Session
Human Rights & Freedoms
Internet Shutdowns
Non-discrimination in the Digital Space
Rights to Access and Information
Technology in International Human Rights Law
Organizer 1: Tracy Navichoque, Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator
Organizer 2: Zach Lampell, 🔒
Organizer 3: Shabnam Mojtahedi, 🔒International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
Speaker 1: Tracy Navichoque, Civil Society, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 2: Zach Lampell, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 3: Shabnam Mojtahedi, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Tracy Navichoque, Civil Society, Intergovernmental Organization
Zach Lampell, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Tracy Navichoque, Civil Society, Intergovernmental Organization
Birds of a Feather - 60 Min
What are theories and frameworks for understanding internet fragmentation?
How can digital technologies be used to enable or restrict civic space?
How do concepts like internet governance at the infrastructure level vary from those at the content level?
How do various national internet regulations and international digital policy initiatives impact civic space?
How to advocate for digital technology policies and utilize digital tools and practices that expand civic space?
What will participants gain from attending this session? This session will serve as a model and provide an opportunity for the IGF community to learn about Tech Camp and the opportunities to apply to participate in future cohorts. They will have a chance to hear directly from Tech Camp alumni and ask them questions about their experiences during and after Tech Camp.
Description:
For the past three years, GDPi and ICNL have brought together a cohort of civil society advocates to deepen their understanding of digital technologies and policies that threaten civic space, free expression, and privacy. Tech Camp has enabled participants to engage with technologists and policy experts on issues like internet fragmentation, digital surveillance, disinformation, and data protection. Through in-depth conversations with experts and amongst each other, cohorts examine the impact of technology on civic life and contemplate emerging policy responses. During this session, Tech Camp organizers will share information about the Camp, including lessons and insights over the past three years. Members of former cohorts will participate in the dialogue to explain their experiences as well as how the Camp mobilized them to undertake research and advocacy projects aimed at influencing digital policies in their countries. Beyond raising awareness about the Camp itself, the session will be an opportunity to discuss how to build upon the Camp to increase impact. Given that the Camp is only a week-long intensive course, how can the impressive network of advocates in each cohort contribute to broader regional and international advocacy efforts in the months or years following their participation in Tech Camp? The dialogue is an opportunity for speakers to reflect on past achievements and conceptualize opportunities to increase both the reach and impact of Tech Camp. At the time of this dialogue, Tech Camp would have trained 86 participants from 51 countries and awarded 13 grants for independent projects.
This outcome will result in a fourth Digital Tech Camp in 2024. The session will produce a global analysis of theories and frameworks for understanding internet fragmentation. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how to advocate for digital technology policies and utilize digital tools and practices that expand civic space.
Hybrid Format: Digital Tech Camp has held entirely online in 2021. GDPi & ICNL have experience in managing interactive online sessions and conversations and will use tools such as EasyRetro boards.
At Stanford, our larger organization- the Cyber Policy Center- runs weekly hybrid seminars. I help organize. Two essential components for hybrid engagement are polls for both audiences (onsite and online) and constant reference to online questions/comments.
Lastly, we would enlist a small cohort of our digital tech camp alumni to join the call online and engage with online listeners by answering questions and being our online ambassadors.