[Air-L] WEBINAR JUN 25 - Internet Shutdowns, and How to Stop Them

[Joly MacFie]

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On Tuesday June 25 2024 at 09:00-10:30 EDT (13:00-14:30 UTC) the Internet
Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org/> (ISOC-DC) and the Internet
Society New York Chapter <https://isoc-ny.org/> (ISOC-NY) in collaboration
with Access Now <https://www.accessnow.org/> will host a webinar '*Internet
Shutdowns, and How to Stop Them*'.

It is an unfortunate fact that, in some regions of the world, our best
efforts to make an 'Internet for Everyone' are all too often undercut by
deliberate withdrawals of service, mandated by the powers that be.

Three organizations have taken it upon themselves to shine light on this
issue: Access Now <https://www.accessnow.org/>, with its #KeepItOn
<https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/keepiton/> advocacy campaign to oppose
shutdowns; The Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/> on its
Pulse platform, which has not only a Shutdown Tracker
<https://pulse.internetsociety.org/shutdowns>, but also a Netloss Calculator
<https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/netloss/> to estimate the resulting
economic damage; and Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/>, which specifically
tracks legal challenges to shutdowns.

In this webinar we host experts from all three, presenting reports on their
work.


PRESENTERS

Natalia Krapiva, Senior Tech-Legal Counsel, Access Now

[SHRINKING DEMOCRACY, GROWING VIOLENCE - Internet shutdowns in 2023
<https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2023-KIO-Report.pdf>]


Joan Barata, Senior Legal Fellow, Future Free Speech Project

[Internet Shutdowns in international law
<https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GFoE_Internet-shutdowns-in-international-law.pdf>
]


Dan York, Director, Internet Technology, Internet Society

[Global Internet Shutdowns <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/shutdowns>]


HOST / MODERATOR

Chelsea Horne, Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University Department
of Literature / Co-convenor, ISOC-DC


This webinar is free and open to the public. The event will also be
livestreamed. A recording will be available after the event.


BIOs

Natalia Krapiva leads Access Now's efforts to strategically engage courts
and legal processes to uphold digital rights. Natalia is licensed by the
state bar of New York (USA). Prior to Access Now, Natalia worked as a
prosecutor at Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.

https://www.accessnow.org/profile/natalia-krapiva/


Joan Barata works on freedom of expression, media regulation, and
intermediary liability issues. He is a Fellow of the Program on Platform
Regulation at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center. His work has taken him in
most regions of the world, and he is regularly involved in projects with
international organizations such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the
Organization of American States or the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, where he was the principal advisor to the
Representative on Media Freedom.

https://futurefreespeech.org/who-we-are/joan-barata/


Dan York is currently focused on the Amicus Program, which provides the
Internet Society with an opportunity to scan important, precedential legal
cases and file amicus curiae. He also assists with with UN, Measurement,
and Encryption projects.

https://www.internetsociety.org/author/york/


Dr. Chelsea L. Horne is a Senior Professorial Lecturer at American
University's Department of Literature. Her areas of research encompass
communication, digital culture, information integrity, privacy, internet
governance, AI policy, and cultural and performance studies. Horne is
co-convenor of the Internet Society's US Washington DC Chapter.

https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/horne.cfm



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