RightsCon Watch Party & Social
RightsCon(https://www.rightscon.org), the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age is happening in Taipei from February 24–27. Whether you’re attending virtually or not, we’d love for you to join us for an evening of discussion, connection and session viewing in downtown Vancouver!
🍿 What to expect:
A casual gathering of like-minded folks who care about human rights in the digital world.
A shared online conference viewing experience—our host has a digital pass, so no need to bring your own!
Snacks provided!
Come by, watch a few sessions, and connect with others in Vancouver who share your interests. :)
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👋 About the space:
Z-space (https://z-space.ca) is an Arts & Technology society dedicated to supporting creative technologists, startups, and innovative small businesses with affordable, sustainable, community oriented space.
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RightsCon Online & Hybrid Programme - Monday, Feb 24
🕔 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Connectivity as Aid: Digital Inclusion or Digital Capitalism (Most likely to be watching)
Prevention is Better Than Finding a Cure: Pre-Bunking Mandarin-Chinese Disinformation Through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration (runner up!)
Criminalization of Tor in Ola Bini’s Case? Lessons for Digital Experts in the Global South
Regulating Spyware: Implementing the PEGA Committee Report and Beyond the EU
Dish of the Day: A Digital Care Meal
🕔 6:15 - 7:15 PM
Regulation of AI in Latin America: A Race to the Bottom? Technosolutionism and the Brussels Effect (Most likely to be watching)
Measuring the Health of Open Source Projects in Public Health
Online Regional Meetup (LATAM & Caribbean; Asia Pacific)
Ask Me Anything with Signal President Meredith Whittaker
🕔 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Worker wellbeing in the digital age: burnout, surveillance, and AI resurrections (runner up!)
Digital Health Governance Forum: inputs on the open health issue (mostly likely to be watching)
Is AI Silencing the South? Decolonizing Abuse Detection in AI-Driven Hate Speech Moderation (runner up!)
Can You Take a Bot to The Hague? AI as Potential Inhuman Shields from Liability
Myanmar’s Cyber Law 2025: Now with More Censorship, Less Human Rights!
🕔 8:45 - 9:45 PM (also winding down & discussions)
Children and digital marketing: Co-creating industry guidance for responsible commercial engagement online
Digital Trust and Safety Evolution: the role of industry standards in APAC and worldwide (runner up!)
A 2025 Update: how's digital rights for deaf and blind people going? (Most likely to be watching!)
🌙 There are more sessions running until 12:15 AM on Tuesday, including “Taiwan’s Next Step: How to End Online Discrimination and Hate Speech Without Compromising Civic Space?” and “The Impact of AI: Useful Tool, Savior, or Profiler?” - but that’s past most people’s bedtime!
Looking forward to seeing you there! 🎉
(View full programme of the conference here: https://www.rightscon.org/program/)