Antonio Zappulla is CEO at the Thomson Reuters Foundation and in 2022 he was knighted as an Officer of the Italian Republic for “merit acquired in the fields of public service, and social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities” under the OMRI order, the highest-ranking honour

Betsy Popken is the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law where she directs the Climate Justice program, and leads a team that’s conducting human rights impact assessments and evaluations of General large language models. She speaks with us

Aymen Zaghdoudi is Access Now’s Middle East and North African Senior Policy Counsel. He is also an assistant Professor at the Institute of Press and Information Sciences in Tunisia where he teaches Press law, Media regulation, and Constitutional law. He shares stories of dissent

David Kaye is a clinical professor of law at the University of California, where he teaches international human rights law and international humanitarian law. David works at the intersection of technology, freedom of speech and democratic deliberation. He was also the UN Special

Lia Holland is from Fight for the Future, a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists fighting for a future where technology is a force for liberation— not oppression. An organisation focused on technology and the rules governing it, fighting at the intersection

Tetiana Avdieieva a Senior Legal Counsel at Digital Security Lab in Ukraine. She’s also a member of the Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence under the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. She co-authored the media law reform in Ukraine and is currently engaged in

Meet Hady an archivist and activist who’s been collecting, verifying, and investigating citizen-generated data as evidence of human rights violations since 2011. His project, The Syrian Archive, exposes and draws attention to human rights violations committed by all

Aws Al-Saadi is an advisory board member of International Fact-Checking Network and the Founder and President of Tech4Peace. He talks to TWICS about the rise of fake news and how to counter it. Aws Al-Saadi Brett Solomon #RightsCon2025 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/thisw…

E-ling Chiu is theExecutive Director at Amnesty International Taiwan. where #RightsCon2025 is currently underway. She is also a Board Member on the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan. We talk with her about some of the issues facing Taiwan today including cable cutting,

Charles Mok is a Research Scholar at the Global Digital Policy Incubator of the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society, and a board member of the International Centre for Trade Transparency and Monitoring.

Lobsang Gyatso Sither is the Director of Technology at Tibet Action Institute working in exile as a highly experienced digital security trainer. He talks to us about some of the issues within his home country and how the Tibetan Government in exile is hoping for the best but preparing for

Chihhao Yu is a software engineer and information designer, and co-director of the Taiwan Information Environment Research Center (IORG) based here in Taipei, where he works to safeguard election integrity and build democratic resilience in Taiwan. He is also a contributor to g0v

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is an expert in information integrity and leads the Wikimedia Foundation’s anti-disinformation strategy. Wikepedia relies on 250,000 volunteers worldwide who can edit anonymously, truth Keepers in the face of powerful forces. #RightsCon2025

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is an expert in information integrity and leads Wikimedia Foundation 's anti-disinformation strategy. Wikipedia relies on 250,000 volunteers worldwide who edit anonymously. Truth Keepers in the face of powerful forces. #RightsCon2025 Brett Solomon

Marwa Fatafta leads Access Now ’s policy and advocacy work on digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa region. Her work spans a number of issues at the nexus of human rights and technology including content governance and platform accountability, online censorship,

Gbenga Sesa is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, a non-profit organisation that works to connect under-served young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their online rights. His drive to effect positive change, empower young Africans, and

Roger Dingledine is an American computer scientist known for having co-founded the Tor Project and he still works there as a project Leader, Director, and Research Director. The Tor Project develops and maintains The Tor Browser system, also known as The Onion Router, a free, open

Maryam Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is a Bahraini-Danish human rights activist. She is also the daughter of Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and former co-director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights. She is currently the Special Advisor on Advocacy with the GCHR, and

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