Human Rights Foundation Interview
What do large refugee populations, absolute poverty and a lack of clean drinking water have in common?
They are all usually the result of tyrannies and dictatorships.
The Human Rights Foundation aims to spread human rights throughout the world to end needless suffering at the hands of oppressive regimes.
Find out how open-source technology forces dictators to play catch up and gives us a reason to be optimistic about the future.
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January 22, 2021
Is Technology Sounding the Death Knell for Dictatorships?
#100 Great.com Talks With... Human Rights Foundation
When we in democracies want positive political change, our laws let us protest, expose injustice and vote for new leaders. But more than four billion people around the world don’t enjoy these same luxuries. In this episode we talked with Alex Gladstein from the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) about challenging tyranny by reaching those who live under authoritarian regimes.
Encryption Poses a New Challenge to Regulators
The internet has ushered in a new era for dissidents and the disaffected, changing the political landscape forever. As information spreads more rapidly, it becomes harder for dictators to oppress their people. Alex explains that authoritarian governments have traditionally frozen bank accounts and spied on private communications to defund and thwart protest movements. That’s why the HRF promotes open-source software that governments can’t tamper with. This includes Signal, an encrypted messaging app, and Bitcoin, a decentralized crypto-currency. The goal is to help activists outmanoeuvre slow, unadaptable regimes with censorship-resistant technology.
Listen to the whole interview to find out how your donation can help oppressed groups forge new democracies on their own terms. You can also read about Flash Drives For Freedom, HRF’s campaign to smuggle outside information into North Korea. Through clever tactics and transparency we can make the world a more tolerant place.
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