[IRPCoalition] Public Debate 18th May: Activism Behind the Screen

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear all

Thanks to all of you who have registered for tomorrow. It is not
obligatory but you still can at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/defending-human-rights-in-a-digital-age-iii-activism-behind-the-screen-tickets-34424285966

To respond to queries, the event is indeed being live-streamed
(http://www.gold.ac.uk/live-stream/) - 6pm London time.

There will also be a Tweet-Wall active during the discussion via the
hashtag below so you can follow things there too. *
*

*Hashtag: #humanrightsinternet *
Tweet Wall at http://ifhr.tweetwally.com/

best wishes

MF

On 08/05/2017 14:32, Marianne Franklin wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> Apologies (in advance) for any cross-posting. For anyone in London
> around 18th May, all welcome to the third edition of /Defending Human
> Rights in a Digital Age. /In this debate, entitled */Activism Behind
> the Screen/*, participants consider how human rights activism can
> impact on internet design and its day-to-day running. These decisions
> take place behind the screen in organizations such as the Internet
> Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet
> Engineering Taskforce (IETF), or the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3).
>
> Panellists will focus on ICANN for the most part, the US-incorporated
> entity that controls the Domain Name System that is a cornerstone of
> how the internet works, and people find their way around the web.
> ICANN has just completed its transition to a “privatized,
> multistakeholder" governance structure. At the same time activists
> have been developing a range of human rights agendas from within the
> organization's various working groups.
>
> The aim of this debate is to introduce these architects of the
> internet to a Goldsmiths audience; to discuss how human rights matter
> for what they do.
>
> More information at https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=10764
> Videos and articles relating to these events at
> https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri
> -- 
> Marianne Franklin, PhD
> Professor of Global Media and Politics
> Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
> http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
> Goldsmiths University of London
> Department of Media & Communications
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
> Tel: +44 207 9197072
> <m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
> @GloComm
> http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/
> Chair: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
> Co-Chair: Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (IRPC)
>
> Editor: Human Rights and the Internet Series, openDemocracy
> https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri
>
>
>
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-- 
Marianne Franklin, PhD
Professor of Global Media and Politics
Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/
Goldsmiths University of London
Department of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 207 9197072
<m.i.franklin at gold.ac.uk>
@GloComm
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/
Chair: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
Co-Chair: Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (IRPC)

Editor: Human Rights and the Internet Series, openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri

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