One Week Left Until the Launch of the Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2024

May 28, 2024, 7amleh - the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media will launch its 8th edition of the Palestine Digital Activism Forum next week under the theme "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Revolutionary Promises & Discriminatory Realities." The forum will be held virtually on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4-5, 2024, with wide participation from around the world.

The forum, coordinated by 7amleh, aims to put Palestinian digital rights in the spotlight both regionally, and globally, as it discusses various aspects of AI technologies’ impact on Palestinian digital rights and its permeation into various aspects of life, especially during times of crises and the war on Gaza. The forum is organized in collaboration with 50 partner organizations and will host 70 local, regional, and international speakers and trainers.

The forum will bring together prominent activists and defenders of Palestinian rights, along with experts in digital rights from around the world, to enhance dialogue and exchange experiences on the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the Palestinian context. Speakers include Sam Gregory- Executive Director of WITNESS, which supports human rights defenders and civic journalists worldwide using video and technology, Antony Loewenstein, author of “The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World” and an expert on how Israel uses technological advancements to further its occupation of the Palestinian Territory. Additional speakers include the Palestinian Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Natsheh, Member of the Spanish Congress and a Human Rights Defender and spokesperson for digital transformation and economy for Sumar, who currently leads a specialized team in Big Data, Tish Sidi,  US Senator Elizabeth Warren, and finally Dr. Timnit Gebru, Founder and Executive Director of The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).