11-17, 14:30–16:00 (Asia/Beirut), 4th Dimension
This session will be focused on strategies for changing content moderation policies at companies and in government. Advocacy experts from different regions of the world will talk about our experience influencing content moderation through
1. Advocating directly with companies
2. Engaging in multi-stakeholder forums and
3. Working directly with governments.
Experts will discuss how to talk about content moderation and technology accurately but understandably, how to reach the right person within a company, and what to know about confidentiality when talking to companies. We will map out the policy landscape for attendees. We will also cover regulatory and policy trends globally and in our region, and brainstorm emerging strategies for impacting EU and US policymaking processes.
Marianne is a policy analyst and leads SMEX's work on policy. Her research primarily focuses on the intersectionality of law and technology. Marianne holds an LLB in public law from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut and a Master's in Digital Law, e-Governments and Open Governments at the University of Paris 1.
Dia Kayyali (they/them) served most recently as Associate Director of Advocacy at Mnemonic, the umbrella organization for Syrian Archive, Yemeni Archive, Sudanese Archive, and Ukrainian Archive. In their role, Dia focused on the real-life impact of decisions made by lawmakers and technology companies about content moderation and related topics. Previously, Dia worked at WITNESS and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on free expression, surveillance, digital security, and content moderation. Dia served as co-chair for the Advisory Network to the Christchurch Call for two years and is on the Advisory Board for OnlineCensorship.org and the TRUE (Trust in User Evidence) Project initiated by Prof. Yvonne McDermot at Swansea University. They graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctorate from University of California Hastings College of the Law and received their BA in Anthropology magna cum laude from UC Berkeley, California.
Anjum is the Project Co-Lead of Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono, a community based project that seeks to build belonging and inclusion by bringing together cross-sector networks.
She is a member of international committees dealing with violent extremist content online, being the co-chair of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network and a member of the Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum for Countering Terrorism. Both of these are multi-stakeholder forums that deal with complexities of safety and freedom online.