11-16, 16:30–17:30 (Asia/Beirut), Station
In 2022 Advox, the digital rights project of Global Voices, gathered researchers from 17 different countries around the world to explore the political and social context that fuels the the emergence of digital authoritarianism. This panel will present the multi-country research and expand our collective understanding of the rise of digital authoritarianism. Researchers will present a summary of the global situation as well as specific country contexts in Sudan, Egypt and Morocco. The panel will summarise the transnational nature of digital authoritarianism and therefore a more expansive plan of action to respond to its rise.
In 2022 Advox, the digital rights project of Global Voices, gathered researchers from 17 different countries around the world to explore the political and social context that fuels the the emergence of digital authoritarianism.
This panel will present the outcome from that research, emphasizing the transnational nature of digital authoritarianism and therefore a more expansive plan of action to respond to its rise.
Moderated by Nanjala Nyabola, the Advox Director, this panel gathers three of our country researchers and our research lead on the Unfreedom Monitor to present their research and findings on the rise of digital authoritarianism in their own countries, to emphasize the connections between the political context, analogue rights, and the specific outcomes that together amount to the emergence of digital authoritarianism.
في العام 2022، جمع "أدفوكس" (Advox)، مشروع الحقوق الرقمية لمنظمة "غلوبال فويسز" (Global Voices)، باحثين من 17 دولة مختلفة حول العالم لاستكشاف السياق السياسي والاجتماعي الذي يساهم في ظهور الاستبداد الرقمي. ستعرض هذه الندوة نتائج هذا البحث وسينصبّ التركيز على الطبيعة العابرة للحدود للاستبداد الرقمي، وبالتالي صياغة خطة عمل أكثر توسعية للاستجابة إلى انتشاره. تحت إشراف نانجالا نيابولا، مديرة "أدفوكس" (Advox)، تجمع هذه الندوة ثلاثة من الباحثين لدينا وقائد فريقنا البحثي على مرصد "لا-حريّة" لعرض أبحاثهم ونتائجهم المتعلّقة بانتشار الاستبداد الرقمي في بلادهم، للتأكيد على الروابط بين السياق السياسي والحقوق التناظرية والنتائج المحدّدة التي ترقى إلى انتشار الاستبداد الرقمي.
Alex is a data and database nerd who is passionate about knowledge sharing and building systems that amplify impact, improve workflows, and facilitate collaboration. She’s been active in the digital and human rights, media and democracy, and communications spaces for over a decade through work with mission-oriented organizations such as OpenArchive, Global Voices, the Center for Global Communication Studies, and Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her current work at OpenArchive, her recent projects include Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory which uses deep qualitative analysis from local researchers to increase understanding of what is going on in regional media ecosystems.
Nanjala Nyabola is the director of Advox, the digital rights initiative of Global Voices. Global Voices is an international, multilingual, primarily volunteer community of writers, translators, academics, and human rights activists. Together, we leverage the power of the internet to build understanding across borders.
Khattab Hamad is a Sudanese media researcher and digital rights advocate. He is interested in Sudan issues.
Ameya Nagarajan is the editor of Global Voices Advox, an global anti-censorship network of bloggers and activists dedicated to protecting freedom of expression online. With over ten years of experience with editing and communication, Ameya has studied English, Latin American Studies and Business Administration.
Sencer Odabasi is a Turkish researcher for the Global Voices Civic Media Observatory.