Aaron Swartz died on January 11 2013, committing suicide while being hounded by US prosecutors over his efforts to liberate academic journal articles. He was known both for his coding skills, helping create RSS, Creative Commons, Markdown… Read the rest “VIDEOS: Celebrating Aaron Swartz”
On Thursday 17 November 2022 at 17:00-18:00 EAT (14:00-15:00 UTC) the Internet Society Uganda Chapter will co-host the Freedom On the Net Africa Launch. Subsequent to the release of the 2022 Freedom On The Net Report, an expert … Read the rest “WEBCAST NOV 17 – Freedom On the Net Africa Launch”
On October 3 & 4 2022, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (GFoE) and Justitia present the ‘Regulating the Online Public Sphere: From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation‘ Conference. On the first day, speakers will discuss new models … Read the rest “WEBCAST OCT 3-4 – Columbia Global Freedom of Expression ‘Regulating the Online Public Sphere’ conference”
On Wednesday May 4 2022 at 10:30 EDT (14:30 UTC) Ranking Digital Rights presents ‘Charting the Future of Big Tech Accountability’. Following the launch of the 2022 Big Tech Scorecard on April 27, a panel of experts and … Read the rest “WEBCAST: Charting the Future of Big Tech Accountability”
Today, Tuesday January 18 2022, at 6:15pm EST (23:15 UTC) in the 11th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, on the 10th anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA Internet blackout, we feature … Read the rest “12 Streams 2021 #11 – Aaron Swartz – How We Stopped SOPA – Freedom to Connect, Washington DC, May 21 2012”
On Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 2pm-3pm EST (19:00-20:00 UTC) Public Knowledge hosts a discussion ‘How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet‘. This month marks the anniversary of a series of coordinated protests that led to the … Read the rest “WEBCAST JAN 18: How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet”
On Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 11:00-12:30 EST (16:30-17:30 UTC) the Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law hosts a webinar ‘Regulating the Internet Ten Years after the SOPA/PIPA Blackout‘. Calls to regulate the internet more … Read the rest “WEBCAST JAN 18 – Regulating the Internet Ten Years after the SOPA/PIPA Blackout”
Today Tuesday June 9 2020 at 2pm-3pm EDT (18:00-19:00 UTC) the Internet Society hosts a webinar ‘Trump’s Social Media Executive Order: Legal, Ethical, Smart?‘ discussing Section 230, the First Amendment and the President’s Executive Order “Preventing … Read the rest “WEBCAST TODAY: Trump’s Social Media Executive Order: Legal, Ethical, Smart? #section230 @InternetSociety @daphnehk @Stanford_Cyber @ellanso @CenDemTech Andy Heiman @Monument Evan Engstrom @EngineOrg @JoeBeOne #netfreedom #freespeech”
Today, Wedneday June 5 2019 at Noon EDT (14:00 UTC) New America’s Open Technology Institute hosts a book launch event – Speech Police – The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet. Author David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on … Read the rest “WEBCAST TODAY: #SpeechPolice – The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet @newamerica @oti @rmack @davidakaye”
Today Thursday 16 May 2019 at 11:30 EDT (15:30 UTC) the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index will be officially launched at the sixth Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF 2019) in Stockholm. 24 of the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, … Read the rest “WEBCAST TODAY: Launch of 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index #rankingrights #SIF19 #netfreedom”
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