It's official: registration is now open for RightsCon 2026 (Zambia and online, May 5-8)! rightscon.org/registration RightsCon is home to many movements: from defending equality, privacy, and freedom, to shaping digital rights frameworks, to fighting internet shutdowns, and more 👇

We’re excited to announce our home in Lusaka! RightsCon 2026 will take place at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC), the largest conference center in Zambia! With its modern infrastructure and flexible layout, the MICC is the perfect fit for RightsCon’s dynamic program. 👇

We received over 1,600 submissions for RightsCon 2026! This impressive number shows the urgency of today’s digital rights challenges and the community’s commitment to ensuring that RightsCon remains the space for the crucial conversations shaping our lives. What’s next? 👇

Have you submitted your RightsCon 2026 proposal yet? There’s still time to help shape the agenda on digital rights of our next summit, in Zambia and online (May 5-8). Submit through the Proposal Portal: rightscon.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati... Remember to submit before September 19!

Good news! You have one more week to submit your proposal for RightsCon 2026 (May 5-8, Zambia and online). The deadline has been extended to Sept 19. To support you in this final stretch, we’re adding an extra office hour on September 16. Sign up: rightscon.org/program/#tra... 👇

Just one week left to submit your RightsCon 2026 proposal! Send your idea before Friday, September 12. Here’s a snapshot of how things are shaping up so far: 44% of proposals are coming from Africa, a clear sign that local communities are ready to bring digital rights conversations to Zambia. 👇

Need some support with your RightsCon 2026 proposal? Join our training session this Tuesday, Sep. 2! Our team will: ✅ Share best practices for a strong proposal ✅ Offer insights to sharpen your session idea ✅ Answer your questions before you submit Sign up here: www.rightscon.org/program/#tra...

Help us bring digital rights to the SXSW stage by voting for our two proposals! 1. Tackling the “snakes” undermining digital rights Examining the existential threats civil society is facing and how we can strengthen the sector together. 👉 Vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

‎Today, I spoke at the closing ceremony of the @rightscon.org ‬⁩ #2025 to talk about Laila Soueif and Free Alaa. ‎Here is the full speech, and I will follow up with the video once it's released! ‎⁧‫#تجوع_ليحيا‬⁩ ‎⁧‫#انقذوا_ليلي‬⁩ ‎⁧‫#الحرية_لعلاء_عبدالفتاح‬⁩ ‎⁦‪#SaveLaila‬⁩ ‎⁦‪#FreeThemAll‬⁩

Are you at @rightscon.org? Are you in need of emotional support? Schedule a conversation with @vitaactivaorg.bsky.social #Youarenotalone #RightsCon25

📸 RightsCon session moments 📸 While we would love to participate in each and every of the 550+ sessions at #RightsCon2025, it would take us… *22 days* to do so back-to-back! So here’s a glimpse of what the sessions are looking like! bsky.app/profile/digi...

👋 Session Recs 👋 Scroll through this thread for a list of sessions taking place today! Starting with this film screening of 🎥Coded Bias 🎥, a feature-length documentary film that humanizes AI harms and traces the founding of the Algorithmic Justice League.

🎊 RightsCon2025 Opening Ceremony highlights: We were warmly welcomed by Bi-khim Hsiao, Vice President of Taiwan: “Welcome to Taipei, to RightsCon, and may this summit be a catalyst for change. May our collective experts inspire a more open, inclusive and rights respecting digital future for all.”

👋 Not sure which session to join? 👋 Scroll through this thread for a list of sessions you might want to join today! Welcome to all first-time, 8th time, 13th time participants and session organizers from around the world 🌏🌍🌎 bsky.app/profile/chin...

Community is everything right now. At #RightsCon2025, we can't wait to reconnect, share ideas on digital evidence preservation, and find ways to empower civil society in our shared fight for #HumanRights. Dr Nadia Al-Sakkaf & I are in Taipei! 🚀 @rightscon.org

First day at @rightscon.org 2005, keen to make the most of it. Because we are all in this together and only together shall we pull through these abysmal times for our rights. #humanrights #democracy #hope #westillrise

Just a reminder that at @accessnow.org we just published a brief on satellite internet connectivity warning about... well, this. We will discuss this topic further at an upcoming session at @rightscon.org CC @lawyerpants.bsky.social www.accessnow.org/wp-content/u...

Hi from Taipei -- here for @rightscon.org 🇹🇼 Join @mozilla.org MozFest colleagues Mon Feb 24 at 9am for an interactive session on digital governance --how to balance human connection alongside privacy and fairness online? Reg link: mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/117

✨¡Nos vemos en la @rightscon.org !✨ La próxima semana participaremos en @rightscon , junto a la Red de Inteligencia Artificial Feminista, en nuestro panel: "Construyendo IA feminista en América Latina". 📅 Martes 25 de febrero ⏰ 15:45 hora de Ec.

Join us in Taipei 🇹🇼 for #RightsCon2025! 📺 We’re hosting an online event on Digital Dehumanisation and Automated Decision making! 📆Wednesday, 26 February ⏰ 8:15PM Taipei | 12:15PM GMT | 7:15AM EST 🎟️Get your Community (online) ticket at: www.rightscon.org @rightscon.org 1/5

Come see us at @rightscon.org! AI Harms Analyst Aurum Linh and AJL Senior Educator Jaleesa Trapp, PhD will be representing AJL in Taipei next week. Head to rightscon.org/registration/ to add these events to your schedule!

🔖 Ready for RightsCon 2025? Pick up your badge nice and early! 📅 Sunday, Feb 23 | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm 📍 RightsCon booth, main hall of the Grand Hyatt Hotel From Monday onwards, you can pick up your badge at the venue, the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC).

📢 Make the most of #RightCon2025 with our Expanded Programming! Do you want to deepen your engagement at the summit, beyond our 550+ sessions? Explore ✨ Satellite Events✨ , organized by trusted partner organizations! Connect with peers at the TICC on Feb 24. 🔗 https://buff.ly/4btd76p

📢 Make the most of #RightCon2025 with our Expanded Programming! Do you want to deepen your engagement at the summit, beyond our 550+ sessions? Explore ✨ Satellite Events✨ , organized by trusted partner organizations! Connect with peers at the TICC on Feb 24. 🔗 https://buff.ly/4btd76p

📢 Make the most of #RightCon2025 with our Expanded Programming! Do you want to deepen your engagement at the summit, beyond our 550+ sessions? Explore Side Events, organized by trusted partner organizations! These are the best ways to connect with peers and explore Taipei further.

🚨 Last day to join #RightsCon2025! We’re committed to making it accessible to all—make use of the free online Community ticket! 🚀 550+ sessions to move forward your work 🌍 24-hour sessions without travel or time zone barriers 💬 Connect through community spaces 🔗Join us: https://buff.ly/40f0iqR

✨ The #RightsCon2025 Opening Ceremony ✨ will set the stage for critical discussions on the challenges to digital rights today. Let’s unite and spark conversation & action as civil society grapples with interconnected struggles in times of crisis. Join us in shaping a rights-respecting future!

Here's a detailed breakdown of DRF's sessions at @rightscon.org to add to your calendars! 🗓 🌟 With workshops on #digitalsafety and panel discussions on #gendereddisinformation, we're proud to partner with CSOs around the world to raise our voices collectively for tech justice ✊🏽 #RightsCon2025

New Event! 📆25th Feb 🕤9:30pm Taiwan Time Join ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictaorship at @rightscon.org for "Decolonising Digital Rights. W/ Jean Linis-Dinco & Candra Dewi & more www.instagram.com/manushyafoun...

New event 📆26th Feb 🕘9am Taiwan Time Join @yasminjullah.bsky.social (Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network), Debbie Stothard, Jean Linis-Dinco & Hadizh Nabiyyin for: "Solidarity Against Hate Speech: Rohingya Voices in Indonesia and Malaysia" at @rightscon.org www.instagram.com/manushyafoun...

Join APC and the Feminist Internet Research Network at #RighstCon2025 to better understand tech-facilitated gender-based violence. 📅 24 Feb | 9:00AM @rightscon.org www.apc.org/en/news/apc-... #TFGBV #InternetResearch #FeministInternet

📢 #RightsCon2025 is coming! Our Security & Surveillance Director @silvperez.bsky.social will be in Taipei to discuss #spyware & #encryption. 📅 Feb 25: Don’t miss her roundtable on the follow-up of EP’s report on #Pegasus, with a line up of brilliant spyware experts! @rightscon.org @accessnow.org

Co-facilitating this w/ @unhumanrights.bsky.social Special Procedures, @unisouthampton.bsky.social & European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law @rightscon.org #Taipei. Exploring implementation of human rights standards for police tech at protests we worked on last yr w/OHCHR UNODC SR FOAA. All welcome

We're excited to be at @rightscon.org next week, exploring how we can support reproductive rights in the digital world. 🗓 If you're there, check out our panel with @counterhate.com and the Center for Intimacy Justice on 'The Twin Threats of Misinformation and Censorship in SRHR'. #RightsCon2025

🤖 Join us at @rightscon.org next Tuesday (Jan 25, 10:15 CST–Taiwan time) to explore #PublicAI. @bertelsmannst.bsky.social hosts this session where experts from Taiwan AI Academy, Open Future, and Thomson Reuters will discuss pathways to democratizing AI. www.rightscon.org #RightsCon2025

✊ ¡Derechos Digitales estará presente en la Right Con 2025! @rightscon.org

Next week, the 13th annual @rightscon.org conference kicks off in Taipei, bringing together 37,000+ participants to explore human rights in the digital age. @jordicalbad.bsky.social will moderate a panel on protecting freedom of expression while ensuring safety with GenAI.

🔇 Will you be Rightscon in Taipei? If so, say hi, I'll be attending the conference in person for the first time & will be participating in these 2 sessions 👇🏼 All of them have to do with tech facilitated genocide. Such is the time we're in.

Due to the current chaos in the US I’m no longer able to present at @rightscon.org and I strongly encourage YOU ALL to attend—remote is an option.

🚀 We’re excited to introduce Faydah M. Dumarpa, Human Rights Commissioner of the Philippines, who will be joining us for #RightsCon2025! 🔗 Curious who else you will be hearing from next week? Check out the full program and sign up for sessions: https://buff.ly/4k20VNJ

Want to learn more about Taiwan’s government practices and experiences? Check out just a few of the sessions:

📢 Official Announcement 📢 We are honored to welcome Cheng Li-Chiun, Vice Premier of Taiwan, to the #RightsCon2025 opening ceremony! Join us in celebrating our return to the Asia Pacific after a decade. 🗓️ February 24, 2025 🔗 Register and add this session to your calendar: https://buff.ly/4k20VNJ

📢 Official Announcement 📢 We are honored to have Hsiao Bi-khim, Vice President of Taiwan, share welcoming remarks at the #RightsCon2025 opening ceremony! Join us in celebrating our first summit in East Asia. 🔗 Register and add this session to your calendar: https://buff.ly/41nflk3

🎉 We’re excited to announce that Eeling Chiu, Director at Amnesty International Taiwan, will be joining us for #RightsCon2025!

🌍 We're thrilled to welcome Kehinde Adegboyega, Executive Director at Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria, to #RightsCon2025!

See you all live next week! #RightsCon2025

📣We will be at @rightscon.org! ARIJ will be hosting a workshop titled "From Hong Kong to #Gaza: Digital Resilience Techniques" featuring a lineup of fantastic speakers @rsettles.bsky.social, Nadim Nashif, @joeysiu.bsky.social & Rawan Damen 📆 25 February | ⏰12:30 - 13:30 (GMT +4) #RightsCon2025

ARTICLE 19 is heading to #RightsCon2025! @rightscon.org Join us as we explore issues from China’s digital transnational repression to wartime censorship, disinformation, and more! Check out our full list of sessions and don’t miss the chance to connect with us: www.article19.org/resources/jo...