Drug Policy Alliance Discussion Series: Rethinking Policing and Surveillance in the Post-COVID-19 Era To slow the spread of the COVID-19, some communities considered temporary changes in policing practices, criminal courts, jail systems, and community supervision. While some localities modestly reduced arrests and released some incarcerated individuals, many emergency decarceration efforts...

EFF's Jillian C. York will join a RightsCon virtual panel organized by Artists at Risk Connection.

Who Has Your Face? The Fight Against U.S. Government Agencies' Use of Face RecognitionJason Kelley, Matthew GuarigliaFriday July 31 at 12pm EST on the Public Talk StreamThe fight against government use of face recognition technology is an important one, and one that civil liberties and other groups...

Originally called the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, RightsCon rotated annually between San Francisco and another global city. Now, RightsCon visits new host cities each year that are power centers for technology and human rights. This year, Access Now is hosting the ninth edition of RightsCon Online from July 27-31,...

RightsCon: Panel #8211 RightsCon; 1:15pm -2:15pm PT Exploitation of our online behavior and personal data affects many aspects of our lives, personal and political. While there have been some minor changes by big tech corporations to acknowledge the lack of privacy and freedom online, these entities remain major players...