ALT SplinterCon One Shutdown After Another: Control and Resilience in African Networks This edition will examine how the practices and technologies of network control are increasingly permeating African networks, and how this trend is shaping the evolution of digital control and episodic isolation across the continent. The inaugural African SplinterCon brings together technologists, researchers, and practitioners to discuss the rising trend of shutdowns in the region, the commercialization of network control technologies supporting this trend, and the work taking place on the front lines to maintain communication and access to information under these evolving conditions. Host: eQualitie May 5 | 9 AM to 3 PM In-person RightsCon registration required
ALT Some of the speakers: Felicia Anthonio #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager at AccessNow Mable Amuron Researcher – Tech and Society at Thraets Foundation, Kampala, Uganda Daouda Diagne Director of the Computech Institute, Dakar, Senegal J. Alex Dalessio Executive Director of eQualitie Mahsa Alimardani Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities, WITNESS Providence Baraka Founder and Program Associate at the Bingwa Civic Tech Lab, DRC
ALT Felicia Anthonio, #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager at Access Now. When Repression Meets Resistance: A Decade of Fighting Internet Shutdowns Globally.
ALT SplinterCon One Shutdown After Another: Control and Resilience in African Networks This edition will examine how the practices and technologies of network control are increasingly permeating African networks, and how this trend is shaping the evolution of digital control and episodic isolation across the continent. The inaugural African SplinterCon brings together technologists, researchers, and practitioners to discuss the rising trend of shutdowns in the region, the commercialization of network control technologies supporting this trend, and the work taking place on the front lines to maintain communication and access to information under these evolving conditions. Host: eQualitie May 5 | 9 AM to 3 PM In-person RightsCon registration required
ALT Some of the speakers: Felicia Anthonio #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager at AccessNow Mable Amuron Researcher – Tech and Society at Thraets Foundation, Kampala, Uganda Daouda Diagne Director of the Computech Institute, Dakar, Senegal J. Alex Dalessio Executive Director of eQualitie Mahsa Alimardani Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities, WITNESS Providence Baraka Founder and Program Associate at the Bingwa Civic Tech Lab, DRC
