With cyberwarfare escalating around the world, Access Now and our partners gathered at #RightsCon2025 and the Paris Peace Forum last year, to support peace-building efforts in the digital sphere and shape the future of a digital ceasefire.
Get involved ⬇️ www.accessnow.org/digital-ceas...
Takeaways and observations from one session in which I spoke and one that I co-organised at #Rightscon2025 and one session I conducted at Open Tech Camp held in Malaysia this year.
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#TFGBV #FeministAI #GBV #OGBV #Rightscon
Digital security ≠ “fixing” people.
It’s radical care.
Wanna know what else we learned at #RightsCon2025? 👉http://tinyurl.com/gmhelplines
#TechForGood #DigitalSecurity
@accessnow.org @rightscon.org
A group of Wikimedia community members posing together at RightsCon 2025 in Taipei. They are standing in front of a colorful backdrop that reads “RightsCon 25 Taipei – The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.” Text says: Wikimedia at RightsCon in Taiwan: Driving advocacy, access, and inclusion.
Wikimedians showed up strong at #RightsCon2025 – tackling AI, media literacy, censorship, infrastructure gaps, and misinformation. From Indigenous knowledge to digital safety, they championed open, inclusive internet futures. 🌐📚
Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/_pD2N
GNI and the Trust and Safety Foundation's #RightsCon2025 session brought together T&S professionals and CSOs in and from the Global Majority to advance digital rights globally. The meeting report is now available to read on our website: globalnetworkinitiative.org/rightscon-se...
Attending #RightsCon2025 was incredible! We had:
- Local Network Workshop with #g0v
- #DWeb Community Roundtable
- Stop Surveillance Copaganda Sessions
- DWeb Community dinner
Learn more about what happened by reading @mai.bsky.social’s recap article: blog.archive.org/2025/03/26/d...
#RightsCon
A digitally edited image showing destruction in Gaza, with collapsed buildings and a fallen communications tower. In the foreground, a white line-art illustration of a group of people embracing each other with connotations of unity and resilience. The image is part of the #ReconnectGaza campaign, highlighting the importance of rebuilding communication networks and community support.
How was digital rights advocacy strengthened at #RightsCon2025?
Taysir Mathlouthi of @7amleh.bsky.social shares very relevant insights, from claiming an independent Palestinian ICT sector to online censorship and weaponising of AI:
www.apc.org/en/blog/stre...
#DigitalRights @rightscon.org
"I'm truly humbled and grateful to receive this heartfelt acknowledgement from the @RightsCon team! It was an absolute privilege to volunteer and contribute to the success of #RightsCon2025 in Taipei.
#RightsCon #Volunteer #HumanRights #DigitalFreedom #SocialJustice #Taipei #CommunityFirst"
If you're wondering what some of my colleagues and I at @eff.org were up to in February, here's a rundown of our time at #rightscon2025: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
(1/3)🌏 At #RightsCon2025, we joined vital conversations on the future of human rights work, from interoperability in tech to preserving digital evidence in shrinking civic spaces. We also joined a session on extraterritorial enforcement of data protection. @rightscon.org @open-society.bsky.social
At this difficult, yet critical, time for the human rights and tech community globally, GNI appreciated the space to be in community and collaborate at hashtag #RightsCon2025 at a key moment for the sector. globalnetworkinitiative.org/looking-back...
At #Rightscon2025 we discussed censorship, disinformation – and the end of funding for pro-democracy work.
And, despite the uncertainties, we also reinforced our solidarity and our strength as a resilient, vibrant community of digital rights advocates.
www.techpolicy.press/at-rightscon...
At #rightscon2025 we were talking about the need to talk about what we do to counteract the propaganda and lies about USAID, other international assistance, and especially digital rights work. We also need to document and archive, because erasing the past comes next.
📢 Collaboration is key to impactful data measurement!
At #RightsCon2025, the #databarometer's Silvana Fumega engaged with data measurement initiatives to explore the power of cross-initiative collaboration in data governance & AI ethics.
A promotional digital graphic with a blue background. The text reads, "LISTEN TO THE LOCAL SOUND BITES" in bold white capital letters. A QR code is placed to the right of the text. Below, in smaller orange font, it says, "Learning from activists in East Asia." At the bottom, there is a colorful soundwave graphic composed of vertical bars in various shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow.
What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?
"The current data protection act is not enough to protect human rights. It's outdated and vague."
media.apc.org/w/rh4PvBZST5...
Listen to all the episodes here:
www.apc.org/en/news/list...
#LocalSoundBites #RightsCon2025
What did we do at #RightsCon2025? We discussed digital freedoms, AI governance, #freespeech in conflict or resistance to digital oppression.
More here: shorturl.at/rZ5W5
But most importantly, we connected with the community & forged new paths forward.
Thanks for joining us! 🙌
#FreeSpeech #WrapUp
#TakeAways We were in 🇹🇼Taipei last week discussing the Journalism Trust Initiative at #RightsCon2025
🗓️ On February 27, we discussed how to create a safer news environment in the digital age, using the Journalism Trust Initiative as a case study.
👉 More details: www.rightscon.org/press-kit-20...
going through my extensive handwritten notes from #RightsCon2025 and consolidating them inside logseq is causing a lot of this!
#RightsCon2025 learnings: Namma Yatri
- open source ride-hailing platform
- spurred by the efforts of a driver's union
- zero-fees per ride (it has a monthly fee charged to drivers)
- built on top of a gov-backed open e-commerce network protocol (ONDC)
- profitable business model
Hey, I wrote an op-ed recapping @rightscon.org 2025 for @mtlaiethics.bsky.social!
Critical Digital Rights Challenges from #RightsCon2025
1. Funding crisis - 1/3 funding gone overnight
2. Misuse of AI in war and genocide
3. Representation of global majority voices
montrealethics.ai/from-funding...
A special thank you to our event panelists @elkeschwarz.bsky.social, Hermab Podar, and Ishmael Bhila for speaking about the current issues with #AutonomousWeapons and the increase of #DigitalDehumanisation. 🎙️
If you missed the session, don't worry – We'll share a recording shortly! 📺
#RightsCon2025
Getting to see what others have been working on, and getting to discuss our work to #stopKillerRobots was inspiring and energising 📈
#RightsCon2025
"We need to build bigger communities of hope.”
Our COO @jemma-levene.bsky.social on the real-life consequences of online hate & misinfo in the @rightscon.org panel 'The Twin Threats of Misinformation and Censorship in SRHR' with @msichoices.org & CIJ.
#RightsCon2025
On my return flight to the US from Taipei, where I had a wonderful time at #RightsCon2025, another passenger let her dog out of the carrier (against rules) and sometime during the 10 hour flight to SEA its diaper had “leaked” profusely all over my backpack stored under her seat…
Grateful for the insightful conversations and connections made at @rightscon.org. Looking forward to what’s next!
#rightscon #rightscon2025 #flokinet
Highlights from DRF at @rightscon.org ✨️
... and that's a wrap! 💫 We're thrilled to have been a part of #RightsCon2025, representing human rights & tech in S. Asia, & connecting with global experts. 🌎✊🏽
We leave this space renewed & energized, eagerly looking forward to next year's #RightsCon!
A promotional digital graphic with a blue background. The text reads, "LISTEN TO THE LOCAL SOUND BITES" in bold white capital letters. A QR code is placed to the right of the text. Below, in smaller orange font, it says, "Learning from activists in East Asia." At the bottom, there is a colorful soundwave graphic composed of vertical bars in various shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow.
What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?
"The most pressing issue is authoritarian influence as a whole."
"Communication and team work is what gives me hope."
media.apc.org/w/7pJk5vnTEx...
All episodes: www.apc.org/en/news/list...
#LocalSoundBites #RightsCon2025
Huge thanks to @rightscon.org for bringing the digital rights community together for yet another amazing conference! 🙌
Warm thanks to everyone who came to our sessions and booth. We appreciate all the discussions ❤️
#RightsCon2025 #ooni #digitalrights #taiwan
