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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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Oren Levine

International Center for Journalists
Director of Innovation
Washington D.C. Metro Area

I'm responsible for technology strategy and projects supporting the work of ICFJ staff, fellows, and program participants. My background is product management, web and mobile technology, including time as a product manager at PBS (US public television) and 10 years developing and promoting smartphone platforms at Nokia.
I also worked as a software developer, working on virtual reality and machine translation projects. Besides all that, I play jazz piano and write jazz songs.

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Big Tech and the Future of Journalism: Reinventing news and information in the age of Google and Facebook Oya 2 (Laico) Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (Laico)

10:30am BST

Machine Learning 101 for Human Rights Activists: Everything you wanted to know about machine learning but were afraid to ask Hannibal (Laico) Defense Against the Dark Arts: Meme Campaigns and Propaganda Elydhafa (Laico)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

Data Trust Models in the Digital Era: A public, private and people matter Celtic (Palais)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) International Protocol for Open Source Investigations Amilcar (Laico) Prepare Don't Panic: Strategize a human rights-based response to deepfake technologies, synthetic media, and increasing volumes of visual misinformation Elydhafa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) Combating Fake News: Exploring approaches for protecting the messenger and the message Caspian (Palais)

9:00am BST

Do Moderators Dream of Electric Sheep? The potential for AI in regulating online content L'Escale (Laico) Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) One size does NOT fit all: Diverse threat models across North Africa call for more refined digital security training and tools Elyssa (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Moderate Bias? Exploring anti-bias training in the context of online content moderation Carthage 2 (Laico) Who said What to Whom? Disinformation and anonymous speech Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Collecting, bridging, and connecting for inclusion Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Solving the problem of vicarious trauma in open source investigations Hannibal (Laico) Visual Investigations at the New York Times: Innovations in Truth Telling Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Elections and Public Discourse in Africa: Do social media platforms level the playing field? Oya 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

A Private Matter: Chat apps and journalism Carthage 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Don't Stand So Close to Me: Curbing harassment in virtual reality and emergent media Adean (Palais) Decolonization of the Web as a Means Towards an Effective Journalism Biscay (Palais)

10:30am BST

It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico) The Ghost in the Machine: Remedy for algorithmic discrimination Limes (Laico) How Can We Help Quality Journalism in the MENA Region Be Viable? Celtic (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Fact or fiction – tools for verification Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Social Media, Mis/Disinformation, and Human Rights: Messages from Nations' Elections Biscay (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

My Moderators Sessions

5:15pm BST

A Private Matter: Chat apps and journalism Carthage 3 (Laico)