RightsCon

The world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age, hosted by @accessnow.

[RightsCon @rightscon]

Registration is now open for the RightsCon Continues Summit, a global online event taking place over 24 hours starting on September 22, 2026.

Register today: https://t.co/c0rfZ1J595

[RightsCon @rightscon]

At the RightsCon Continues Closing Ceremony, our speakers are stepping into the future as reporters from 2050, imagining how digital rights and society have evolved amid advancing AI, global crises, and shifting geopolitical and economic power.

Watch: https://t.co/4B1Oq8GQGn

[SFLC.in @SFLCin]

https://t.co/X7ipfsWjp2 is excited to host a dialogue at @rightscon Continues 2026 on 'When the Lights Go Out: Litigation Strategies Against Internet Shutdowns in the Global South.'

🗓️: September 23, 2026
🕒: 2:30-3:30 PM IST/ 11:00-12:00 PM CAT

Join us as we examine how strategic litigation has been used, tested, and contested across multiple jurisdictions in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

#internetshutdown #KeepItOn #LetTheNetWork #GlobalSouth

@PrasanthTweets | @TRF | @UsamaKhilji | @BoloBhi | @ParadigmHQ

[Nguvu Collective @nguvucollective]

🌈 What happens when the usual doors to decision-making start closing?
We build power. ✊🏾 ✨
Tomorrow, 23 September, Olga Mugyenyi + @nandinidurga from Nguvu Collective are at @rightscon Continues for:
💥 Building Power to Influence Decision Makers
🕗 8:15 AM EAT | 10:45 AM IST

[ProBox @ProBoxVE]

🌐 Hoy inicia el @rightscon Continues Summit. Compartimos con ustedes algunas imágenes de la ceremonia de apertura, en la que expertos y organizaciones se reúnen para analizar los principales desafíos de la libertad digital y el impacto tecnológico en la sociedad 💻🙌🏼

[Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy]

Happy to participate in online version of @rightscon.

Hear from digital rights activists from around the world on current challenges and practical solutions we can come up from AI governance to data privacy.

[The Citizen Lab @citizenlab]

1/ Citizen Lab researchers are presenting at the @rightscon Continues Summit, a 24-hour online event on September 22-23!

Senior researcher @jsrailton will be discussing the commercial spyware industry on September 22 at 4:15 pm CEST.

[RightsCon @rightscon]

We have a tremendous lineup for tomorrow’s RightsCon Continues Summit!

We’re pleased to announce even MORE speakers joining the conversation.

You can still participate! Register today and join us online tomorrow, September 22. ⬇️ https://t.co/QIaxiA52Cc

[Access Now @accessnow]

Join Access Now and @7amleh for “Surveillance as Warfare: Biometric Control, AI Targeting, and Corporate Complicity in Palestine” at @rightscon Continues — discussing biometric surveillance, AI targeting + corporate involvement.

📅 Sep 22 | 4:15 pm CEST
https://t.co/90vd34v78X

[Access Now @accessnow]

Join Access Now and Deakin University for “Spyware’s Corridors of Power: The Political Influence of the Commercial Spyware Industry” at @rightscon Continues to explore the commercial spyware industry and its political influence.

📅 Sep 22 | 4:15 pm CEST

https://t.co/90vd34v78X

[Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy - ILS Pune @C_HELP_ILS]

Join @Shivs_rai & @ShwetaMohandas on 22 Sept 10:15-11:15 PM IST
@rightscon to discuss #digitalhealth & public-private partnerships in Asia & Africa, with @sharifasekalala (@Warwick_Law), @wanameme (@KELINKenya) & Abhineet (@ITforChange)

Session link: https://t.co/LlohbN76j5

[7amleh حملة @7amleh]

Join us online at @rightscon for “Internet After Gaza: From Erasure to Infrastructural Autonomy,” one of the sessions 7amleh is participating in this year.

See the full list of sessions featuring 7amleh in this post.

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/srpFaGddyO
@JalalAK_jojo @cristiano_fab @accessnow

[7amleh حملة @7amleh]

Join us online at @rightscon for “Bridging the Accountability Gap: Global Majority Advocacy in EU Tech and Politics,” one of the sessions 7amleh is participating in this year.

See the full list of sessions featuring 7amleh in this post.
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/srpFaGddyO
@accessnow @Lemapal @ritumbra

[SALC @Follow_SALC]

⏰ Reminder: Register to join us!

Join us for Resisting Transnational Surveillance: Building Solidarities at #RightsConContinues as we explore strategies to challenge surveillance and strengthen human rights movements. @accessnow @rightscon
https://t.co/yyaAYWdO4G

[Charlene Fadirepo,The Bitcoin Strategist™️ @CharFadirepo]

I’m excited to be speaking about the human rights threat of CBDCs at @rightscon this year. RightsCon is the world’s leading annual summit on human rights in the digital age.

I will be joined by Nick Anthony, @EconWithNick of the Cato Institute, and Roger Huang @Rogerh1991, the author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin for an insightful conversation curated by @femilonge of @HRF.

#bitcoin #cbdcs #humanrights

[RightsCon @rightscon]

The threat to digital rights continues. The work of our community continues. And so does RightsCon.

Registration opens soon.

Learn more: https://t.co/DiLyS0IOq6

[RightsCon @rightscon]

The work doesn't stop, and neither do we!

That’s why we are launching RightsCon Continues. An initiative that will keep the digital rights community connected as we build toward RightsCon 2027. It kicks off with a 24-hour online summit on Sept. 22. ⬇️

https://t.co/TcKyJ1czV0

[RightsCon @rightscon]

Watch the 2026 Privacy and Human Rights Award ceremony as we recognize CHEO Research Institute's Electronic Health Information Laboratory (EHIL) for advancing privacy, data protection, and human rights through groundbreaking innovation. ⬇️

https://t.co/TXuEYk3nbH

[RightsCon @rightscon]

We're proud to co-present this award for the second year in a row with the Global Privacy Assembly, celebrating leaders driving innovation that strengthens both privacy and human rights.

Read more: https://t.co/zgQDjVbYEY

[RightsCon @rightscon]

Congratulations to the Electronic Health Information Laboratory (EHIL) at the @CHEO Research Institute, recipient of the 2026 Privacy and Human Rights Award! 🎉

[RightsCon @rightscon]

The award recognizes EHIL for its pioneering work advancing privacy-enhancing technologies that help researchers and AI developers use data while safeguarding people's rights, dignity, and safety.