Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon Toronto 2018. This year’s program, built by our global community, is our most ambitious one yet. Within the program, you will find 18 thematic tracks to help you navigate our 450+ sessions.
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Tech Against Terrorism is convening a session - bringing together leading tech companies, human rights advocates, academics and government representatives - to discuss “Respecting human rights in tackling terrorist exploitation of smaller companies”. Specifically, we’ll ask participants to discuss areas where further research is needed, and how we can provide assistance to smaller companies navigating this complex environment.
As part of the Tech Against Terrorism initiative, we have developed six guiding principles, titled “The Pledge”, which inform our approach and will underpin a framework for engaging with technology companies. This work will help reinforce the importance of anticipating and addressing challenging content, and support technology companies in articulating their commitment to respecting freedom of expression and diversity in ways that are transparent, accountable, and collaborative.
Tech Against Terrorism was launched and is supported by the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) to work with the global tech sector in improving knowledge-sharing and supporting companies to tackle the terrorist exploitation of the internet whilst respecting human rights. Our objective is to galvanise the tech industry and support industry-led self-regulation as one successful approach to managing harmful exploitation of the internet whilst protecting the values of openness and freedom of expression.
