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.
Important note: Whether you’re a session organizer, speaker, or participant, you’ll need to login to Sched or create an account in order to get the most out of the program (including creating a profile and building your own customized RightsCon schedule).
This press conference will cover the highlights of Equality Labs' new report Facebook India: Towards the Tipping Point of Violence. The report features data and analysis from a four-month research project monitoring caste, religious, and gendered hate speech in Facebook India. One of the critical findings of this report is that Facebook India has failed to provide a safe platform for caste, religious, and gender minorities and the press, with a disturbing volume of hate speech, disinformation, and calls to violence against them allowed to remain on the platform. The press conference will break down some of the report's findings as well as provide an opportunity for journalists to ask questions for more insight into the challenges of Facebook's largest market.