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RightsCon Tunis 2019

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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David Madden

Luminate (previously Omidyar Network's Governance & Citizen Engagement Initiative)
Senior Advisor
Washington D.C. Metro Area

luminategroup.com

I help support groups working on platform accountability, especially social media and peer-to-peer messaging. if you work on this - let's chat!

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9:00am BST

Building the First Global Perceptions of Gender and Online Violence Leptis (Laico) Responding to Mass Atrocities in the Digital Age: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Myanmar Hannibal (Laico) Citizens or Users? Building the global resistance against platform monopolies Jelsa (Laico) Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (Laico) The State of Internet Shutdowns in 2019 L'Escale (Laico)

10:30am BST

Developing New Models for Censorship: The cases of the Russian RuNet, the Great Firewall of China, and Iran’s Filternet Limes (Laico) Change the Terms: Approaches for addressing a new era of hate online Carthage 1 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Social Media and Conflict: Research and product case studies Caspian (Palais) Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico) Pegasus Spyware Threatens Press Freedom, From Mexico to Saudi Arabia Biscay (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Data Trust Models in the Digital Era: A public, private and people matter Celtic (Palais) Internet Regulation - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: A model for regulatory effectiveness Oya 1 (Laico) Landmark: Philanthropy in the 21st Century The BeeHive (Palais) What role for regulators in the digital era? Caspian (Palais)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) Tracking Takedown Transparency Today and Tomorrow: Lessons learned and next steps for the emerging practice of transparency reporting on content moderation Dougga (Laico) Getting a Handle on Facial Recognition Tech Elyssa (Laico) Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais) "Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (Laico) Prepare Don't Panic: Strategize a human rights-based response to deepfake technologies, synthetic media, and increasing volumes of visual misinformation Elydhafa (Laico) From Failure to Hockeystick Growth - Human Centered Design and Lean Start-Up to Scale Social Impact Celtic (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Free Speech Or Hate Speech: Should Online Due Diligence Change? Celtic (Palais) Indian elections, disinformation, and the state of Indian Social Media Cyrene (Laico) What(went)'sApp at the Brazilian elections? Oya 3 (Laico) Responsible Investing 101: Investor action on human rights in the digital era Village Stage (Laico)

9:00am BST

Delegated Repression: How do the Russian state forces private actors to censor and to surveil? Oya 1 (Laico) Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) Developing a Digital Rights Model Law for Africa Amilcar (Laico) Decolonising Cyberpolicy: Developing a Cyberpolicy Framework Relevant to the Global South Limes (Laico) Changing practices of internet manipulation Oya 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

It’s the business model, stupid! Targeted advertising and human rights Utique (Laico) Landmark: The Business of Privacy – How to Profit from Protecting Personal Data The BeeHive (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Taking an Ethical Stand: Building tech companies of the future L'Escale (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Lightning Talks: Fighting censorship, surveillance, and disinformation around the Globe The BeeHive (Palais) AI 2050: Imagining AI trajectories in the Global South Elydhafa (Laico) Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (Laico) Business for Better Cybersecurity: How the private sector can promote economic growth and digital rights Oya 1 (Laico) A Private Matter: Chat apps and journalism Carthage 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Online Dissidence in the Global South El Jem (Laico) Testing New Methods for Social Media Monitoring by Civic Groups in Elections Amilcar (Laico) The Tone from the Top: Setting responsible regulation for tech Cyrene (Laico)

10:30am BST

Countering hate, preserving free expression Caspian (Palais) It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico) Surveillance Tech and Oppressive Governments: Exploring cases of abuse and avenues for global cooperation going forward Carthage 1 (Laico) Striking the Right(s) Balance: ‘Open by default’ vs ‘privacy by design’? Biscay (Palais) Network Propaganda in a Comparative Perspective: a South-North dialogue about democracy, privacy and free speech Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

AI and Privacy: Challenges and ways forward in the Global South Hannibal (Laico) Tunis +13¾: From the Tunis Agenda to RightsCon Tunis, it’s been a lifetime of internet governance Caspian (Palais) Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Protecting digital communities in democracies from the global reach of authoritarian countries Oya 1 (Laico) Voter Beware! Lessons from the ground Oya 3 (Laico) Social Media, Mis/Disinformation, and Human Rights: Messages from Nations' Elections Biscay (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)