Convening an international panel of government officials, academic researchers and frontline activists, Access will host a live-streamed web symposium that confronts the very real threats and opportunities for political freedom that exist in a digital world. Panelists will provide in-depth analysis from a multitude of perspectives and experiences, as well as field questions from a worldwide audience in real time.
Host: Access (https://www.accessnow.org), building a global movement for digital freedom.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 3rd, 12:00pm EST
Location: Streamed live at https://www.accessnow.org
Participants:
• Frank La Rue: United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
• Marietje Schaake: Dutch Member of the European Parliament
• Jillian York: Berkman Center (Harvard)
• Tarek Amr: Egyptian Digital Activist (Global Voices)
• Walid Al-Saqaf: Yemeni software developer and journalist
• Al Jazeera Transparency Unit (Invited)
• Brett Solomon: Access (Moderator)
• Additional participants to be announced
Tech-utopians and tech-doomsayers continue their debate over the impact of the internet on politics and democracy. Meanwhile mass demonstrations have spread across the Middle East, causing the downfall of one government and putting others on high alert. In each case we know technology has played a vital role in mobilizing protestors and transmitting information in real time around the globe. The existential threat it plays to a regime has been demonstrated by Egypt’s internet shutdown. “Egypt, the Revolution and the Internet” brings together experts in the field to discuss and debate the issues in real time.
Access’s web symposium will examine the impact of new (social) media and the internet on political freedom. On the one hand we can expect grassroots activists to make use of technology to facilitate their activities. On the other hand the new era provides opportunities for dictators and regimes to survey and monitor like never before. With voices from academia to the front line, Access will explore how activists use the net, the challenges for state actors and the likely winners and losers in the digital cat and mouse game.
Engaged citizens, journalists and activists from around the world will have the opportunity submit questions to be answered during the open forum segment of the symposium. If you would like to submit a question prior to the start of the event, please write to: press@accessnow.org.
Please join us for this in-depth and dynamic discussion.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 3rd, 12:00pm EST
Location: Streamed live at https://www.accessnow.org
For more information contact press@accessnow.org or call Blair on 202 503 6141
Note to Editors: Access (www.accessnow.org) is a non-profit organization premised on the belief that the realization of human rights and democracy in the twenty-first century is increasingly predicated on access to the internet and other forms of information communication technology.
Host: Access (https://www.accessnow.org), building a global movement for digital freedom.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 3rd, 12:00pm EST
Location: Streamed live at https://www.accessnow.org
Participants:
• Frank La Rue: United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
• Marietje Schaake: Dutch Member of the European Parliament
• Jillian York: Berkman Center (Harvard)
• Tarek Amr: Egyptian Digital Activist (Global Voices)
• Walid Al-Saqaf: Yemeni software developer and journalist
• Al Jazeera Transparency Unit (Invited)
• Brett Solomon: Access (Moderator)
• Additional participants to be announced
Tech-utopians and tech-doomsayers continue their debate over the impact of the internet on politics and democracy. Meanwhile mass demonstrations have spread across the Middle East, causing the downfall of one government and putting others on high alert. In each case we know technology has played a vital role in mobilizing protestors and transmitting information in real time around the globe. The existential threat it plays to a regime has been demonstrated by Egypt’s internet shutdown. “Egypt, the Revolution and the Internet” brings together experts in the field to discuss and debate the issues in real time.
Access’s web symposium will examine the impact of new (social) media and the internet on political freedom. On the one hand we can expect grassroots activists to make use of technology to facilitate their activities. On the other hand the new era provides opportunities for dictators and regimes to survey and monitor like never before. With voices from academia to the front line, Access will explore how activists use the net, the challenges for state actors and the likely winners and losers in the digital cat and mouse game.
Engaged citizens, journalists and activists from around the world will have the opportunity submit questions to be answered during the open forum segment of the symposium. If you would like to submit a question prior to the start of the event, please write to: press@accessnow.org.
Please join us for this in-depth and dynamic discussion.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 3rd, 12:00pm EST
Location: Streamed live at https://www.accessnow.org
For more information contact press@accessnow.org or call Blair on 202 503 6141
Note to Editors: Access (www.accessnow.org) is a non-profit organization premised on the belief that the realization of human rights and democracy in the twenty-first century is increasingly predicated on access to the internet and other forms of information communication technology.
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