Tech Policy Press: Amid Threats, Global Gathering Seeks to Reseed Digital Rights Ecosystem
By Greta Byrum
Last month, public interest technologists, civil society advocates, journalists and researchers who defend human rights and freedom of speech around the globe met in Estoril, Portugal at the Digital Rights Defenders Global Gathering. Amidst threats to democracy and the aftershocks of the withdrawal of US support for internet freedom and digital rights organizations in dozens of countries, one might anticipate the mood would be glum; but the joy of being together was evident in this group...