April 9, 2026 - 9:00am to 10:30am PDT
April 9, 2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm BST
London, UK

lumka (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian C. York will be speaking.

From the Organizers: 

The discussion will feature Ruby Chen, Ana Luisa Cubas (Sound Surveillance Archive Researcher), Jillian C. York (Director for International Freedom of Expression), and Jake Hurfurt (Head of Research and Investigations at Big Brother Watch), to provoke horizontal communication where our community can gather to contemplate, learn, and discuss these ideas of surveillance non-compliance further.


When:

Thursday, April 9
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM BST

Where:

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Cost:

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About the Speaker:

Jillian C. York is EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression and is based in London. Her work examines state and corporate censorship and its impact on culture and human rights, with a focus on historically marginalized communities. At EFF, she leads coalitions, writes about state and corporate censorship, conducts the Speaking Freely interview series, and contributes to various other areas of the organization's work. Jillian is the author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso, 2021) and has written for Motherboard, MIT Technology Review, and WIREDamong others. She is a visiting professor at the College of Europe Natolin in Warsaw. She is also a regular speaker at global events.

About lumka: 

A gallery exhibiting the works of artists who specialize in interdisciplinary and experimental media. Exploring site specificity and consumer/artwork relationships, LUmkA’s program emphasizes the environments we inhabit.

This event is organized not by EFF, but by lumka.