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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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Thiago Oliva

InternetLab
Head of Research
thiago.dias.oliva@gmail.com

internetlab.org.br

Thiago Dias Oliva is a Ph.D. student in International Law at the University of São Paulo and head of research on freedom of expression at InternetLab, an independent research center based in São Paulo, Brazil. Thiago holds a master degree in Human Rights (2015) from the same university, having been granted a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Author of the book "Sexual minorities and the limits of free speech" (2015).

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Citizens or Users? Building the global resistance against platform monopolies Jelsa (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) Change the Terms: Approaches for addressing a new era of hate online Carthage 1 (Laico) Enabling Digital Civic Space: A Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clement Voule Caspian (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Lightning Talks: Exploring the complex world of artificial intelligence The BeeHive (Palais)

1:00pm BST

North Koreans Need Real Information Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Internet Regulation - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: A model for regulatory effectiveness Oya 1 (Laico) Outcomes of the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and Presentation of the Internet & Jurisdiction Global Status Report Adean (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)

5:15pm BST

Multistakeholder Models of Content Moderation: A global perspective Carthage 2 (Laico) Free Speech Or Hate Speech: Should Online Due Diligence Change? Celtic (Palais)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)

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)

10:30am BST

Imagine an Internet Free From Hate...It’s Easy If You Try: A strategy workshop on combating gender-based hate speech online Adean (Palais) Moderate Bias? Exploring anti-bias training in the context of online content moderation Carthage 2 (Laico) One Cross-Border Treaty to Rule Them All: The Budapest Convention Protocol Elydhafa (Laico) The Network of Internet & Society Centers Information Quality Meetup Celtic (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Latin America Laico Lower Community Village

1:00pm BST

Intersection of technology, internet, and sexuality across gender and minority rights in Uganda Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Beyond Dating Apps: LGBTQ people in other online platforms Oya 3 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Big Data Strikes Back: Building the data protection rebellion Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

Countering hate, preserving free expression Caspian (Palais) Network Propaganda in a Comparative Perspective: a South-North dialogue about democracy, privacy and free speech Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Protecting Freedom of Expression in a Complex World: The role of courts and tribunals L'Escale (Laico) Lightning Talks: Land and labour in a digital world The BeeHive (Palais)

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)