Cities Coalition for Digital Rights
@citiesdrights
We are a coalition of +50 cities and organisations working to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.
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https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/ 01-06-2021 12:17:22
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Ready for tomorrow? 🚀Join us and UN-Habitat unit at Mozilla Festival to discuss how emerging technologies are impacting human rights in cities and what can be done about it 📍12:00-13:00 CET 👉🏾Register here: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/H8NVZA…
What a blast, Mozilla Festival ! 💥 Today we hosted the session "Human Rights in the Digital Transformation of Cities: The Road Ahead", where we discussed how emerging tech trends will impact human rights in cities 💭 What concerns you about the future of tech in cities? 👇🏽
Big thank you to all participants of the last week Digital Rights Community Workshop! 🚀 It was great to meet and discuss human rights in relation to digital technologies💡 The workshop been developed as part the pilot with the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights and and is supported by UN-Habitat
We had a very engaging workshop last week in collaboration with UN-Habitat and Cities Coalition for Digital Rights! It was great to start the conversation with local authority staffers about digital rights and new and emerging technology in cities 🏙 💡
The city of #Rotterdam is already working to operationalize the5⃣ principles of Cities Coalition for Digital Rights. Digitization is more than a trend in this digital city. Find out how the city is embracing digital inclusion: citiesfordigitalrights.org/city/rotterdam
Lots of energy & ideas for the future of Cities Coalition for Digital Rights as it prepares for a relaunch for its 5th Anniversary New York City, Amsterdam and Barcelona are ready to welcome new leading cities to take city to city collaboration on digital rights to the next level 🚀
This investigation from Lighthouse Reports reveals use of a secretive algorithm ethnically profiling visa applicants in the Netherlands These are the systems we are calling to be prohibited in the EU #AIAct #protectnotsurveil
🌎La #CityNetwork de la semana es Cities Coalition for Digital Rights 👉🏽Te invitamos a conocer esta red, descubrir su misión y los beneficios de ser parte Cities Coalition for Digital Rights 🙌🏽
🙋🏾♀️Meet our newest member! Niterói (Prefeitura de Niterói), in Brazil, is known for its commitment to a transparent, participatory & accessible digital transformation It also participated in the project "Cities & Digital Rights" led by CAF unit citiesfordigitalrights.org/city/niter%C3%…
Over the past year, we have been working with the city of Dublin to raise local awareness on the ethics & privacy of emerging digital technologies. Learn more about our work in this great video!👇🏼 Smart Docklands UN-Habitat SmartDublin Dublin City Council Academy of the Near Future
It's sarah chander 🇵🇸 & Ella Jakubowska here live to give you our hot takes about today's #AIAct vote 🧵 Kicking off in the next few minutes: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… Will MEPs do what it takes to protect our #HumanRights?
🤔 🏘️ How can cities engage and include citizens in data initiatives? Today, Simon Chignard Dr. Manuel Portela (@[email protected]) Marina Micheli and @paulboe_ are discussing with our member cities the takeaways of their research on the topic, as part of the Digital Rights Gov. Project Stay tuned for the results!
Last Monday we hosted a workshop with UN-Habitat & AfroLeadership: Governance, Data & Right in Africa to present our work to mainstream Human Rights in cities' digital transformation 💡💭 An insightful discussion to identify opportunities for strengthening digital human rights-based approaches in African Cities
Brussels, Dublin, Sofia & Tirana have been working to mainstream human rights in their digital transformation strategies Join the high-level roundtable we will host with UN-Habitat United Cities Eurocities Open Society Foundations to learn more about the outcomes DM us for the link to join!
🔴 Starting now! Digital Rights Governance Project in Europe High Level Roundtable sharing outcomes from Brussels, Dublin, Sofia and Tirana, together with UN-Habitat, Eurocities. United Cities & the Open Society Foundations #digitalrights
The Digital Rights Governance Project Roundtable highlighted the key role that cities play in fostering human rights in cities' digital transformation. Stay tuned for the final report we will publish soon! Eurocities United Cities UN-Habitat Ville de Bruxelles Dublin City Council
Hands-on work with cities to build capacity & design policies to regulate, procure & implement digital technologies from a human rights lens. I could not be happier about the outcomes of this project led by Cities Coalition for Digital Rights UN-Habitat Eurocities & United Cities 🙌🏾 Report out soon!