ASPEN DIGITAL: When the Web Goes Dark: State Control & the Internet

livestreamToday, Tuesday March 9 2021, at 12pm EST (17:00 UTC) Aspen Digital hosts a webinar ‘When the Web Goes Dark: State Control & the Internet‘. Autocrats around the world are manipulating access to the internet as a means of state control, especially in the face of protests and dissent. From Myanmar to Venezuela to Iran, we’ve seen a rise in blackouts cutting off critical channels of communication, an increasingly dangerous prospect in the middle of a pandemic. This public program will feature experts in human rights, technology, and cyber access to understand the implications of blocking freedom of information, and what can be done about it.

SPEAKERS
Felicia Anthonio, Campaigner, Access Now
Shayna Bauchner, Researcher, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
Sophie Schmidt, Founder & CEO, Rest of World
Adrian Shahbaz, Director, Technology and Democracy, Freedom House

MODERATOR
Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital.

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aspenshutdowns

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/38kCqbe

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2OgrBAb

TWITTER
#shutdowns @AspenDigital @FelAnthonio @AccessNow Shayna Bauchner @hrw Sophie Schmidt @restofworld @adrianshahbaz @freedomhouse @vivian @AspenInstitute #KeepItOn

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/aspenshutdowns