[bestbits] IGF invitation: Tomorrow (9 am) - ‘Hate & Dangerous Speech Online' round table

Chinmayi Arun chinmayiarun at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 13:16:21 EST 2015


Dear All,


We would like to invite you to our IGF Roundtable on *‘Hate & Dangerous
Speech Online: Identification & Strategies’* on *12**th** November* 2015
(Thursday) from* 9:00 am – 10.30 am *at *Workshop Room - 10*. Professor Urs
Gasser, Executive Director of the Berkman Centre for Internet & Society at
Harvard University will moderate the session.


This is an event that we are co-hosting with the Berkman Center for
Internet and Society at Harvard University, the Digital Asia Hub, Dangerous
Speech Project, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan and Dr. Cherian George.


Recently several recent incidents of violence in South Asia have been
attributed to online hate speech. We are looking to bring together diverse
perspectives on this very serious issue.


A document with the detailed session outline and schedule is attached to
this email, and additional details about the event are given below.


If you have any questions please do let us know. We hope that many of you
will join us on the 12th.


Best,

Chinmayi



*A Roundtable on*


*Hate & Dangerous Speech Online: Identification & Strategies*


9:00 am – 10.30 am, 12th November 2015

*at*

*Workshop Room - 10*


*organised by*

*The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University*

*The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi*

*The Dangerous Speech Project*

*The Digital Asia Hub*

*Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan*

*&*

*Dr. Cherian George*


*Moderator: Professor Urs Gasser**, Executive Director, Berkman Center for
Internet & Society at Harvard University*
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