Sep 2017 21 – 22
Digital Citizen Summit 2017
Abstract
The Digital Empowerment Foundation is organising the second Digital Citizen Summit on the 21st and 22nd September 2017. The Internet Democracy Project organised a panel ‘Going beyond privacy: the social justice implications of surveillance’ and co-organised ‘Don’t Let It Stand’, a roundtable on online abuse in India with Feminism In India.
The key objective of the summit is to find a solution to bridge the digital divide, and finding ways to providing as many with the means to access information, and creating a platform for youth, women and social media enthusiasts to raise awareness about internet rights, digital literacy, and digital security.
Panelists for ‘Going beyond privacy: the social justice implications of surveillance’ were:
— Srinivas Kodali, independent researcher and open data activist
— Dhrubo Jyoti, journalist
— Anoo Bhuyan, journalist
— Renu Arya, Young Women’s Leadership Program at Feminist Approach to Technology
— Nayantara R, Internet Democracy Project
Roundtable on online abuse, ‘Don’t Let It Stand’, co-organised with Feminism In India, had the following speakers:
— Nadika, writer and researcher
— Piyush Aggarwal, journalist
— Prasanth Suganthan, Software Freedom Law Centre
— Japleen Pasricha, Feminism In India
— Nayantara R, Internet Democracy Project