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== Digital Rights Calendar of Events 2026 ==
Did you know you can submit your event - whether in-person or virtual - to our newsletter and web entities for promotion? [https://www.digitalrights.community/weekly-newsletter Use this form!]<br>


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<big>'''📣'''  '''[[Global Gathering 2026| Join us for Global Gathering 2026!]]'''</big>


== IFF's Recurring Events ==
<big>📅 September 4, 5 and 6, 2026</big>


<big>🌍 Portugal</big>


'''[Daily] Community Checkins'''
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Every day at 10am EST join our community checkins on the  IFF Mattermost. These are quick, informal gatherings, toe ensure we stay connected as many of us become quarantined because of the COVID-19
=== '''JANUARY''' ===
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==== '''Strategy Design Festival''' ====


'''[[Weekly] Glitter Meetups'''
* January 20, 2026
:'The [[Glitter_Meetup|Glitter Meetup]] is a weekly virtual meetup that happens every Thursday @ 9AM EST/EDT Here from IF experts, share updates about  your work, or ask questions!
* London
* https://www.fabriders.net/strategy-design-festival/


Community checkins  and Glitter Meetups both happen on [http://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/ IFF Mattermost Square Channel]. Email team@internetfreedomfestival.org for an invite.
==== '''Digital Rights Social''' ====
* January 22, 2026
* Virtual on TCU's Mattermost
* [[January 22, 2026 Digital Rights Social]]
 
==== '''Archive and Resist Conclave''' ====
 
* January 26-27, 2026
* Dhaka
* https://archivecon.activaterights.org
 
==== '''FOSDEM''' ====
 
* January 31-February 1, 2026
* Brussels
* https://fosdem.org/2026/
 
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=== '''FEBRUARY''' ===
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==== '''Gaza’s Digital Economy Under Siege''' ====
 
* February 5, 2026
* https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KhfSSNeuReyCPTNGQ508zw#/registration
 
==== '''Digtial Rights Social: Secure Communications''' ====
 
* February 19, 2026   @ 14 UTC
 
* [[Community Updates|https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates]]<br>
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=== '''MARCH''' ===
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==== '''From Awareness to Action: Using Open Data to Track Surveillance Practices''' ====
* March 18
* <nowiki>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1erTfUVj_197wyWsiS6Ismnl19wQxRmNhw1puJyJIp-8/viewform</nowiki>
 
==== '''Digital Rights Social / Focus: Building Autonomous Infrastructure''' ====
 
* March 19, 2026   @ 14 UTC
* TCU's Mattermost
* https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates
 
==== '''The Session Design Lab''' ====
 
* March 24 to 25
* <nowiki>https://www.fabriders.net/session-design-lab/</nowiki>
 
==== '''Palestine Digital Activism Forum (PDAF) 2026''' ====
* March 30-31, 2026
* https://pdaf.net/about-theme
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==== '''APRIL''' ====
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==== '''Data Centers & Democracy: How US Policymakers Push Back''' ====
 
* April 8
* Online
* <nowiki>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-data-centers-democracy-how-policymakers-push-back-tickets-1984908054423</nowiki>
 
==== '''Cables of Resistance Event''' ====
 
* April 10 to 12
* Berlin, Germany
* <nowiki>https://cableresist.de/</nowiki>
 
==== '''Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum''' ====
* April 14-16, 2026
* Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* https://sessionize.com/digital-rights-and-inclusion-forum26/
 
==== '''Using AI Safely: Practical Strategies for CSOs and Nonprofits''' ====
 
* April 14
* https://www.theengineroom.org/using-ai-safely-practical-strategies-for-csos-and-nonprofits-from-a-global-majority-perspective/
 
==== '''International Journalism Festival (IJF)''' ====
 
* April 15-18, 2026
* Perugia, Italy
* https://www.journalismfestival.com/
 
==== '''Targeted''' ====
 
* April 16
* Online
* <nowiki>https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ddb43d68-53cc-4d49-a239-7712dc911bb3@08722067-f231-4f22-bb68-ea4fbf92dabb</nowiki>
 
=== '''Digital Rights Social / Focus: Spyware Protection and Transnational Repression''' ===
 
* April 16, 2026   @ 14 UTC
* TCU's Mattermost
* [[Community Updates|https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates]]
 
==== '''Take Back Tech''' ====
 
* April 17-19
* Atlanta
* <nowiki>https://www.takebacktech.com/</nowiki>
 
==== '''Data Institute''' ====
 
* April 19
* Washington DC
* <nowiki>https://cjddatainstitute.org/</nowiki>
 
==== '''AI in PRC Influence Operations – Insights from the GoLaxy Papers''' ====
 
* April 29
* Online
* <nowiki>https://dtl.tw/0429eng</nowiki>
 
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=== '''MAY''' ===
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==== '''UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026 Global Conference''' ====
 
* May 4–5, 2026
* Lusaka, Zambia
* <nowiki>https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-press-freedom-day-2026-global-conference-shaping-future-peace</nowiki>
 
==== '''RightCon 2026''' ====
* May 5-8, 2026
* Lusaka, Zambia
* https://www.rightscon.org/
 
==== '''NEW AI Powered Social Media Listening by 7amleh''' ====
 
* May 19
* Online
* https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6KgKRPd6TvWswepK_b1vsA#/registration
 
==== '''Digital Security Workshop''' ====
 
* May 20
* London
* <nowiki>https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35773/digital-security-hands-on-workshop-</nowiki>
 
==== '''Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates''' ====
 
* May 21, 2026   @ 14 UTC
* TCU's Mattermost
* https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates
 
==== '''How Artists Use Research to Inform their Practice and Work | AfroPessimist Collective for Black Art and Archiving''' ====
 
* May 21
* Virtual
* <nowiki>https://form.jotform.com/261103118107038</nowiki>
 
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==== '''JUNE''' ====
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==== '''Making and Distributing Media Under Surveillance''' ====
 
* June 2
* Online
* https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/resistance-lab-june-2
 
==== '''Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC)''' ====
 
* June 8-10, 2026
* Manila, Philippines
* https://engagemedia.org/2025/drapac26-manila/
 
==== '''Reproductive Access through Technology''' ====
 
* June 10
* Online
* <nowiki>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-reproductive-justice-in-the-digital-age-tickets-198888522324</nowiki>
 
==== '''Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates''' ====
 
* June 18, 2026 @ 14 UTC
* TCU's Mattermost
* https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates
 
==== '''Global Media Forum''' ====
 
* June 23-24, 2026
* Bonn Germany
* https://corporate.dw.com/en/gmf-2026-your-ideas-deserve-the-spotlight/a-75222151
 
==== '''Fight for Us, Not for Them Event''' ====
 
* June 23
* Brussels and Online
* <nowiki>https://edri.org/our-work/announcing-the-summit-fight-for-us-not-for-them-a-public-interest-vision-for-eu-tech-policy/</nowiki>
 
==== '''All Things in Moderation 2026: Call for Contributions''' ====
 
* June 25-26, 2026
* Online and on-demand
* https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions
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=== '''JULY''' ===
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==== '''DWeb Camp''' ====
 
* July 8-12, 2026
 
* Outside of Berlin, Germany
 
* https://dwebcamp.org/
 
==== '''Digital Rights Social / Focus: Organizational Sustainability and Resilience''' ====
 
* July 16, 2026 @ 14 UTC
* TCU's Mattermost
* https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates
 
==== '''Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI)''' ====
 
* July 20, 2026
 
* Hybrid, co-located with PETS in Calgary, Canada
 
* https://foci.community/
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=== '''SEPTEMBER''' ===
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==== '''Global Gathering''' ====
* September 4-6, 2026
* Portugal
* [https://www.digitalrights.community www.digitalrights.community]
 
==== '''Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica)''' ====
 
* September 28 to October 1
* Mauritius
* https://internetfreedom.africa/
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=== '''OCTOBER''' ===
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==== '''Trust and Safety Research Conference 2026''' ====
 
* October 1–2, 2026
* <nowiki>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc63q1yE2hZzc5viRUC_3cfkF0OBqy5lkYRXNVCsliMLnaRoA/viewform</nowiki>
 
==== '''Digital Commons: Infrastructures, Design, and the Ethics of Autonomy''' ====
 
* October 8-10, 2026
* Athens, Greece
* [https://www.digicommons.org www.digicommons.org]

Latest revision as of 16:35, 21 May 2026

Digital Rights Calendar of Events 2026

Did you know you can submit your event - whether in-person or virtual - to our newsletter and web entities for promotion? Use this form!

📣 Join us for Global Gathering 2026!

📅 September 4, 5 and 6, 2026

🌍 Portugal


JANUARY


Strategy Design Festival

Digital Rights Social

Archive and Resist Conclave

FOSDEM


FEBRUARY


Gaza’s Digital Economy Under Siege

Digtial Rights Social: Secure Communications

  • February 19, 2026   @ 14 UTC

MARCH


From Awareness to Action: Using Open Data to Track Surveillance Practices

  • March 18
  • https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1erTfUVj_197wyWsiS6Ismnl19wQxRmNhw1puJyJIp-8/viewform

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Building Autonomous Infrastructure

The Session Design Lab

  • March 24 to 25
  • https://www.fabriders.net/session-design-lab/

Palestine Digital Activism Forum (PDAF) 2026


APRIL


Data Centers & Democracy: How US Policymakers Push Back

  • April 8
  • Online
  • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-data-centers-democracy-how-policymakers-push-back-tickets-1984908054423

Cables of Resistance Event

  • April 10 to 12
  • Berlin, Germany
  • https://cableresist.de/

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum

Using AI Safely: Practical Strategies for CSOs and Nonprofits

International Journalism Festival (IJF)

Targeted

  • April 16
  • Online
  • https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ddb43d68-53cc-4d49-a239-7712dc911bb3@08722067-f231-4f22-bb68-ea4fbf92dabb

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Spyware Protection and Transnational Repression

Take Back Tech

  • April 17-19
  • Atlanta
  • https://www.takebacktech.com/

Data Institute

  • April 19
  • Washington DC
  • https://cjddatainstitute.org/

AI in PRC Influence Operations – Insights from the GoLaxy Papers

  • April 29
  • Online
  • https://dtl.tw/0429eng

MAY


UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026 Global Conference

  • May 4–5, 2026
  • Lusaka, Zambia
  • https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-press-freedom-day-2026-global-conference-shaping-future-peace

RightCon 2026

NEW AI Powered Social Media Listening by 7amleh

Digital Security Workshop

  • May 20
  • London
  • https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35773/digital-security-hands-on-workshop-

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates

How Artists Use Research to Inform their Practice and Work | AfroPessimist Collective for Black Art and Archiving

  • May 21
  • Virtual
  • https://form.jotform.com/261103118107038

JUNE


Making and Distributing Media Under Surveillance

Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC)

Reproductive Access through Technology

  • June 10
  • Online
  • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-reproductive-justice-in-the-digital-age-tickets-198888522324

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates

Global Media Forum

Fight for Us, Not for Them Event

  • June 23
  • Brussels and Online
  • https://edri.org/our-work/announcing-the-summit-fight-for-us-not-for-them-a-public-interest-vision-for-eu-tech-policy/

All Things in Moderation 2026: Call for Contributions


JULY


DWeb Camp

  • July 8-12, 2026
  • Outside of Berlin, Germany

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Organizational Sustainability and Resilience

Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI)

  • July 20, 2026
  • Hybrid, co-located with PETS in Calgary, Canada

SEPTEMBER


Global Gathering

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica)


OCTOBER


Trust and Safety Research Conference 2026

  • October 1–2, 2026
  • https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc63q1yE2hZzc5viRUC_3cfkF0OBqy5lkYRXNVCsliMLnaRoA/viewform

Digital Commons: Infrastructures, Design, and the Ethics of Autonomy