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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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Nicolas Suzor

Queensland University of Technology
Professor
Brisbane, Australia

9:00am BST

Measuring Respect for Human Rights – Using benchmarks to create a race to the top in the ICT sector Celtic (Palais) The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico) Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (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) From Call to Action: Visions for a Contract for the Web Carthage 2 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico)

1:00pm BST

The Benevolent Accomplices of Authoritarian Regimes on the Internet Carthage 1 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Internet Regulation - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: A model for regulatory effectiveness Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Tracking Takedown Transparency Today and Tomorrow: Lessons learned and next steps for the emerging practice of transparency reporting on content moderation Dougga (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Multistakeholder Models of Content Moderation: A global perspective Carthage 2 (Laico) Who Has Your Back? Censorship Edition 2019 Launch Amilcar (Laico) Using Machine Learning for Human Rights Carthage 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Do Moderators Dream of Electric Sheep? The potential for AI in regulating online content L'Escale (Laico)

10:30am BST

Tackling Takedowns: Building platform transparency and accountability Dougga (Laico) Defending Encryption: Lessons from the Australian frontline Village Stage (Laico) The Network of Internet & Society Centers Information Quality Meetup Celtic (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Methods measuring freedom of internet Cyrene (Laico)

1:00pm BST

The Network of Centers (NoC) Human Libraries: Meet NoC Women Carthage 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Ethical AI Career Pathways: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders to innovate ethically Oya 2 (Laico) The Ranking Digital Rights 2019 Corporate Accountability Index: Which companies have improved their respect for your rights? Adean (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (Laico)

9:00am BST

The Tone from the Top: Setting responsible regulation for tech Cyrene (Laico)

10:30am BST

Countering hate, preserving free expression Caspian (Palais) Platforms, free speech, and pluralism: Is there a role to play for media authorities? Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Protecting Freedom of Expression in a Complex World: The role of courts and tribunals L'Escale (Laico) The anatomy of tech-related Violence Against Women Cyrene (Laico)

1:00pm BST

The Network of Centers (NoC) Human Libraries: NoC Skills Session Carthage 1 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Addressing Hate Speech Online: Recipes for a rights-based approach Celtic (Palais) SWOTing the Christchuch Call Carthage 1 (Laico)