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World's leading event on human rights in the digital age, by

. RightsCon 2022 will take place online & across every time zone from June 6 - 10, 2022.

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📢 Save the date for #RightsCon! Join us in person and online for our first-ever hybrid summit in Costa Rica. 📅 June 5-9, 2023. 📍Costa Rica | Online Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates: rightscon.org/rundown/

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As

enters day 82 of his hunger strike, please join his family and friends in London and Berlin today to urge the

and

to take urgent action to secure his release. ➡️ Berlin: Outside the British Embassy. ➡️ London: Outside the FCDO. #FreeAlaa #SaveAlaa

Berlin protest for Alaa
Wednesday 22nd June
British Embassy Berlin
Unter den Linden/Wilhelmstr
5:30- 7:00 PM

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Solstice Vigil for for Alaa
Wednesday 22nd June
Outside the FCDO
SW1A 2AH
5 - 7:30 PM

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Mona Seif and 2 others

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"We are working very hard to secure his release," Foreign Secretary

. On day 81 of

's hunger strike, we welcome public acknowledgment from the

and call for more urgent action to #SaveAlaa: accessnow.org/free-alaa/ #FreeAlaa

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@FreedomForAlaa

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: Foreign Sec @TrussLiz has just acknowledged @alaa’s case publicly for the 1st time time. She says she’s working hard “TO SECURE HIS RELEASE” & will be meeting with the Egyptian Foreign Sec “SHORTLY”.Thankyou @LaylaMoran for your robust question & solidarity

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Found of Taiwan AI Labs

spoke at

2022 👇👇👇 Could a technologist code of ethics help shift the norms and standards of the global tech industry toward a rights-respecting digital future? newamerica.org/digital-impact 來自

Could a technologist code of ethics help shift the norms and standards of the global tech industry...

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🎊 Shoutout from

: [RightsCon] is "part of a new generation of conferences". Thank you

for this recognition. P.S. We're in love with the title 🤩 politico.com/newsletters/di

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⏪ Did you miss #RightsCon this year, but still want to catch up on the conversation? Visit the

Youtube channel for a playlist of all Fireside Chats & In Conversation sessions from the summit:

Watch the RightsCon 2022 Studio program with a stunning list of speakers.

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🛠️ RightsCon 2023 in progress 🛠️ The RightsCon team is working on building our first-ever hybrid summit experience! Can you help us make it a more accessible, diverse, and meaningful program? Share your thoughts: rightscon.org/post-rightscon

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💡 Are you working on internet freedom projects, making existing internet technologies more accessible for activists, civil society, journalists and more? Then this call from

may be interesting to you! 📅 Deadline: July 3rd More info: iri.org/wp-content/upl

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kehinde says #EndSARS

@kenyAdegboyega

I can't forget the conversations we had

2022 for 5 days. Almost every issue on human rights in the digital age were talked about. Thank you

team. Hope to be with you in your in-person summit in Costa Rica in 2023. 💕

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👀 How was your RightsCon experience? What did you love, find helpful, and what can we do to improve your summit experience for our first-ever hybrid summit in 2023? Help us shape the 12th edition of the summit: rightscon.org/post-rightscon

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Los Relatores especiales de la #ONU que asistieron a la Cumbre Anual de

han manifestado que las violaciones de los #DerechosDigitales se intensifican en países con regímenes autoritarios para perseguir y encarcelar a activistas y disidentes ow.ly/14TP50Jy6Iw

RightsCon and OACNUDH

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

Based on a presentation at

's

, here are some tips from

@SecForceMonitor

&

on digging into air force units and their suppliers, as well as a how-to look at geolocating a missile launch in Yemen.

Global Lessons from Exposing War Abuses in Yemen

Open source tools like the Yemeni Archive allow investigative journalists to track Saudi airstrikes in order to interrogate what is happening on the ground in Yemen.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

The

calls the war in Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Here are highlights of how nonprofits

@SecForceMonitor

&

are holding individual actors accountable. From a presentation at

2022. buff.ly/3Qut9Sq

Global Lessons from Exposing War Abuses in Yemen

Open source tools like the Yemeni Archive allow investigative journalists to track Saudi airstrikes in order to interrogate what is happening on the ground in Yemen.

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Nordic Centre IntSoc

On June 9, NCIS contributed to a #session at

, the world's #leading summit on #humanrights in the #digital age.

was one of the speakers. The session led to fruitful and engaging discussions. Read the #news piece! bi.edu/research/resea

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Office of the Tech Ambassador of Denmark

Did you miss 🇩🇰 tech-ambassador

’s conversation w/

on the defense of digital democracy? Watch the full

session ➡️ bit.ly/3HEeUq1 #TechPlomacy

Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen and 2 others

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💖 Thank you all - and see you next year online and in Costa Rica from June 5-9! 🇨🇷💻 The RightsCon team is:

@nikkigladstone

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,

,

,

,

, Igor,

,

, and Reetz.

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🔟 Last but not least, we’d like to thank our sponsors who help us build and create an independent #RightsCon:

Sponsors - RightsCon Summit Series

The 11th edition of RightsCon took place from June 6 to June 10, 2022 online and across all timezones. Save the date for our 12th summit, taking place in Costa ...

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9️�?� Also a big thank you to the

team, who helped us curate, review, and prepare the program, including: 🔴

, Executive Director 🟠 The Code of Conduct team 🟡 Safety & Security team 🟢 Communications 🔵 Programming Committee

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8️�?� A BIG shoutout to our partners at

and

@WeymouthWatson

for helping us produce a revamped platform. We (literally) couldn’t have done it without you!

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7️�?� A thank you to our trusted help desk handlers and rapid responders from the CiviCERT network, who helped run the 🛡️Digital Safety Clinic 🛡️throughout the conference, including

,

@DefendDefenders

,

, and

@FreedomofPress

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6️�?� And to our Creative Exhibit partners,

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, and

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5️�?� We’d like to thank

and

for making our first 🎥 Film Festival 🎥 possible, curating an exciting and thought-provoking program to spice up the summit throughout the week.

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4️�?� We’re grateful to our performers for bringing us extra energy and joy throughout the week: ✨ Denys Karachevsev 🇺🇦 ✨ Desiree McKenzie 🇨🇦 ✨

@MathlouthiEmel

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🇮🇩 ✨ Kaê Guajajara from Brazil 🇧🇷 Make sure to follow them for new releases and performances!

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3️�?� A special shoutout goes to our first - and phenomenal - RightsCon Studio host Melissa Chan (

), for guiding our participants throughout the week. #superstar

Melissa Chan has just been gifted the RightsCon hoodie by Brett Solomon and Nikki Gladstone. Melissa looks very excited.

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2️�?� We’d like to thank all the speakers, organizers, moderators, facilitators, and facilitation coach (

) who brought life to our program, and ensured a safe, diverse, and inclusive space for all.

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1️�?� First and foremost - We’d like to thank you, the 9,329 participants who followed our sessions, asked thought-provoking questions, and made #RightsCon the leading summit on human rights in the digital age that it is.

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🙏 We’d like take a moment to thank everyone who has made #RightsCon possible:

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�?�️ RightsCon 2023 �?�️ We can’t wait to welcome you back next year, online and in-person, after a 3-year break! 📅 June 5-9 , 2023 📍Costa Rica 🇨🇷 | Online

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🎊 And that’s a wrap! 🎊 Thank you for joining us at the 11th edition of #RightsCon. Over 9,000 of you joined us over 5 days, and we can’t wait to see what the connections and initiatives created here will bring. 🧵

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The #RightsCon Studio is playing a reel of tweets from the buzz throughout the week! #RightsCon #PetsOfRightsCon #BestOfRightsCon

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The

Digital Security Helpline has been very helpful in our work, explains

@HouyemMchirgui

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Digital Security Helpline Services - Access Now

The list below shows the most common areas for which the Digital Security Helpline will assist users at risk around the world. In case of digital security

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Collaborations are very helpful for human rights in general, but in particularly for digital hygiene and safety for LGBTIQ+ individuals, who are primary targets in online spaces, "as our world is an extension to the digital world".

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How can the international community support

's work?, asks

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"Tunisia needs a long breath and strength to keep doing work on helping LGBTIQ+ people", says

@HouyemMchirgui

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@HouyemMchirgui

, Advocacy Project Manager/Digital Security Officer at

is joining us from Tunisia:

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When it comes to the #Metaverse, "we don't want to be replicating experiences of discrimination of exclusion", says

@CarolynTackett

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DNAs are "a relatively new part of the conversation, and element of digital IDs, which governments use to identify and track citizens.", says

@CarolynTackett

. "We also see DNA information being collected at borders", and travellers can continue to be tracked.

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At RightsCon in 2021, the #BanBS campaign was launched. Fields such as #biometrics and #DNA extraction are becoming more prominent.

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For Carolyn, identity was the keyword at this year's #RightsCon.

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