About the Internet Freedom Festival
The Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) is one of the largest and inclusive gatherings in the digital rights space, brings together diverse groups, networks and individuals working on challenges that impact people’s ability to freely express themselves online in a safe and secure way.
Through innovative facilitation and community building strategies, the event cultivates solidarity and collaboration between and among these groups, while directly addressing equity and inclusion challenges found in the digital rights and Internet Freedom space.
Facts-at-a-Glance:
Over 1,000+ attendees from 100 countries, that include activists, journalists, open source technologists, human rights defenders, industry leaders and more.
The official programming includes over 220+ sessions, workshops, social outings, and other events spread out over a week. In addition, numerous unofficial events happen tangentially pre, during and post event, by entities looking to take advantage of the concentration of digital rights defenders from all around the world.
Women and gender non conforming individuals make up 50% of speakers and participants
Representation from the Global South make up 60% of participants
Co-designed with digital rights defenders to ensure the gathering has the strongest impact, and is valuable to those attending.
This gathering is organized by Team CommUNITY @ ARTICLE 19, dedicated to creating healthy, resilient, and inclusive networks of digital rights defenders across the globe. They provides a variety of initiatives and weekly virtual gatherings throughout the year, and are recognized as global leaders for building communities focused on safety, security and engagement.
Team CommUNITY is proudly housed at ARTICLE 19, an independent human rights organization. With an extensive global network of offices, and over 100 partners in 60 countries, ARTICLE 19 works to protect and promote the twin rights to freedom of expression and freedom of information across the globe
Code of Conduct
The IFF is committed to providing an inclusive, safe, and collaborative environment for all participants, regardless of their gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, physical appearance, disability, or age. We encourage every participant to be themselves, and must respect the rights of others.