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💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age 📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 21

✨ The #RightsCon2025 Opening Ceremony ✨ will set the stage for critical discussions on the challenges to digital rights today. Let’s unite and spark conversation & action as civil society grapples with interconnected struggles in times of crisis. Join us in shaping a rights-respecting future!

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 15d

Nominate an organization for the Privacy and Human Rights Award: globalprivacyassembly.com/privacy-huma...

Add your name to the Speaker and Facilitator List (open late October)

Apply for a booth in the Community Village

Partner with us through RightsCon side events and our Expanded Programming

Privacy & Human Rights Award – Global Privacy Assembly

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 15d

Your proposal will go through a 3-step review process with the Program Committee, and results are expected in late December!

In the meantime, there are plenty of other ways to engage with the RightsCon program. In the coming months, you’ll be able to:
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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 15d

We received over 1,600 submissions for RightsCon 2026!

This impressive number shows the urgency of today’s digital rights challenges and the community’s commitment to ensuring that RightsCon remains the space for the crucial conversations shaping our lives.

What’s next? 👇

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 22d

Have you submitted your RightsCon 2026 proposal yet?

There’s still time to help shape the agenda on digital rights of our next summit, in Zambia and online (May 5-8).

Submit through the Proposal Portal:
rightscon.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati...

Remember to submit before September 19!

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Sep 11

If you need extra guidance, visit our Guide to a Successful Proposal page for instructions, resources, and examples.

To submit your RightsCon 2026 proposal go to rightscon.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati...

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Sep 11

Good news! You have one more week to submit your proposal for RightsCon 2026 (May 5-8, Zambia and online). The deadline has been extended to Sept 19.

To support you in this final stretch, we’re adding an extra office hour on September 16. Sign up: rightscon.org/program/#tra... 👇

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Sep 5

If you still need support with your proposal, join our social hour on September 10 and chat with the program team directly! Sign up here: www.rightscon.org/program/#tra...

RightsCon Program

This page gives an overview of the program for RightsCon, including our formats and highlights of previous editions

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Sep 5

The top three categories leading the way:
• Online Hate and Violence
• AI & Emerging Technologies
• Digital Security for Communities

Civil society continues to lead, but Academia is making waves in second place with 19% of proposals, showing the diversity of voices shaping digital rights today. 👇

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Sep 5

Just one week left to submit your RightsCon 2026 proposal! Send your idea before Friday, September 12.

Here’s a snapshot of how things are shaping up so far:

44% of proposals are coming from Africa, a clear sign that local communities are ready to bring digital rights conversations to Zambia. 👇

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Aug 29

Need some support with your RightsCon 2026 proposal? Join our training session this Tuesday, Sep. 2!

Our team will:

✅ Share best practices for a strong proposal
✅ Offer insights to sharpen your session idea
✅ Answer your questions before you submit

Sign up here: www.rightscon.org/program/#tra...

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Aug 19

2. Digital rights from an Indigenous and “glocal” perspective

Centering Indigenous voices in digital rights, from data colonialism and spectrum sovereignty to bridging the digital divide.
👉 Vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals

PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Aug 19

Help us bring digital rights to the SXSW stage by voting for our two proposals!

1. Tackling the “snakes” undermining digital rights

Examining the existential threats civil society is facing and how we can strengthen the sector together.
👉 Vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

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Sara Alsherif @sarahalsherif.bsky.social · Feb 27

‎Today, I spoke at the closing ceremony of the @rightscon.org
‬⁩ #2025 to talk about Laila Soueif and Free Alaa.
‎Here is the full speech, and I will follow up with the video once it's released!

‎⁧‫#تجوع_ليحيا‬⁩
‎⁧‫#انقذوا_ليلي‬⁩
‎⁧‫#الحرية_لعلاء_عبدالفتاح‬⁩
‎⁦‪#SaveLaila‬⁩
‎⁦‪#FreeThemAll‬⁩

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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seher @heyitsseher.bsky.social · Feb 27

If you're at #RightsCon2025 @rightscon.org come check out our @mozilla.org booth by room 201C!

We're spotlighting our Common Voice project: a free, open source platform for community-led data creation with a focus on uplifting languages under-represented in LLMs

More: commonvoice.mozilla.org/en

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Jemimah Steinfeld @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social · Feb 27

#China: “There’s no anti-depressant for a government tracking you down”. Great comment from a talk @rightscon.org on the victims of transnational repression.

The huge mental health toll is being overlooked.

We’re getting good at talking about the problem, less so the solution. This must change.

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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De|Center @thedecenter.bsky.social · Feb 27

"Social media can be a lifeline for those going through genocide, but also a battlefield too.” @marwasf.bsky.social @rightscon.org #decenter #designfromthemargins #rightscon25 🔏 🔐

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Damar Juniarto @oomdamar.bsky.social · Feb 24

More pictures of #RightsCon25 from Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia

@rightscon.org really connecting communities.

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Luisa Ortiz Pérez @luortizperez.bsky.social · Feb 24

Are you at @rightscon.org? Are you in need of emotional support? Schedule a conversation with @vitaactivaorg.bsky.social
#Youarenotalone
#RightsCon25

Vita Activa is providing digital and emotional support to all RightsCon participants. Find us on Signal +52155-9171-1117 or schedule a meeting on tinyurl.com/vitarc25 Available from 6 pm to 8 am

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · Feb 26

We're honored to have co-hosted a joint session with @arabifactshub.bsky.social on tech-driven solutions to combat information disorder, with @alsayyad.bsky.social , @monashtaya.bsky.social, Alexei Abrahams & @michatobia.bsky.social, moderated by Abdelrahman Mansour at this year's @rightscon.org.

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Mosh @mosh.bsky.social · Feb 26

🧵 Learning a lot from human rights archiving groups from Myanmar to Ukraine to Sudan @rightscon.org about how media & social media authenticity plays out in the real world. (1/n)

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Center on Privacy & Technology @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social · Feb 26

At @rightscon.org this week? Look for one of our Advisory Board members, Hinako Sugiyama, who is speaking at several events. #RightsCon2025 is a conference dedicated to tackling pressing issues at the intersection of human rights & tech.

For in-person & online details: www.rightscon.org/program/

RightsCon Program

This page gives an overview of the program for RightsCon, including our formats and highlights of previous editions

www.rightscon.org

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Digital Rights Foundation @digitalrightspk.bsky.social · Feb 24

DRF ED Nighat Dad was also in a meeting of the @oversightboard.bsky.social with Taiwan MODA minister Yennun Huang at @rightscon.org

#RightsCon2025

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Rawan Damen @rdamen.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks @rightscon.org & @accessnow.org for bringing us together from all continents. Meeting colleagues who share the same values & passion is a powerful reminder that hope is always alive. #RightsCon2025

RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · Feb 26

“It’s untenable to have an industry without any external regulation.”

Our COO @jemma-levene.bsky.social on social media giants enabling the spread of lies in the @rightscon.org panel 'The Twin Threats of Misinformation and Censorship in SRHR' with @msichoices.org & CIJ.
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RightsCon @rightscon.org · Feb 27

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Digital Rights Foundation @digitalrightspk.bsky.social · Feb 24

At #RightsCon2025 in Taipei!

Platform accountability, tech justice, countering misinformation & TFGBV... DRF is here at @rightscon.org to connect with the global movement for digital rights, and highlight our work and resources, such as the Cyber Harassment Helpline.

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