Promoting Global Human Rights Through Progressive Communications Policies

This workshop will explore opportunities and impediments to harnessing the potential of communications, media and intellectual property policies to expand democratic, consumer and human rights around the world. Oppressed peoples throughout the world are finding innovative ways to use new digital tools to circumvent censorship, expose abuses and amplify voices both inside and outside mainstream channels. Yet these opportunities are impeded when governments and industry create policies that centralize control over communications infrastructure, censor or cripple the use of new technology, or simply cut off access to means of communication. Civil society leaders, policy experts and media activists will discuss the communication challenges facing countries around the world.

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