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ICYMI: Splintercon Brussels (from CDT.org) Last month a bunch of internet technologists and social movement activists went to Brussels and shut down the internet. Well, not the ACTUAL internet, but a local simulation of the internet. This “blockathon” was a technical demonstration of what the network looks like to

Why are civil society vital participants in internet standards? Human rights. (Read on CDT.org) Last month, I previewed CDT’s platform we’d be sharing at the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS), a United Nations-sponsored meeting focused on the importance of human rights considerations in internet

Stop taking down abortion websites. After this week's unanimous US Supreme Court decision to preserve access to abortion pills Jessica Valenti writes, "Anti-abortion groups will continue chipping away at everything they can on various fronts- fronts-from the bullshit claim that abortion medication poisons the environment

The US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke at the Atlantic Council earlier this week. I was a keen audience member because Tai has recently walked back lines drawn by the US in the WTO's e-commerce negotiations, which I've written about previously. A core quote from

Our WSIS+20 HLE Panel Highlights Human Rights and Internet Standards (my blog last week @CDT) On May 27th, government officials and representatives of the private sector, academia and civil society from around the world will gather in preparation for marking the two decades since the first World Summit on

I really enjoyed this conversation with colleagues in which I got to go into some of the specific threats to human rights in the current technical landscape. Video formats are fun, and so is reaching out to a new audience: And on the theme of non-English contexts I also

Everyone should read the newly published annual report on internet shutdowns in 2023. In "SHRINKING DEMOCRACY, GROWING VIOLENCE," the #KeepItOn coalition led by Access Now reports on the latest trends in shutdowns, which are only growing in number and duration: * Shutdowns continue to shroud grave human rights abuses