The internet enables access to knowledge for everyone and across national borders. However, legislators and courts around the world are now seeking to enforce national laws globally. Such extraterritorial jurisdiction to remove content from the web is a worrying trend both for fundamental rights online and the cohesion of the internet itself. Our panel explores the threat of creating many disconnected national networks and what should be done to avoid it.
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Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.
Barbora Bukovská
Article 19
Jan Gerlach
Wikimedia Foundation
Malavika Jayaram
Digital Asia Hub
Fabro Steibel
ITS Rio