[bestbits] Activism Behind The Screen: Public Debate 18th May

[Marianne Franklin]

Dear all

Thanks for the responses, and 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 14:37, Marianne Franklin wrote:
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> Dear all
>
> 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 /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 <https://www.opendemocracy.net/hri>
>
> I am working on live-streaming. The event will be available later as
> video in any case.
> Thanks for passing on to your other networks too.
>
> warm regards
> MF
> -- 
> 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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