refugeesinternet #eurodig16 #netrights WS 10: Confronting the digital divide (2) - Refugees, human rights and Internet access Square - Brussels Meeting Centre, 10 June 2016, 14.30 In light of discussions in Workshop 2, if human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers to Europe to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?
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#minoritiesinternet #EuroDIG2016 WS 2: Confronting the digital divide (1) - Internet access and/as human rights for minorities If human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of minorities (persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees or other disadvantaged or excluded groups) to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?
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EuroDIG 16: registration closes today! The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) will take place on June, 9-10th at the Square, Brussels Meeting Centre. Attendance is open to everyone and free of charge. Online registration is due to security reasons mandatory.
The Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) is an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance (IG) between stakeholders from all over Europe. It was created in 2008 by a number of key stakeholders representing...
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#IGF2016 Reminder: Call for Workshops and Open Forums at the 2016 IGF in Mexico is open on IGF website! http://bit.ly/1jE0iJq
#IGF2016 Share! RT! Reminder: Call for Workshops and Open Forums at the 2016 IGF in Mexico is open on IGF website! http://bit.ly/1jE0iJq
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How India unfriended Facebook.
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Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IPRC) Charter is an important edition of document supplementing the rights and principles of individual internet users in any developing and least developed country. Especially…
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Internet shutdowns pose a threat to human rights not only in #Pakistan but around the world as well. An internet shutdown is an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the flow of information. Join our #KeepItOn campaign, download and remix our Visuals Kit with #KeepitOn graphics, and spread the word.
Last chance to apply: Call for applications! New Media Summer School 2016, 6-10 June in Brussels The New Media Summer School is the youth pre-event where young people (18-27 years old) from across the European continent network and prepare their participation at EuroDIG. The participants will have three days of talks and discussions, will get to know each other and work on a youth statement that will be presented at EuroDIG The programme of the New Media Summer School focuses on the agenda of EuroDIG. The deadline for submissions is 8th May 2016, 23:59h CET.
The Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) is an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance (IG) between stakeholders from all over Europe. It was created in 2008 by a number of key stakeholders representing...
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Call for #IGF2016 Workshop Proposals is Now OPEN! The deadline for submitting proposals is Monday 6 June. For more information, visit the IGF website: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf16-workshops
Call for #IGF2016 Workshop Proposals is Now OPEN! The deadline for submitting proposals is Monday 6 June. For more information, visit the IGF website: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf16-workshops
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted its Internet Governance Strategy for 2016-2019, which aims at tackling the challenges to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the rapidly evolving online environment.
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'WhatsApp has over a billion active users, and cyber security expert Gary Newe said the move will hamper government surveillance.'
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Jeremy Scahill: "People that are really seriously in the business of monitoring the communications of terror cells and others... laugh at the idea that a backdoor would solve their problems. They can hack people’s phones." #AppleVsFBI