Governments intentionally disrupt access to the internet, including fixed and mobile networks, in response to governance challenges ranging from public protests to cheating on school exams. Recently, these disruptions have spanned entire countries, and also reached across borders in the form of attacks that aim to prevent and mitigate cross-border cybersecurity threats. Speakers will describe the range of interference with connectivity and access currently taking place, illuminate the various impacts on human, economic, and social rights as well as development, and seek to build and strengthen norms on internet access pursuant to the Sustainable Development Goals, and domestic and international law.
Speakers include:
Amir Rashidi, Internet Security & Digital Rights Researcher, Center for Human Rights in Iran
Koliwe Majama, Zimbabwean Journalist, African School on Intenet Governance (AfriSIG) Organizer, Media Rights Activist
