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Rohini Lakshané<p>New article: Takeaways and observations from one session in which I spoke and one that I co-organised at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon2025</span></a> and one session I conducted at Open Tech Camp held in Malaysia this year.</p><p><a href="https://genderit.org/feminist-talk/ai-facilitated-gbv-takes-various-forms-takeaways-global-events" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genderit.org/feminist-talk/ai-</span><span class="invisible">facilitated-gbv-takes-various-forms-takeaways-global-events</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TFGBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFGBV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FeministAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GBV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OGBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OGBV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span></p>
Felix Hlatky<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://left-tusk.com/@BlueDot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BlueDot</span></a></span> when we were at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightscon2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andypiper</span></a></span> and I discussed this, I think</p>
DWeb<p>Attending <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> was incredible, so many wonderful encounters and happenings!</p><p>- A Local Network Workshop with <a href="https://social.coop/tags/g0v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>g0v</span></a> <br>- A DWeb Community Roundtable<br>- Stop Surveillance Copaganda Sessions<br>- DWeb Community dinner</p><p>Especially if you couldn’t be there, learn more about it by reading <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@mai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mai</span></a></span>’s recap article: <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/03/26/dweb-and-digital-rights-a-report-back-from-rightscon-in-taipei/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/03/26/dw</span><span class="invisible">eb-and-digital-rights-a-report-back-from-rightscon-in-taipei/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWeb</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWebCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWebCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>event</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Taipei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taipei</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MeshTWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeshTWC</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workshop</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a></p>
APC<p>- How was digital rights advocacy strengthened at RightsCon 2025?</p><p>&gt; Taysir Mathlouthi of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@7amleh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>7amleh</span></a></span> shares very relevant insights, from claiming an independent Palestinian ICT sector to online censorship and weaponising AI in armed conflicts:</p><p><a href="https://www.apc.org/en/blog/strengthening-digital-rights-advocacy-rightscon-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apc.org/en/blog/strengthening-</span><span class="invisible">digital-rights-advocacy-rightscon-2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a></p>
APC<p>What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?</p><p>&gt; We talked to You-Hao Lai, a practicing lawyer with Taiwan's Judicial Reform Foundation: "Digital authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism are the main issues. Governments and corporations are eroding personal autonomy."</p><p><a href="https://media.apc.org/w/tnHTo18zSx4vVhXKnUhcoH?start=0s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">media.apc.org/w/tnHTo18zSx4vVh</span><span class="invisible">XKnUhcoH?start=0s</span></a></p><p>- Listen to all episodes of our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalSoundBites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalSoundBites</span></a> here: <a href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/listen-local-sound-bites-rightscon-2025-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apc.org/en/news/listen-local-s</span><span class="invisible">ound-bites-rightscon-2025-0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span></p>
OONI<p>Huge thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span> for bringing the digital rights community together for yet another amazing conference! 🙌</p><p>Warm thanks to everyone who came to our sessions and booth. We appreciate all the discussions ❤️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ooni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ooni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a></p>
Rohini Lakshané<p>This area at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon2025</span></a> was sheer bliss. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon</span></a></p>
Rohini Lakshané<p>A report and open letter was released at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon2025</span></a> yesterday, as an outcome of a workshop co-facilitated by Pyrou Chung, Nina Sangma and yours truly at the Asia Pacific Feminist Forum held in Thailand in 2024. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rightscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightscon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APFF2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APFF2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APFF24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APFF24</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/k4d-org_rightscon2025-activity-7300423730332135424--K_B" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/k4d-org_rig</span><span class="invisible">htscon2025-activity-7300423730332135424--K_B</span></a></p>
Digital Defenders Partnership<p>¡Vente! Ya comienza nuestra sesión en <a href="https://mastodon.ngo/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> con @SocialTIC y @AmarantaOng para intercambiar sobre los desafíos de seguridad digital que enfrentan las organizaciones y activistas de derechos sexuales y reproductivos en América Latina. </p><p>🗓️ Miércoles 26/02 - 22:00 UTC<br>👩‍💻 <a href="https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-2025/events/building-digital-resistance-networks-for-reproductive-rights-atiUi2rMgRJeTAQDDchcwt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightsco</span><span class="invisible">n-2025/events/building-digital-resistance-networks-for-reproductive-rights-atiUi2rMgRJeTAQDDchcwt</span></a></p>
Digital Defenders Partnership<p>¡Ven que ya empezamos! Acompañanos a charlar sobre la importancia de seguir documentando los cortes de Internet junto a @Karisma en <a href="https://mastodon.ngo/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a></p><p>📅 Miércoles 26 de febrero<br>🇲🇽 🇬🇹 🇸🇻 🇭🇳 🇳🇮 12:15 - 13:15<br>🇨🇴 🇪🇨 13:15 - 14:15 <br>🇧🇷 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 15:15 - 16:15 </p><p><a href="https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-2025/events/why-keep-documenting-internet-shutdowns-experiences-from-latin-america-pDwgmVmxQen5wuxPMk5Pgp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightsco</span><span class="invisible">n-2025/events/why-keep-documenting-internet-shutdowns-experiences-from-latin-america-pDwgmVmxQen5wuxPMk5Pgp</span></a></p>
TEDIC<p>✅ Our panel at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> successfully concluded!</p><p>💡 "The Perpetrator’s Gaze: Seeking to Understand Perpetrators of OGBV" allowed us to explore a perspective that is rarely addressed in online gender-based violence research: Who are the perpetrators, and what drives their actions?</p><p>🙌 Thank you to Kat Townsend, Pollicy, Wougnet, and Fundación Karisma for this key conversation on new approaches to tackling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OGBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OGBV</span></a>.</p>
APC<p>&gt; What key human rights and tech concerns do activists in East Asia have?</p><p>"Privacy still falls under the radar in Taiwan. Our personal data protection law hasn't been meaningfully updated for over a decade," APC member <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://liker.social/@OCF1989" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OCF1989</span></a></span> said.</p><p><a href="https://media.apc.org/w/mM3zX9tGu4h4Hf6JBuRKiJ?start=1m52s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">media.apc.org/w/mM3zX9tGu4h4Hf</span><span class="invisible">6JBuRKiJ?start=1m52s</span></a></p><p>- Listen to all the episodes: <a href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/listen-local-sound-bites-rightscon-2025-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apc.org/en/news/listen-local-s</span><span class="invisible">ound-bites-rightscon-2025-0</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalSoundBites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalSoundBites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span></p>
Quad9DNS<p>While at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a>, always look for the signs that you are where you should be 😻</p>
IODA @ Georgia Tech<p>IODA team member, Dr. Amanda Meng will co-facilitate an in-person session with partners at @accessnow.social and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ooni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ooni</span></a></span> on "Documenting internet shutdowns around the world: challenges, opportunities, and solidarity" Join us! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-2025/events/documenting-internet-shutdowns-around-the-world-challenges-opportunities-and-solidarity-jffqpRGhBR3ChEF7kqcXzU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightsco</span><span class="invisible">n-2025/events/documenting-internet-shutdowns-around-the-world-challenges-opportunities-and-solidarity-jffqpRGhBR3ChEF7kqcXzU</span></a></p>
IODA @ Georgia Tech<p>IODA team member, Dr. Zach Bischof will be giving an online lightning talk at RightsCon 2025! Join us for "Destination Unreachable: Characterizing Internet Outages and Shutdowns." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeakerSpotlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakerSpotlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a>&nbsp;📢&nbsp;Get Involved!</p>
IODA @ Georgia Tech<p>IODA is thrilled to be at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span> hosting an Open Measurement Group booth with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ooni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ooni</span></a></span> and M-Lab on the Second Floor in front of 201B. Come see us today! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightscon2025</span></a></p>
Global Voices<p>:blobcat_rss: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RightsCon</span></a> Join our discussion on how digital authoritarianism can be detrimental to the future of data.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a></p>
Mallory Knodel<p>Building the open social web — <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/rightscon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightscon2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andypiper</span></a></span> @palakpalooza@threads.net</p>
CenDemTech<p><a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> is officially underway! 🎉 This year, the global digital rights community gathers in Taipei, Taiwan (and online) from Feb 24-27 to tackle the most pressing issues in tech &amp; human rights. <a href="https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-goes-to-rightscon-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdt.org/insights/cdt-goes-to-r</span><span class="invisible">ightscon-2025/</span></a></p>
APC<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReconnectGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReconnectGaza</span></a>: a campaign to rebuild Gaza’s telecommunications infrastructure and ensure connectivity as a fundamental human right. </p><p>Register here: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cs8lPLE1TPqNKrUf2rWHMg#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/WN_Cs8lPLE1TPqNKrUf2rWHMg#/registration</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightsCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://accessnow.social/@rightscon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightscon</span></a></span></p>