Rights x Tech is back with an exciting new conversation featuring award-winning women's rights activist and author Seyi Akiwowo from Glitch UK. Join us as we delve into the topic of digital citizenship and explore how to reclaim our humanity on an increasingly toxic internet.

Social media platforms boast billions of daily active users—Facebook alone pulls more than twice the population of the United States and Europe combined. Yet, there are no governments or elected officials we can call for help when Black and brown women and other marginalized genders face harassment on these unregulated platforms.

Join us as we discuss the four pillars of digital citizenship: digital self-defense, digital self-care, being an online active bystander, and tech accountability. Come learn how to take care of ourselves and our people in the face of online abuse while holding institutions accountable.

Join us by registering today! We encourage you to submit your questions for Seyi or the group in advance via the registration form or by clicking here!

Speaker

Seyi Akiwowo, Women's Rights Activist and Recovering Politician

Twitter: @SeyiAkiwowo

Sabrina Hersi Issa, RxT organizer

Twitter/BlueSky: @beingbrina

Seyi Akiwowo is a multi award-winning founder and Chief Executive of Glitch, a UK charity that’s been on a mission to end online abuse on social media since 2017. Seyi is also an international speaker, respected consultant, Board advisor and writer. Her popular TEDx London talk in 2019; appointment to TikTok European Trust and Safety Council, and publishing her first book How to Stay Safe Online, are all testaments to Seyi’s pioneering thought leadership on gender, ethics and tech working for all people.

Host

Sabrina Hersi Issa, RxT organizer

Twitter: @beingbrina

Sabrina Hersi Issa is a human rights technologist committed to leveraging innovation as a tool to unlock opportunity and dignity for all. She does this through her work in technology, media and investments.

Sabrina was most recently a Race and Technology Fellow at Stanford University’s Digital Civil Society Lab. As Chief Executive Officer, Sabrina leads Be Bold Media a global strategy and innovation agency that works with companies and organizations on strategic transformation initiatives, scaling teams, global growth, policy innovation and movement-building.

She organizes The People’s Iftar, a campaign to gather community and raise funds for grassroots organizations serving Muslim communities. She created the Bold Prize.

Rights x Tech is a forum for leaders in technology, policy, movement and philanthropy who understand the importance of building with practitioners and leaders who understand how tech is touching all of our lives. We host monthly forums and ecosystem sessions that are focused on sourcing innovation from the innovators already among us.

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