Where to See the EFF Staff at RightsCon 2021

Our friends at Access Now are once again hosting RightsCon online next week, June 7-11th. This summit provides an opportunity for human rights experts, technologists, government representatives, and activists to discuss pressing human rights challenges and their potential solutions. This year we will have several EFF staff in attendance and leading sessions throughout this five-day conference.

We hope you have an opportunity to connect with us at the following: 

Monday, June 7th

7:45-8:45 am PDT – Taking stock of the Facebook Oversight Board’s first year
Director of International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York

This panel will take stock of the work of the Oversight Board since the announcement of its first members in May 2020. Panelists will critically reflect on the development of the Board over its first year and consider its future evolution. 

9:00-10:00 am PDT– RightsCon: Upload filters for copyright enforcement take over the world: connecting struggles in EU, US, and Latin America
Associate Director of Policy and Activism, Katharine Trendacosta

The EU copyright directive risks making upload filters mandatory for large and small platforms to prevent copyright infringements by their users. Its adoption has led to large street protests over the risk that legal expression will be curtailed in the process. Although the new EU rules will only be applied from the summer, similar proposals have already emerged in the US and Latin America, citing the EU copyright directive as a role model.

11:30-12:30

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