What's the Deal With Human Rights and Technical Standards? - Daniel Appelquist, Samsung

Join us at the premier vendor-neutral open source conference, where developers and technologists come together to collaborate, share knowledge, and explore the latest innovations and advancements in open source technology. Learn more at https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ What's the Deal With Human Rights and Technical Standards? - Daniel Appelquist, Samsung The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report late last year : "Making technical standards work for humanity: New pathways for incorporating international human rights into standards development for digital technologies." Amongst other things, this report referenced the W3C Ethical Web Principles, Privacy Principles, and Code of Conduct as key examples of structural changes in the technical standards community in support of human rights. This talk will seek explore the relationship between technical standards and human rights, and focus on what we're doing in W3C to further the goal of supporting human rights.