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<p>Dear all</p>
<p>Apologies (again) for the cross-posting. ICANN and technical
standards buffs, and any other GigaNet members in London around
18th May, all welcome to the third edition of <i>Defending Human
Rights in a Digital Age. </i>In this debate, entitled <b><i>Activism
Behind the Screen</i></b>, 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). </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
More information at <a
href="https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=10764">https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=10764</a><br>
Videos and articles relating to these events at <a
href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri">https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri</a><br>
<br>
I am working on live-streaming. The event will be available later as
video in any case. <br>
Thanks for passing on to your other networks too.<br>
<br>
warm regards<br>
MF<br>
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Marianne Franklin, PhD
Professor of Global Media and Politics
Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/">http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-global-media-transnational-communications/</a>
Goldsmiths University of London
Department of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 207 9197072
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:m.i.franklin@gold.ac.uk"><m.i.franklin@gold.ac.uk></a>
@GloComm
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/">http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/franklin/</a>
Chair: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
Co-Chair: Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (IRPC)
Editor: Human Rights and the Internet Series, openDemocracy
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri">https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri</a>
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