On 22 October, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) is hosting our flagship Annual Learning Forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongside our Annual Members Meeting and the 13th annual workshop by GNI’s academic member, the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) at the University of Palermo, titled “Towards a Free Internet”.
This year’s Annual Learning Forum will explore how global paradigm shifts are affecting the digital rights landscape and how practitioners can adapt. Globally, there’s an ongoing wave of geopolitical, regulatory, and technological changes that has the potential to significantly impact people’s online experiences and rights. These changes also have far-reaching impacts on the associated practitioners that work on tech and human rights, such as the digital rights, tech policy, and trust and safety communities.
The Forum will explore these paradigm shifts and their implications across stakeholder groups and jurisdictions, with a geographic emphasis on Latin America and a practical emphasis on using human rights due diligence as a key approach to protecting user rights.
The Annual Learning Forum’s opening discussion will feature insights from experts and practitioners focused on these and other approaches to content regulation, illustrating similarities and differences, and unpacking possible impacts to human rights. We look forward to exploring how GNI constituencies – companies, civil society, academics, and investors – can strategically navigate these and broader paradigm changes in the service of best protecting the human rights of users.
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