RightsCon 19 will be in Tunis. It will be much closer for many of us to
attend :) I'll try!
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Subject: Thank you Toronto, and hello Tunis!
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 01:38:25 +0200
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From: "Nick Dagostino, Access Now" <info@???>
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Cc: Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 19:38:18 -0400
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Hi ,
Wow. These past three days at RightsCon Toronto have been an inspiring testament
to this community’s collective efforts in protecting and defending human rights
in the digital age. This has been a historic RightsCon with 2,500 participants from 115 countries coming together to engage, workshop,
and build a global agenda for the challenges and opportunities to come.
Together, we’ve achieved some pretty remarkable things over the last three days:
* Access Now and Amnesty International announced The Toronto Declaration on Equality and Non-Discrimination in Machine
Learning.
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* The Canadian government launched a playbook for gender equality in the digital age.
* Activists and technologists from around the world came together to form a new coalition
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* A group of civil society organizations pledged to create an emergency fund for activists working in high-risk situations, which Mozilla agreed to double.
* More than 30 governments signed a joint statement condemning state-sponsored internet censorship
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* NetBlocks in collaboration with the Internet Society unveiled a new technology project called COST
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There’s so much more to share, which is why we’ll be compiling an outcomes
report to outline the progress we’ve made and track our goals for the future. We can’t wait to tell you more about exciting opportunities to take action that have taken root at this year’s event.
And while we’re just catching our breath from this exciting 2018 event, we’re
also ready to look ahead. In the closing ceremonies, we announced the
destination for RightsCon 2019
… Tunis, Tunisia!
This will be the first RightsCon summit in Africa and the Middle East, and we’re
thrilled to be hosting our wonderful community there. Tunisian civil society has
done incredible work to build and defend a rights-respecting democracy, and
Tunisians are still fighting daily to protect the essential rights of privacy
and freedom of speech. Hard-fought victories in Tunisia have been a beacon of
hope for others across the region and the world — and we look forward to
supporting them in the work that is left to do.
If you would like to stay up to date on all the latest RightsCon developments,
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Thank you for everything you do to support this global family working to protect
human rights in the digital age.
Until next time,
Team RightsCon
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