Internews is organizing and participating in a number of panels at RightsCon 2021. Marking its 10^th year, RightsCon has been a home for a growing digital rights movement, gathering thousands of business leaders, human rights defenders, advocates, creatives, policy makers, technologists, and journalists from around the world.

Internews staff are leading and participating in sessions focused on the intersections of access and equity in technology, data security, and hands-on guidance to make tools and techniques more available to human rights defenders and marginalized groups.

Attending RightsCon? Join us at the sessions below. All times listed are GMT +1. You must be a registered participant at RightsCon to view the panel links.

June 8

How to model threats using user personas, organizational archetypes, and adversary archetypes
June 8 2:15pm -3:15pm
Ashley Fowler, Internews Senior Program Officer for Digital Safety, panelist

Global tech inequity and the impact of Silicon Valley’s laissez faire approach abroad
June 8, 2:15-3:15pm
Kat Duffy, Internews Vice President for Global Technology Programs, panelist

No accountability without transparency: developing best practices for transparency reporting
June 8, 4:45-5:45pm
Rafiq Copeland, Internews Platform Accountability Advisor, panelist

Building a security practitioner’s toolkit for social revolts
June 8, 7:45-8:45pm
Nathaly Espitia Díaz, Internews Community Engagement Officer, panelist

1Up! Video game policy: tools to level up your activism in times of the Metaverse
June 8, 9-10 pm
Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Internews Senior Program Officer, panelist

Co-designing digital security resources in Indigenous languages
June 8 10:15pm-11:15pm
Nathaly Espitia Díaz, Internews Community Engagement Officer, panelist

June 9

Global (South) representation: organizing a movement across time zones
June 10, 12:15-1:15pm
Rafiq Copeland, Internews Platform Accountability Advisor, panelist

Web accessibility 101: enhancing user experiences of open source tools for people with disabilities
June 9 2-3pm
Ashley Fowler, Internews Senior Program Officer for Digital Safety, panelist

Introducing the new SAFETAG interface!
June 9 2-3pm
Neil Blazevic, Internews Organizational Security Officer, presenter
Ashley Fowler, Internews Senior Program Officer for Digital Safety, presenter

June 10

Fireside chat: Vijaya Gadde and Berhan Taye
June 10, 3:15-3:45pm
Berhan Taye, Internews Senior Advisor for Internet Governance and Policy, presenter

SO mainstream: new communities and creative approaches for popularizing digital rights advocacy
June 10, 4-5pm
Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Internews Senior Program Officer, panelist

June 11

User insights without user surveillance: the clean insights approach to privacy-respecting analytics
June 11, 2:45-3:45pm
Babette Ngene, Internews Senior Director of Digital Rights and Digital Safety, panelist
Gina Helfrich, Internews Program Officer, panelist

Prepare, prevent, resist: a guide for internet shutdown advocacy strategy and resilience
June 11, 6:30-7:30pm
Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Internews Senior Program Officer, panelist

Confronting threats from all sides: building the anti-censorship ecosystem
June 11, 7:15 – 8:15pm
Jon Camfield, Internews Director of Global Technological Strategy, panelist