Latin America Digital Rights Perspectives

• Who: Úrsula Schüler
• Date: Tuesday, June 6
• Time: 9am EDT / 1pm UTC (What time is it in my city?)
• Language: English
• Location: Zoom

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Latin America Digital Rights Perspectives with Úrsula Schüler

In this session we will talk about digital rights in Latin America, its perspectives and cases during 2022-2023. The main topics will be:

• An overview about Latin America digital rights: socio-political context, digital rights main demands and civil organizations.

• Emerging threats in the region and encouraging new trends - Loan Apps, WhatsApp Pay, and platforms workers organization.

• Some important Latin American cases and campaigns to check – Guacamaya leaks, #TireMeuRostoDaSuaMira, and #MigrarSinVigilancia

Speaker:

Úrsula Schüler is our Latin America Community Lead at Team CommUNITY. She studied journalism in her home country, Chile, and a Digital media marketing postgraduate program in Canada. She has more than seven years of experience working in media, companies, institutions and social organizations.