The Intersection of Digital Rights and Technology: Charting a Path Forward

Conference Report

December 8, 2025

The Intersection of Digital Rights and Technology: Charting the Path Forward,” a workshop hosted by the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the International Computer Science Institute on May 21, 2024, featured global leaders and experts from a broad range of technology disciplines. Participants from major technology companies, civil society, non-profits, advocacy groups and academia came together to discuss how to protect digital rights, specifically those that are most at risk in a rapidly changing digital world, such as freedom of choice, data protection and privacy.

About the Authors

David Evan Harris is a CIGI senior fellow, Chancellor’s Public Scholar at UC Berkeley and faculty member at the Haas School of Business.

Owen Doyle is a policy researcher whose work focuses on technology and society, AI governance, social media and online information ecosystems.