Project Galileo presents: Protecting Human Rights Defenders Online

Project Galileo celebrated its 10th anniversary with two distinguished panels hosted by the NED (National Endowment for Democracy).

These conversations highlight the future of the Internet and Internet freedom. The panels explored recent U.S. State Department efforts on Internet freedom; the role the private sector plays in helping effectuate the U.S. vision of Internet freedom with efforts like Project Galileo; the current challenges associated with authoritarian government's influence on Internet standards, governance, and international development.

The discussions also touched on the role policy plays, both in the United States and globally, in efforts to protect the Internet; what the U.S. and other rights-respecting nations stand to lose if the open Internet is diminished; and how all stakeholders (private sector, civil society, governments) can work together to protect and advance the free and open Internet.

Moderator

• Alissa Starzak, Head of Policy, Cloudflare

Panelists

• Jennifer Brody, Deputy Director of Policy and Advocacy for Technology and Democracy, Freedom House
• Emily Skahill, Cyber Operations Planner, Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Adrien Ogée, Chief Operations Officer, CyberPeace Institute

Learn more about Project Galileo:

• Celebrating 10 years of Project Galileo
• Project Galileo by Cloudflare

Thank you to our Project Galileo 10th Anniversary partners:

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Follow @NEDemocracy

CyberPeace Institute Follow @CyberPeaceInst

CISA (U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) Follow @CISAGov

Freedom House Follow @freedomhouse