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Annual
Report
2020
Facultad de Derecho
Center of Studies on Freedom
of Expression and Acces to Information
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Staff
Editorial Agustina Del Campo
Director of CELE
This 2020, CELE faced new and demanding challenges from scholars and civil society representatives from
along with the global pandemic. And we were 16 countries in the region. The content emphasized
successful and creative in this endeavor, continuing issues related to the state of emergency and its
Agustina Del Campo Carlos Cortés Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte Morena Schatzky Matías González our research projects and prioritizing the creation of impact on the Internet from the perspective of its
Director Researcher Senior Researcher Researcher Legislative Observatory
digital content for our blog. Given the extended social multiple actors: governments, companies, and civil
Coordinator
distancing, we focused on the concerns of the most society in an attempt to make the topics that made so
vulnerable and the new challenges in the exercise many headlines this year more accessible and ground
of their digital rights, including the right to freedom them on specific problems related to vulnerable
of association and assembly, right to protest, populations, migrants, women, and children.
access to quality and affordable Internet, equality
In 2020 we have much to be thankful for. First, I would
and nondiscrimination. The blog featured articles
like to thank CELE’s team, which is evolving over time,
Paula Roko Franco Serra Lucila Belen Miranda Josefina Del Campo Victoria Abatte by researchers, collaborators, and staff members,
for their commitment, creativity, and dedication. We
Researcher Legislative Observatory Consultant Community Manager. Communications and reaching an average of more than 8000 views per
Coordinator (May 2020) Administrative coordinator Logistics Assistant also thank CELE’s extended community of alumni,
month and addressing some of the most problematic
and Researcher former researchers, associates, and collaborators
issues of the regional, local and global agenda.
for their help and support. We extend a special thanks
Researchers for the Legislative Observatory In 2020, CELE, together with its team of researchers to our regional partners, civil society organizations,
and collaborators, produced more than 11 academic and academia for their warmth and openness, and
papers in different research areas. We continued the generosity to share their knowledge and provide
and strengthened our work with the Legislative feedback. And of course, we would like to thank
Observatory, the only repository of laws and bills on the donors who make our work, its dissemination,
freedom of expression in the region. Furthermore, and impact, possible. Thanks to their contribution,
iLEI started two new research projects. The first one we can enhance our research and train a growing
Patricia Peña Luisa Isaza Álvaro Castellanos Camilo Filartiga Martina Rapido Ragozzino intended to study of business self-regulation and its number of organizations, ensuring the responsible
Researcher for the Researcher for the Researcher for the Researcher for the Researcher for the impact on due diligence initiatives on human rights study and development of freedom of expression
Legislative Observatory Legislative Observatory Legislative Observatory Legislative Observatory Legislative Observatory in the ICT sector. The second project, undertaken in and a more inclusive, richer, and better-informed
in Chile in Colombia in Guatemala in Paraguay in Ecuador
association with Linterna Verde (Colombia), aimed at Internet governance.
monitoring and studying the terms and conditions of
Like every year, I cannot fail to thank the president
service and community rules of three leading social
of the University of Palermo, Ricardo Popovsky,
media platforms.
and his team for their constant support, the dean of
The development and deployment of surveillance the School of Law, Leandro Vergara, and the entire
technology for health and other related purposes UP team who facilitate our work. With this report,
offered important opportunities and challenges we conclude the year 2020, with a lot of lessons
for the promotion and protection of human learned and strengthened convictions. The world
Andrés Calderón López Juan Carlos Arjona Estévez Mariana Valente Thiago Oliva
Researcher for the Legislative Researcher for the Legislative Researcher for the Legislative Researcher for the Legislative rights. The viralization of scams, disinformation, was exposed to a new Internet experience in the
Observatory in Peru Observatory in Mexico Observatory in Brazil Observatory in Brazil and misinformation also spawned a new wave social distancing exercise imposed by the pandemic,
of regulatory initiatives and a paradigm shift where work like ours became even more relevant. We
within technology companies. CELE promoted a welcome 2021 with renewed energy to promote and
Research assistants coordinated and collective approach to these issues. collectively build more inclusive, more open societies,
Alejandra Castaneda (Columbia Law School). Luz Arambarri (Lawyer).
In August, we held the eighth edition of the annual with the firm conviction that the circulation of ideas
Lucila Tula (School of Social Sciences, UBA). Laura Kauer (University of London).
workshop “Towards a Better Internet Regulation in and opinions of all kinds contribute to the wealth of
Latin America”, which received over 150 applications our democracies.
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> Regional Legislative Observatory
for Freedom of Expression INTERNATIONAL
ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
This project focuses on the monitoring and systematization of laws and bills that affect • Mariclaire Acosta
freedom of expression and the circulation of discourse in the Americas. The goal is to analyze Former director of the Democratic
the situation of the right to freedom of expression and its regulation after the arrival of the Governability Department and Special
Internet. Currently, the Observatory’s website includes the survey and legislative analysis of Adviser to the OAS.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. • Rosental Alves
Director and professor at the Knight
The Legislative Observatory has more than 267 laws and over 716 bills allowing us to monitor
Center for Journalism in the Americas
the legislative development, identifying opportunities and challenges common to our countries.
and UNESCO Chair in Communications
During 2020, CELE promoted and participated in presentations of the Legislative Observatory at the University of Texas.
in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru. This project is made possible by the • Owen Fiss
generous support of the National Endowment for Democracy. Sterling Professor of Law at Yale
University.
» 2020 Activities: • Cecilia Medina Quiroga
Former President of the Inter-American
• SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. How did the pandemic impact different countries? Court of Human Rights.
Due to the closure of a large majority of Latin American legislatures in March and April
2020, the legislative agenda on issues of freedom of expression was first abruptly
• Santiago Cantón
Former OAS Special Rapporteur for
interrupted, followed by a shift of some of the debates to the executive branch. These
Freedom of Expression. Professor
debates were in matters of surveillance, technology, personal data and the pandemic, of Law for the Master’s degree in
Internet access, and in some countries the handling of disinformation linked to the International Human Rights Law,
pandemic. As a result and taking advantage of the work carried out with the Legislative University of Buenos Aires.
Observatory, CELE conducted a series of interviews with the Observatory’s consultants
so that they could tell us first-hand what was happening in their countries’ Congresses
• Roberto Saba
Academic director of the Center for
and Assemblies. The videos are accessible on CELE’s website and on social media and
Postgraduate Studies and of the
made it possible to document and give visibility to some of the most pressing problems in Master’s degree in Law at the University
terms of rights and technologies at a time of increasing emergency, with the suspension of Palermo.
of some guarantees, justified by the health emergency.
• Meetings with Members of Congress from the region
As a result of the pandemic, in general terms, some issues related to emergency,
health, the economy, and finance acquired new relevance in the legislative agenda of
the different States. This happened at the same time that some of the more traditional
spaces for debate were closing, bringing about the question of how can we settle some JOIN CELE
of those discussions when the issue at hand may not become relevant in public opinion,
as priorities changed?
CELE offers university students and young professionals the possibility of joining as collaborators and research assistants.
In this state of affairs, CELE suggested meetings to promote dialogue, exchange of
experiences, and common concerns across borders. These discussions gave continuity The candidates must be students or have a degree in Law, International Relations, Communication Sciences, Political
to other previous conversations with the Congresses of the region and new follow-up Science, Journalism or any other related discipline.
and informative meetings. With this in mind, during June CELE held roundtables with
representatives from Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, and Guatemala. Those interested in freedom of expression and access to information will find in CELE a space to broaden their
Additionally, in November 2020 we organized the First Inter-Parliamentary Meeting with knowledge, debate and exchange information and ideas, and an opportunity to contribute to research, guidelines, and
representatives from Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, and Ecuador to follow up on some recommendations in those subjects. Collaborations usually last between 2 and 6 months.
of the concerns that Members of Congress and representatives from different countries
Interested applicants must send a résumé and cover letter (no longer than one page) to cele@palermo.edu with the
sent us during the year. The meeting included discussions on best and worst practices in
subject “Convocatoria”.
content regulation and liability of intermediaries, in a year marked by growing concerns
about fake news, hate speech, and Internet crime.
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“We welcome the initiative of CELE and are happy to participate in the encounter
organized by the Regional Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression of the
Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información [Center for
Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information] (CELE) of the School of
» Blog
Law of the University of Palermo in Argentina.” • “Coronavirus: protección de datos y confidencialidad en
“The Committee on Information Technology, Media and Freedom of Expression of the Ecuador” [Coronavirus: data protection and confidentiality in
Senate of Argentina values the space for discussion and debate regarding the regulation Ecuador], by M. Rapido Ragozzino.
of the Internet in freedom of expression.” • “The Brazilian Congress approach to disinformation and
platform regulation puts freedom of expression at risk”, by
Senator Alfredo Luenzo, President of the Senates Comission on T. Dias Oliva and H. Massalo.
Media Communication, Technology and Freedom of Expression.
• “Encuesta COVID-19: acumulación de datos sin objetivos
claros” [COVID-19 survey: gathering data without clear
objectives], by A. Calderón.
• “Covid-19: protección de datos y acceso a internet durante
la pandemia” [Covid-19: data protection and Internet access
during the pandemic], by M. Rapido Ragozzino.
• “Guatemala: la tentación de usar la emergencia para
silenciar la crítica y criminalizar las ‘fake news’” [Guatemala:
the temptation to use the emergency to silence criticism and
criminalize ‘fake news’], by Á. Castellanos Howell.
• “Argentina Conectada Bis. Mejores prácticas y lecciones
aprendidas del ejercicio 2020” [Argentina Connected Bis.
Best practices and lessons learned from the year 2020], by
L.Ailén Tula.
• “Nueva mesa parlamentaria en el #IGF2020” [New
parliamentary table at # IGF2020], by M.González and A. Del
Campo.
• “Gobernanza de internet y poder judicial” [Internet
governance and the judiciary], by V. Abatte and A. Del Campo.
» Publications
• B. Califano. “Análisis del proceso de debate de iniciativas
legales sobre protección de datos personales y sus
conflictos con el derecho a la libertad de expresión”
[Analysis of the debate process of bills on the protection of
personal data and their conflicts with the right to freedom of
expression]. (December 2020)
• T. Oliva: “Libertad de Expresión en el poder legislativo brasileño:
Temas y tendencias” [Freedom of Expression in the Brazilian
Legislative Power: Issues and Trends]. (December 2020)
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> Iniciativa por la Libertad
de Expresión en Internet (iLEI)
In 2012, CELE created the Initiative for Freedom of Expression with issues like what obligations exist for the States in this
on the Internet (iLEI), which actively promotes analysis, matter; what national and comparative tools could serve these
understanding, and the implementation of standards for purposes and how could they be implemented.
human rights on the Internet in Latin America. Various research
The research team worked under the direction of Agustina Del
projects on different issues and varying relevance were
Campo, and the coordination of Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte, co-
developed, which are described below.
author of the three papers. National and international interns
Furthermore, CELE works and collaborates with different and students also were part of the team. Laura Kauer and
sectors on this initiative. We actively participate in permanent Alejandra Castañeda co-wrote with Ramiro the first two articles
consultation groups promoted by the private and public sectors in a three-part series.
and civil society.Since 2013 we are part of the Global Network
Initiative where A. Del Campo, director of CELE, was reelected
in March 2020 as a Board Member (Alternate) by the academic
sector. She is also part of the Accountability, Learning, and
Policy Committees.
The Center is a founding member of AlSur, an alliance of
Latin American organizations that works in a coordinated and
collaborative way to contribute as a community to different
regional and global processes. Within the framework of this
initiative, outside of specific research areas, iLEI participated » Letrachica.digital: How do rules evolve
in the UNESCO Consultation on Artificial Intelligence, a public within platforms?
consultation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on
the draft of the General Comment on Children’s rights in relation In 2020 and with the support of the Open Society Initiative,
to the Digital Environment, especially on issues of freedom of CELE, in alliance with Linterna Verde, developed a research and » Blog
expression and privacy. monitoring project of the evolution of the terms and conditions • “El rol activo de las plataformas en tiempos de pandemia:
of service of three of the main platforms with the most impact un repaso de sus políticas y los vacíos que comienzan a
in Latin America: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The project surgir” [The active role of platforms in times of pandemic:
» Human Rights Impact Assessments and began in January focusing on methodological issues and a review of their policies and the gaps that are beginning
Due Diligence in the ICT sector studying the websites and the terms and conditions of the three to emerge], by P. Roko.
companies. And as of May, it is monitoring the development
This research proposes mapping and critically analyzing the and evolution of the standards. With the pandemic and the • “Pandemia y control de la desinformación” [Pandemic
commitments regarding due diligence and human rights elections in the United States, the level of activity and debate and control of disinformation], by L. Isaza.
impact assessments in the ICT sector, starting from a critical within and outside the platforms about content, its circulation, • “#platformlaw: ¿Cómo funcionan las apelaciones a la
review of its origins. The authors present the challenges and and regulation was probably more favorable than expected for moderación privada de contenidos?” [How do appeals
opportunities that the existing framework poses for the future the launch of this initiative. work in private content moderation?], by A. Del Campo.
development of these tools. This is more significant as the Furthermore, letrachica.digital is hosted on a website and
tension between platforms, States and users grows around • “Redes sociales en América Latina: entre la espada y la
is permanently updated by our researchers. It currently has
current norms and practices in the digital space. The second pared” [Social media in Latin America: between a rock and
information on hate speech, elections and civic engagement,
article is the culmination of the second phase of research nudity and sexual content, and the public interest exception. » Meetings, conferences, consultations a hard place], by A. Del Campo.
addressing the critical study of the few public experiences in the Content on insults, bullying and defamation; violence and and featured panels
matter of impact assessments in the ICT sector and highlights security, intellectual property and authenticity is in development.
• RightsCon Online: panel “Moderate globally, impact locally”
the role of the existing supervisory bodies, set up formally or The hard data arising from the investigation will be available to
and the strategic session “Human Rights based model for
informally as control mechanisms of these activities. The everyone, thus promoting new investigations, points of view, and
intermediary liability: how do we get there” (July 2020). A.
third article is currently being drafted and will address impact approaches to the subject.
Del Campo.
assessments from a public sector perspective. It will deal
• Moderate globally, Impact locally, Yale/Wikimedia Initiative
on Intermediaries and Information (November 2020)
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» Meetings, conferences, consultations and featured panels
» Blog
• Consulta Pública sobre Principios de Santa Clara [Public Consultation on the Santa Clara Principles], organized by EFF
• “Libertad de expresión: entre la lógica y la democracia” [Freedom (May 2020).
of expression: between logic and democracy], by A. Del Campo.
• Human Rights and the DSA, organized by GNI (May 2020).
• “Sumando contexto: la editorial de Zuckerberg, el conflicto
• Presentation of the reports on regional Internet & Jurisdiction (June 2020).
Twitter-Trump y la responsabilidad de intermediarios frente
a problemas sociales de larga data” [Adding context: the • Regional consultation on draft Article 19 “Principios sobre libertad de expresión y elecciones en la era digital” [Principles
Zuckerberg editorial, the Twitter-Trump conflict, and the liability on freedom of expression and elections in the digital age] (July 2020)
of intermediaries in the face of long-standing social problems], • Roundtable “CFK vs. Google” organized by Observacom and AccessNow (August 2020).
by A. Del Campo.
• “Regulación, co-regulación y responsabilidades de plataformas para una internet libre y abierta” [Regulation, co-
• “TikTok got serious! Una nueva forma de protesta” [TikTok regulation, and platform liability for a free and open Internet], Informative meeting of the Communications and
got serious! A new form of protest], by M. Schatzky. Information Technology Committee, House of Representatives of Argentina (August 2020).
• “Facebook bajo la lupa: excepciones de interés periodístico • Liability of Intermediaries webinar, Past, present and future, CEPI and ISOCBrasil (November 2020).
y discurso político” [Facebook under scrutiny: exceptions of • IGF Argentina, Liability of Intermediaries (December 2020).
journalistic interest and political discourse], by A. Del Campo and J. Pallero.
• Right to be forgotten, Via Libre (October 2020).
• “Colombia - CNE: otra aproximación a la regulación de la campaña electoral en redes sociales” [Colombia - CNE: another
approach to the regulation of the electoral campaign in social media], by C. Botero.
• “CELE director, Agustina Del Campo, presentation on the UN Forum on Minority Issues, Nov 19 & 20.” A. Del Campo
• “Las redes sociales el día después de las elecciones en EEUU” [Social media the day after the US elections], by C. Botero (Karisma).
• “El T-MEC mexicano 2020: prácticas y lecciones” [Mexican T-MEC 2020: practices and lessons], by M. González.
• “CELE director, Agustina Del Campo, presentation on the UN Forum on Minority Issues, Nov 19 & 20.” A. Del Campo
» Intermediary Liability and content
moderation
iLEI has been working since 2012 on the issue of liability of
intermediaries on the national, regional, and international
agenda, participating in workgroups, alliances, exploratory
meetings, conferences, and discussions. We have also promoted
spaces for debate on these issues in the legislative branch in
different countries, in the judiciary, in universities, in civil society
organizations, and our interventions and publications.
> Publications
• AlSur, Mirando AlSur: hacia nuevos consensos regionales
en materia de responsabilidad de intermediarios [AlSur,
Looking Southwards: towards new regional consensus
on the liability of intermediaries] - A. Del Campo, M.
Schatzky, JC Lara and L. Hernandez (December 2020).
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> Current Agenda New and/or renewed questions > 8th edition of the Annual Workshop “Towards a
brought by the pandemic: Better Internet Regulation in Latin America”
Every year since 2013, iLEI has held its Workshop towards problems related to vulnerable populations, migrants, women,
» Disinformation, Democracy and Pandemic » Privacy and Personal Data- Covid Apps
a better Internet regulation in Latin America. The workshop and children.
One of the main topics in the agenda due to the situation was
and Cyber Espionage became a groundbreaking training space in Latin America that
The workshop had an open call and there were more than 150
the issue of disinformation, democracy and the pandemic. Both the OAS and UN Rapporteurs for Freedom of Expression brings together organizations, activists, and stakeholders in the
applications from organizations from 16 countries in the region.
Along with the uncertainty and the prevailing uncertainty about have highlighted the close link between the rights to privacy region to reflect on the new challenges in Internet regulation,
The final group of participants consisted of 40 people with
the virus, its impact, transmission, prevention mechanisms, and freedom of expression. This year, these issues were closely their implications, and projections. In 2020 the workshop was
diverse gender and geographic representation.
etc., a generalized concern arose about what the World Health linked to the use of technology by the State in the framework of held 100% online for the first time.
Organization called the “Infodemic”, that is, the viralization the expansion of the COVID 19 pandemic in the world. Participant testimonies:
The digital ecosystem is more relevant today than ever and the
of information related to the health crisis. This concern was
Initiatives and collaborations: protection of human rights in this environment is gaining renewed “I think that the exchange of experiences with colleagues from
addressed from different perspectives at the State level
attention worldwide. The content of this year’s workshop other countries will allow me to put in context and bring another
(projects to regulate, sanction and criminalize disinformation), • Together with AlSur, CELE worked on a project to develop emphasized issues related to the state of emergency, the global perspective to the discussion on the moderation of content on
from a business point of view (modifications to the terms an observatory of Applications (Apps) developed and/or context, and the reaction of governments, companies, and civil social media, its influence, and consequences.”
and conditions of service, changes in the approaches of the deployed for health reasons in the region (OCCA). The project society and their impact on the Internet. Some of the topics
platforms to the issue of disinformation, with inconsistencies is funded by the Open Society Institute and the Inter-American discussed were privacy and security on the Internet, deployment “Now when we tackle projects on cybersecurity, we will take into
in their application) and from the media’s outlook. The increase Development Bank and is managed and coordinated by AlSur. of state and private technology, emergencies, transparency and account the functioning of the Internet as such and I believe that
in concern presented the need to generate clear criteria, under The website of the project is pending publication and the final auditing; disinformation, public and privatized discourse, the it will also be particularly critical to comment on behavior on
the guidance of the States. report with the analysis is currently being edited concentration of sources; emergency and the private sector; social media during electoral times.”
Meetings, conferences, consultations, and featured panels • “Cómo es la gestión de la pandemia en los países de América and Internet governance and social distancing. The goal of
“It gave me many more tools and notions of the debates to be
Latina” [How is the management of the pandemic in Latin the workshop was to bring these issues that are generically
• Meeting of Experts convened by the Office of the Special able to contribute daily.”
American countries], a research project for Chequeado.com described in newspaper headlines and ground them on specific
Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression on Disinformation
and Pandemic (September 2020) together with the Human Rights Center of UBA Law School,
Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), the Asociación Civil por la
• Information and Democracy, organized by the World Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) [Civil Association for Equality and
Movement for Democracy (September 2020) organized Justice] and the Centro para la Implementación de Derechos
by International IDEA and the Forum on Information and Constitucionales (CIDC) [Center for the Implementation of
Democracy (September 2020). Constitutional Rights].
• COVID-19, Disinformation, and Narrative Competition
organized by the Forum (October 2020).
» Blog
• Roundtable “Opiniones virales. Riesgos para la libertad de
expresión durante la pandemia” [“Viral Opinions. Risks to • “Aplausos, cacerolas y cadenas de mensajes: los derechos
freedom of expression during the pandemic], organized by de reunión y asociación durante la pandemia” [Applause,
Asuntos del Sur (July 2020). banging pots and chain letters: the rights of assembly and
association during the pandemic], by P. Roko and F. Serra.
• “Desinformación y democracia” [Disinformation and
democracy] organized by Fundación Democracia en Red • “¿Ciberpatrullaje o inteligencia?” [Cyber-surveillance or
(July 2020). intelligence?], by M. Schatzky and A. Del Campo.
Collaborations
With AlSur, CELE took part in the drafting of a preparatory
working document for the Meeting of Experts called by the OAS
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. The paper was
written by Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte with contributions from all the
members of AlSur.
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> Publications, Panels and Presentations of in social media, organized by the Equipo Latinoamericano Observacom and AccessNow (August 2020).
de Justicia y Género (July 2020).
our Faculty: • Participant, Regional Consultation on the draft by Article
• Panelist, Informative meeting of the Communications
and Information Technology Commission of the House of
19 “Principios sobre libertad de expresión y elecciones en Representatives of Argentina: “Regulación, co-regulación y
la era digital” [Principles on freedom of expression and responsabilidades de plataformas para una internet libre y
elections in the digital age] (July 2020). abierta” [Regulation, co-regulation and liability of platforms
» Agustina Del Campo
for a free and open Internet] (September 2020).
• Speaker, Podcast “Fuerte al medio” on hate speech (July
Publications: 2020). • Panelist, Panel on disinformation, organized by the
• ¿LA DESINFORMACIÓN EN DEMOCRACIA O LA DEMOCRACIA • Panelist, Presentation of the report “Disonancia, voces IACHR’s Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of
• Speaker, Podcast “El Bestiario de Internet” Hate speech,
DE LA DESINFORMACIÓN? [DISINFORMATION IN en disputa” [Dissonance, voices in dispute] for Article 19 Expression (September 2020).
from Fundación Vía Libre (July 2020).
Mexico (May 2020).
DEMOCRACY OR THE DEMOCRACY OF DISINFORMATION?] • Panelist, Roundtable “Regular o no regular” [To Regulate or
• Panelist, RightsCon Online: panel “Moderate globally,
“This article critically analyzes some of the measures adopted • Participant, Consultation of the Special Rapporteur for Not], together with C. Cortés, C. Botero, L. Herrera, and F.
impact locally” and the strategic session “Human Rights
by the Government, Internet companies, and the media in freedom of expression and opinion of the United Nations, Robledo, organized by Alcentro (October 2020).
based model for intermediary liability: how do we get there”
recent years and raises some pending questions in the search David Kaye, for the report “Freedom of Expression and
(July 2020). • IGF 2020, panel: “One size fits all? Global norms as a threat
for solutions.” An Asuntos del Sur publication written by our Academic Freedom” (May 2020).
to inclusion” (November 2020)
Director, A. Del Campo. • Panelist, Roundtable “Opiniones virales. Riesgos para la
• Panelists, Perspectives from Latin America, panel organized
libertad de expresión durante la pandemia” [Viral Opinions. • Moderate Globally, Impact Locally: A Virtual Workshop
by the Global Network Initiative and DSA Europe (May 2020).
Conferences: Risks to freedom of expression during the pandemic], Hosted by the Yale/Wikimedia Initiative on Intermediaries
• Panelist, Presentation of the regional Internet & Jurisdiction organized by Asuntos del Sur (July 2020). and Information (November 2020)
• Participant, Freedom Online Conference in Accra, Ghana
report (June 2020).
(February 2020). • Panelist, “Desinformación y democracia” [Disinformation • Forum on minority issues, UN, “International legal and
• Participant in the consultation on Academic Freedom of and democracy] organized by Fundación Democracia en institutional framework”
• Commentator, Presentation of regional preliminary
the then Special Rapporteur, David Kaye (June 2020). Red (July 2020).
observations for a regional report - Internet & Jurisdiction • Panelist, Liability of Intermediaries webinar, Past, present
(April 2020). • Panelist, Political violence against women and dissidents • Panelist, Participation in “Asuntos en 30”, meeting and future, CEPI and ISOCBrasil (November 2020).
organized by Asuntos del Sur (August 2020).
• Inter-Parliamentary Work Meeting of the Legislative
• Panelist, Roundtable “CFK vs. Google” organized by Observatory on Freedom of Expression” -Argentina,
Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico. (November 2020)
This year our director had the honor of being a candidate for the
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
AND OPINION.
Access @agustinadelcamp nomination here.
For more information on the post of UN Special Rapporteur for
Freedom of Expression, click on the following link here.
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» Ramiro Alvarez Ugarte
> CELE meetings, conferences, consultations and
featured panels!
Publications:
• Panelist, “Election year: assessing the global human rights
• Layers of crises: when pandemics meet institutional and
impacts of political misinformation in 2020.” RightsCon
economic havoc, in Global Data Justice and COVID-19
2020. July 27-31, 2020.
(2020). Editors: Linnet Taylor, Gargi Sharma, Aaron Martin,
and Shazade Jameson; London: Meatspace Press. • Panelist, “Marco jurídico internacional de la Libertad de DEMOCRACIA EN RED “Evento online sobre las consecuencias “El caso CFK vs. Google. OBSERVACOM y Access Now
Expresión, Acceso a la Información, y Protección de de seguir degradando nuestro espacio público, nuestros lugares organizan un encuentro para discutir sobre la responsabilidad
Conferences: comunes. Un encuentro para analizar cómo discutimos en las de intermediarios en Argentina a partir del caso CFK vs. Google”
Periodistas” [International legal framework for Freedom
• Workshop participant, “Los dilemas de la desinformación y of Expression, Access to Information, and Protection of redes con una mirada humana, tecnológica y política” [Online [CFK v. Google. OBSERVACOM and Access Now organized a
la moderación del debate público en línea” [The problems of Journalists]. UNESCO, IACHR, Knight Center for Journalism event on the consequences of continuing to degrade our public meeting to discuss the liability of intermediaries in Argentina in
misinformation and the moderation of online public debate]. in the Americas of the University of Texas. July 15-27, 2020. space, our common places. A meeting to analyze how we the CFK v. Google case]
Workshop on Digital Rights 2020. Center for Studies on discuss with one another in social media, with a technological
• Moderator, CELE Seminar-Opening Session- “Hacia un
Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE). and political perspective]
movimiento digital de No Alineados” [Towards a non-
Buenos Aires, Argentina. August 17-21, 2020.
aligned digital movement]. (December 2020)
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MYTHS ABOUT HATE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Agustina
Webinar: “Violencia política contra las mujeres y disidencias a Del Campo and Beatriz Busaniche shared a very entertaining
través de redes sociales” [Political violence against women and episode on the Bestiario de Internet podcast about hate speech
dissidents in social media]. Our Director, Agustina Del Campo, on social media.
was a speaker in the online seminar on political violence against
women invited by @equipoELA and @fundecoAar.
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Roundtable: Viral Opinions, Risks to freedom of expression
Informative meeting “Regulación, co-regulación y
during the pandemic. Agustina Del Campo participated as a
responsabilidades de plataformas para una internet libre y
guest panelist with a brief reflection on what are the challenges
abierta” [Regulation, co-regulation and liability of platforms for
that the pandemic brought in terms of freedom of expression.
a free and open Internet]
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About CELE
The Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la The creation of CELE responds to the need to generate debate
Información [Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and spaces devoted to reflecting on the importance of these rights in
Access to Information] (CELE) was created in 2009 within the the region, their content and limits. To this end, the center intends
School of Law of the University of Palermo with the aim of carrying to establish a dialogue and collaboration with other academic units
out studies that become useful tools for sectors of civil society, in the country and Latin America.
journalists, government and academic institutions dedicated to the
defense and promotion of these rights, especially in Latin America.
Goals Funding
• To encourage, together with other academic units, the in-depth study of issues
related to freedom of expression and access to information.
• To develop studies, guidelines and recommendations tending to generate a
concrete impact in the development and understanding of public policies in this
matter.
• To generate awareness of the importance of these rights in democratic societies,
especially in new generations.
Mario Bravo 1050, 7° piso. Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Tel: (54 11) 5199-4500 int. 1204/1213
www.palermo.edu/cele
E-mail: cele@palermo.edu
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