Responding effectively to digital emergencies & human rights violations online

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Identifiers

10.5446/33593 (DOI)

Publisher

re:publica

Release Date

2013

Language

English

Content Metadata

Subject Area

Computer Science

Genre

Conference/Talk

Abstract

Challenges to human rights online are rapidly evolving very rapidly, emergency situations pose a particular challenge to the digital rights community. How do you support people in emergency situations swiftly and effectively when struggling to balance institutional capacity of emergency response with digital know how? Challenges to human rights online are evolving very rapidly, emergency situations pose a particular challenge to the digital rights community. How do you support people in emergency situations swiftly and effectively when struggling to balance institutional capacity of emergency response with digital know how. The following workshop will discuss some of the challenges of responding to digital emergencies. Panellists will discuss both technical and institutional tools that can help to increase rapid response capacity.