Some of you listeners have asked us to explain the basics of digital rights, “what type of rights are there exactly”? Our response is this special episode of Digital Rights Explored where international experts talk with us about the major digital rights stories of our time.
In this episode we will recap some of the most important digital rights news stories of last year- 2021. When you hear them, you will certainly remember them. Using the real-life examples you already know, we will explain the specific digital rights being at stake there.
Whether it is access to the internet, violation of privacy and surveillance, or a morality discourse to what extent it is desirable to have AI impacting our lives online and offline. As always we will also start a discussion of possible solutions with the three experts that we are proud and happy to have on this episode.

Our expert speakers featured in this episode are:
 Mercy Abang  - Journalist and CEO of Hostwriter, Germany
Vladimir Cortes Roshdestvensky - Program officer Digital Rights Article 19, Mexico and Central America
William Uricchio - Professor Comparative Media Studies at MIT, U.S. & the Netherlands 

Sources: 

• The news clips were used for contextualisation -  fair use intended
• Find the report by virtual private network (VPN) website Top10VPN on Internet Shutdowns here.
• The Project in the Netherlands Public Spaces.  

This episode was created by:
Host and editor: Alexandre Amaral
Producer: Ena Omerović
Consultant (partner Deutsche Welle Akademie): Hanna Hempel
Researcher: Gaura Naithani

This is a Podcast made by the Media and Information Literacy Expert Network (MILEN) with the support of Deutsche Welle Akademie (DW Akademie).

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