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'''RightsCon''' is an annual conference on digital rights hosted by [[Access Now]].{{cite web |title=About RightsCon |url=https://www.rightscon.org/about-and-contact/ |website=RightsCon Summit Series |access-date=1 May 2026}}
'''RightsCon''' is an annual conference on digital rights hosted by [[Access Now]].{{cite web |title=About RightsCon |url=https://www.rightscon.org/about-and-contact/ |website=RightsCon Summit Series |access-date=1 May 2026}}
It convenes international leaders and organizations to discuss global problems including [[internet censorship]], the [[regulation of algorithms]], [[electronic surveillance]], the [[ethics of technology]], [[online hate speech]], [[content moderation]], [[cyberwarfare]], and more.


== History ==
== History ==
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Keynote speakers included the then-Assistant Secretary of State, [[Michael Posner (lawyer)|Michael Posner]]; Egyptian blogger and political prisoner, [[Alaa Abd El-Fattah]]; and then-director of public policy at [[Google]], [[Bob Boorstin]].
Keynote speakers included the then-Assistant Secretary of State, [[Michael Posner (lawyer)|Michael Posner]]; Egyptian blogger and political prisoner, [[Alaa Abd El-Fattah]]; and then-director of public policy at [[Google]], [[Bob Boorstin]].


RightsCon organizers have sought to ensure the event is accessible to attendees from across the globe, informing the decision to hold the conference in Asia,{{cite news |title=Announcing RightsCon Southeast Asia – EngageMedia |url=https://engagemedia.org/2014/announcing-rightscon-southeast-asia// |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=EngageMedia |date=April 2014}} the Middle East,{{cite news |last1=Halila |first1=Yassine |title=Meeting on digital human rights convenes in region for first time |url=https://thearabweekly.com/meeting-digital-human-rights-convenes-region-first-time |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=The Arab Weekly |date=23 June 2019}} and Latin America.{{cite news |last1=Pennacchio |first1=Katherine |title=Latin American journalists discuss current challenges and opportunities for the profession at RightsCon 2023 |url=https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/latin-american-journalists-discuss-current-challenges-and-opportunities-for-the-profession-at-rightscon-2023/ |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center |date=21 June 2023 |language=en}}
RightsCon organizers have sought to ensure the event is accessible to attendees from across the globe, particularly [[global majority]] countries, informing the decision to hold the conference in Asia,{{cite news |title=Announcing RightsCon Southeast Asia – EngageMedia |url=https://engagemedia.org/2014/announcing-rightscon-southeast-asia// |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=EngageMedia |date=April 2014}} the Middle East,{{cite news |last1=Halila |first1=Yassine |title=Meeting on digital human rights convenes in region for first time |url=https://thearabweekly.com/meeting-digital-human-rights-convenes-region-first-time |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=The Arab Weekly |date=23 June 2019}} and Latin America.{{cite news |last1=Pennacchio |first1=Katherine |title=Latin American journalists discuss current challenges and opportunities for the profession at RightsCon 2023 |url=https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/latin-american-journalists-discuss-current-challenges-and-opportunities-for-the-profession-at-rightscon-2023/ |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center |date=21 June 2023 |language=en}}


===Online convenings===
===Online convenings===
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