RxT:Community and Unbreaking Social Networks

Join Rights x Tech (RxT) for a generative conversation on what platforms like Bluesky reveal about the future of digital freedom. At a moment when many are searching for alternatives to X/Twitter and questioning who controls our digital public squares, this forum will explore how decentralized social media can shift power away from corporations and toward communities.

As debates over data ownership, online safety, and platform governance intensify, we will ask: What would it take to unbreak social networks—and reimagine online communities as spaces of care, dignity, and freedom?

✨ Expect bold visioning, practical reflections, and collective imagination toward futures that honor human rights and expand possibilities.

What to Expect:

🔹 Technologies of Freedom – exploring visions for liberatory infrastructures beyond surveillance and control.

🔹 Imagination as Praxis – centering creativity and visionary thinking in technology design.

🔹 From Resistance to Blueprints – mapping interventions and opportunities for technologists and movement leaders.

🔹 Live Q&A & Collective Dialogue – an open conversation with our featured speakers and the RxT community.

Featured Speaker:

🎙️ Rudy Fraser (He/him) – Technologist, community organizer, and founder, Blacksky Algorithms. Technologist and organizer stewarding Blacksky, Rudy develops resilient systems that center community power, including rsky, an independent implementation of the AT Protocol, and Papertree, a mutual-aid platform for sustainable community budgets. A former Fellow at the Applied Social Media Lab, he has built tools that protect marginalized groups—especially Black users—through equitable algorithms and context-aware moderation. He also serves on the board of Pact Collective and organizes mutual aid with We The People NYC.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rudy-fraser

Blacksky Community: @rudyfraser.com

Host:

🎙️Bridget Todd (She/Hers) - Technologist, podcaster, and digital justice advocate. A fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, she creates award-winning podcasts including There Are No Girls on the Internet and Mozilla’s IRL: AI in Real Life, exploring how marginalized communities shape and are impacted by technology. Formerly Communications Director at Ultraviolet, she has worked with major platforms to advance accountability and safer digital spaces for women and marginalized people.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bridget-todd-40250044

Instagram: @bridgetmarieindc

Who Should Attend?

✔️ Communications strategists and digital campaigners

✔️ Movement organizers, technologists, and artists

✔️ Anyone working at the intersection of narrative, power, and technology

✔️ People exploring storytelling as a tool for justice and collective imagination

🔹 Spaces are limited—register now to join the conversation.

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