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The Chinese Government pressured Zambia to cancel the World's Largest Digital Rights Conference.

GeopoliticsSocial IssuesInternational RelationsMay 1, 2026score 0.172 posts · 0 replies across 1 instances
The Chinese government is accused of pressuring Zambia to cancel the World's Largest Digital Rights Conference, which was organized by Access Now. The cancellation is linked to the exclusion of Taiwanese participants, raising concerns about geopolitical influence and digital rights.

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The Chinese Government pressured Zambia to cancel the World's Largest Digital Rights Conference.
Parent: GeopoliticsEntity: Chinese GovernmentImpact: negativeDate: May 1, 2026 - May 6, 2026Target: The Chinese Government pressured Zambia to cancel the World's Largest Digital Rights Conference.
Zambian officials excluded Taiwanese participants from the conference to ensure its continuation.
Parent: Digital RightsEntity: Access NowImpact: neutralDate: May 1, 2026 - May 6, 2026Target: Zambian officials excluded Taiwanese participants from the conference to ensure its continuation.

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“The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled” #RightsCon #Zambia https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/ without paywall: https://archive.ph/ETtty
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Business @business-WIRED
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/
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"The Chinese government pressured Zambia to cancel RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, at the last minute, according to the conference’s organizers. Beijing was upset that the speaker’s list included prominent figures from Taiwanese civil society, AccessNow, the group that organizes RightsCon, wrote Friday." https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/
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Absolutely wild: https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/ "The Chinese government pressured Zambia to cancel RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, at the last minute, according to the conference’s organizers. Beijing was upset that the speaker’s list included prominent figures from Taiwanese civil society, AccessNow, the group that organizes RightsCon, wrote Friday."
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"Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned." https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/
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"Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned." https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/
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China pressured Zambia to cancel RightsCon, the world''s largest digital human rights conference, after organisers included speakers from Taiwanese civil society. The conference was scheduled to take place in Zambia this week. https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/ #Media #SocialMedia #Community
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📰 The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned. 📰 Source: Feed: All Latest 🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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#China Pressure Canceled World’s Largest Digital #HumanRights Conference The Chinese government pressured Zambia to cancel #RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, at the last minute, according to the conference’s organizers. Beijing was upset that the speaker’s list included prominent figures from Taiwan civil society, AccessNow, the group that organizes RightsCon said. https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/ https://archive.ph/Hmbmw
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