@aral For the record, sponsors of RightsCon have no impact on the substance of the conference or the positions taken by Access @rightscon
@astepanovich OK, so if they have no power over content/substance would @rightscon accept The NSA and Palantir as sponsors?+@IdentityWoman
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@aral But if they wanted to give money with no strings, I'd be ok. Access mostly rejects gov funding.@IdentityWoman -
@astepanovich OK, at least that’s consistent. I understand your position. I don’t agree with it but I understand it. +@IdentityWoman -
@aral@astepanovich I can only share about the event I lead and have done so for 10+ years. It is grassroots, global and working event. -
@IdentityWoman We put companies in the room with activists and facilitate that conversation. We don't pull punches.@aral -
@astepanovich The issue is that one of those parties paid for the room. +@IdentityWoman -
@aral I'm kinda with you. last I was at@rightscon felt huge, scripted, lawyer driven not tech driven - no open convos@astepanovich
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@aral Not my decision. But I work TIRELESSLY against the NSA as anyone can attest...@rightscon@IdentityWoman -
@astepanovich As I do against Facebook & Google — how would you feel if NSA was sponsoring@rightscon? +@IdentityWoman
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@aral@astepanovich@rightscon I think they are highly suspect in level of corp funding & corp speakers and frame of event. -
@IdentityWoman The level of civil society participation we have is ridic high https://www.rightscon.org/manila/@aral@rightscon
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