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Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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Boris van Westering

Free Press Unlimited
Sr. Program Coordinator MENA/Eurasia
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Websitehttps://nl.linkedin.com/in/boris-van-westering-40005212
Interested in interesting networks, projects related to media in Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The topics of interest: migration & journalism and radicalization & youth.

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Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am BST

Combating Cybercrime Laws in the Middle East and North Africa Region Cyrene (Laico) Big Tech and the Future of Journalism: Reinventing news and information in the age of Google and Facebook Oya 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Change the Terms: Approaches for addressing a new era of hate online Carthage 1 (Laico) Terrorist online content regulations in Europe and beyond: changing the platform liability paradigm? Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Access No_! Voices from conflict zones Celtic (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Ending Impunity for Online Violence Against Women in Politics Elydhafa (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Network Disruptions in Times of Conflict: Strategies for circumvention and resistance Oya 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Media Loves Tech - Digital solutions for viable journalism in Tunisia Adean (Palais)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

9:00am BST

One size does NOT fit all: Diverse threat models across North Africa call for more refined digital security training and tools Elyssa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: MENA Laico Side Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Violence and Harassment: Navigating the hazardous online world for women in North Africa Leptis (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Fear, Friction, and Flooding: New models of censorship in the MENA region (the case of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey) Carthage 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Online Media and Misinformation: You ask, youth answers Leptis (Laico)