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6 Aug 2019

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Stanford University & ICNL

Call for applications: Stanford & ICNL launch camp for defenders to explore how digital technologies can be used to enable or restrict civil society

We invite you to apply to the Tech Camp for Civic Space Defenders, organized by Stanford’s Global Digital Policy Incubator and the International Center for Not-forProfit Law. The camp will be held from February 2 - 4, 2020 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The curriculum will include:

  • An introduction to AI, machine learning, and other digital technologies;
  • Discussions on how digital technologies can be used to enable or restrict civil society and philanthropy, as well as the freedoms of association, expression, and assembly (“civic space”);
  • Analysis of how various national internet regulations and international digital policy initiatives impact civic space; and • Interactive sessions on how to advocate for digital technology policies and utilize digital tools and practices that expand civic space.

Please submit your application to [email protected] by September 1. [More information is available here.]