Techno-Activism Third Mondays
Channel: New America
Date: 2013-08-20

Techno-Activism Third Mondays
International Principles on Communications Surveillance & Human Rights

This event was held in Washington, DC at New America Foundation on Monday, August 19th, 2013.

Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to connect software creators and activists who are interested in censorship, surveillance, and open technology. Currently, TA3M are held in nine cities throughout the world, and growing. As the name implies, it is held on the third Monday of each month.

Access, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International are leading a new initiative focused on disseminating new international principles around human rights and communications surveillance.

Called the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, approximately 100 NGOs from around the world have already shown support and many of them will be conducting their own campaigns to provide further exposure. 

The goal of the initiative is to provide governments, activists, legal professionals and legislators with the language and references to re-think and reform how they defend privacy, in a world where ever existing practice may expose innocent citizens to intrusive surveillance, and when new tools for data collection could all too easily build the infrastructure of a dangerous surveillance state.

Featured Speaker
Katherine Maher
Director of Strategy and Communications, Access Now

Moderator
Thomas Gideon
Technical Director, Open Technology Institute
New America Foundation

http://newamerica.net/events/2013/techno_activism_3rd_mondays_Aug