Events
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Panel Session: ‘Live from the Freedom Online Coalition: How the FOC works for people around the world’
The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, in partnership with the 2023 Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Chair the United States, will present a live streamed panel session from Washington, D.C. during Day 1 of the FOC's Strategy & Coordination Meeting. Join us on Monday, March 27th at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) / 11:30 a.m. (PDT) / 7:30 p.m. (CEST), […]
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Africa IGF | “The FOC Presents: Collective Efforts to Counter the Misuse of Surveillance Technologies”
In the past decade, the potential of a free, open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet has been increasingly under threat in numerous regions around the world. The growing risk of fragmentation, the use of state-sponsored disruptions and shutdowns, content moderation and censorship, the spread of disinformation online, and the growing misuse of digital technologies, threaten […]
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Ministerial Meeting | “Advancing the 2030 Agenda through Inclusive and Rights-Respecting Digital Policy”
FeaturedOn Wednesday, 20 September, the United States, 2023 Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), will convene High-Level Representatives of FOC member states, key Group of 77 (G77) partners on technology policy, and other relevant stakeholders in New York on the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Ministerial meeting […]
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Global Conference for the Celebration of the International Day for the Universal Access to Information
FOC and Advisory Network Members will participate in a panel session during the Global Conference for the Celebration of the International Day for the Universal Access to Information on 28 September. This year's Conference will focus on the importance of the online space for Access to Information. For more information and to view the session […]
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IGF 2023 | “(Re)-Building Trust Online: A Call to Action”
The Action Coalition on Trustworthy Information Online is a collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Wikimedia, Witness, Global Voices, and Salesforce. It aims to develop and advocate for strategies and policies that strengthen constructive and trustworthy online information. The coalition focuses on policy solutions to increase information integrity online. Technology is a […]
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IGF 2023 | “Elections and the Internet: free, fair and open?”
Facilitated by the Freedom Online Coalition Taskforce on Internet Shutdowns, this Town Hall session will explore how the multi-stakeholder community (countries, civil society and the private sector) can work together to anticipate, prepare for and where possible prevent Internet shutdowns before they occur, in particular ahead of elections, building on progress to date. The session […]
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IGF 2023 | “Donor Principles for Human Rights in the Digital Age: Turning Principles into Action”
This event will officially launch the Donor Principles for the Digital Age and begin a multistakeholder engagement process to bring them to fruition. International development actors have an outsized impact on technological innovation, use and governance around the world through digital programming and related engagements. Despite increased cooperation on technology and democracy engagements overall, donors […]
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IGF 2023 | “Leveraging the FOC at International Organizations”
As Internet Freedom continues to decline globally, the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) has a vital role to play in promoting values of democracy and human rights online. The FOC, established in 2011, is a group of 38 countries committed to protecting and promoting human rights online, including freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and […]