#09 - Privacy and Surveillance | EFF and Panoptyon

Date: December 04th, 2014 ITS Rio was joined by two of the most important organizations on Internet rights’ protection for a conversation about distributed surveillance. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was created in 1990 by visionaires such as John Perry Barlow, Mitch Kapor and John Gilmore in response to the lack of informed governmental practices regarding emerging technologies. EFF has, since the, became one of the most important organizations on the fight for fundamental rights on the internet. Panoptikon Foundation is based in Poland, aiming at protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms against modern forms of surveillance. The event aimed at sharing knowledge, strategies and lessons learned about surveillance. It was part of the « South America Project », through which representatives of Panoptykon and EFF collaborated with local groups in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. Follow us: // Facebook: on.fb.me/1LwlAVy // Twitter: bit.ly/1LcG2Jw

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