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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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Nathan

Facebook
Privacy Policy Manager (AR/VR)
Washington DC

I guide privacy policy at Facebook for AR/VR. I'm attending RightsCon (4th year) to speak to people about how Facebook can do privacy well in the AR/VR context. If you have a perspective, then I'd like to speak with you.

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9:00am BST

Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (Laico)

10:30am BST

2018 Human Rights Heroes Awards The BeeHive (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Privacy in Employer-Employee Relationships: The grey areas in workers’ rights to privacy protection and employers’ legitimate interests Carthage 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Future Proof: Imagining a tech positive future Hannibal (Laico) Are we seriously going to trade away our privacy like cars, rice, or bananas? Carthage 3 (Laico) Fighting for Human Rights and Democracy in the Digital World: New tools, new actors – How to be more efficient? Village Stage (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Lookie Here: The good, the bad, and the ugly of location services Cyrene (Laico) Prepare Don't Panic: Strategize a human rights-based response to deepfake technologies, synthetic media, and increasing volumes of visual misinformation Elydhafa (Laico)

9:00am BST

Law Enforcement and the Internet of Things Cyrene (Laico) How Do You Trust the Internet? Insights into users' perceptions of security and privacy, what they mean for the Internet, and how we all can help improve trust online. Celtic (Palais)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Rights and Ethics: When technology knows how you feel Hannibal (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Artificial Benevolence: Updating informed consent in the age of AI Celtic (Palais) Landmark: The Business of Privacy – How to Profit from Protecting Personal Data The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Don't Stand So Close to Me: Curbing harassment in virtual reality and emergent media Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

AI and Privacy: Challenges and ways forward in the Global South Hannibal (Laico)