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YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, on Tuesday said it would reinstate creators previously banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and false election content.🤬

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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#RightsCon2025

The session will explore ways civil society inside and outside the EU can work together to ensure that the DSA becomes a tool to protect the free flow of information during conflict.

[in-person]

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Wednesday 26 February -- 4:30 p.m. Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on free expression and crime documentation in conflict The final negotiations of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and the initial stages of its enforcement have been marked by two armed conflicts with immense geopolitical impact. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was the key reason why the DSA included a last-minute crisis response mechanism, criticised by many CSOs for lacking sufficient safeguards. After Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attacks prompted Israel’s relentless war on Gaza, the EU Commission started investigating social media companies due to the dissemination of illegal content circulating on their platforms. These actions have prompted criticism by many CSOs about politicised enforcement that does not follow the letter of the DSA and could undermine human rights. What became clear is that the reach of the DSA is already extending well beyond EU borders, influencing what content can circulate internationally about armed conflicts. The session will explore ways civil society inside and outside the EU can work together to ensure that the DSA becomes a tool to protect the free flow of information during conflict. We will discuss the crisis response mechanism and how the newly established data access framework can strengthen documentation of potential evidence of international crimes. We will also unpack a conflict-sensitive approach to due diligence in the context of the DSA’s extraterritorial effect on content generated outside EU borders - including in conflict zones. Finally, we will also explore opportunities, particularly for diaspora communities within the EU, to enforce rights affected by platforms’ actions in the context of conflicts. Host institution: Access Now | Article 19
February 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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#RightsCon2025

Civil Society and Digital Rights Organizations to share experiences and strategies to promote internet freedom by developing the capacity of CSOs to engage with Tech companies, Governments and ASEAN.

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graphic of RightsCon2025 session on Tuesday 25 February 3:15 p.m. -- Civil Society and Tech Engagement to Enhance content Moderation in Southeast Asia Civil society and digital rights organizations established the South East Asia Collaborative Policy Network (SEA CPN) in 2023 to share experiences and strategies to promote internet freedom by developing the capacity of CSOs to engage with ICT companies (tech companies, ISPs and telcos), governments and ASEAN. SEA CPN would like to open up collaborations with RightsCon participants. In-person, limited capacity. [more details on linked page]
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Smaug the Dragon Illustration from JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit"
December 28, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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“But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.

That there is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien
“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something. That there is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
December 28, 2024 at 5:23 AM