Whatever happened to Privacy? A Mobilize! Event

"Whatever happened to Privacy?" - International Activism Conference
Documentation of the Conference from 5th to 8th of december
Public days at c-base, Berlin on the 6th and in mindpirates e.V. on the 7th of december
 
"Whatever happened to privacy" brought together international activists on focal topics and combined bar camp style work sessions and political round tables with a classic public event, It focussed on an issue which has far reaching consequences for politically active people across the world - the issue of privacy and surveillance. The revelations around the NSA and GCHQ as well as other countries secret service digital surveillance activities have spurred political debate. This debate was intensified at "Whatever happened to Privacy?" formulating political demands, developing action strategies and debating questions such as: What cultural and political value does privacy have today?

What are the societal implications of the wide spread "I have nothing to hide" attitude?
What political actions are necessary to protect citizens from mass surveillance and what tools exist for people to secure their communications, movements and lives?

We have gathered for you some press clippings and links and you find the keynote of Priya Basil "HE, SHE, I.T. – Who are we without Privacy?" right here.
As well note the Videodocumentation down below.


Press review
In the course of the conference two printmedia interviews were conducted, for the Neues Deutschland the journalist Uwe Sievers asked Christian Ströbele (MdB Green Party) which consequences the german goverment should draw from the NSA - scandal. Christian Schlüter (Berliner Zeitung) had a long chat with Jacob Appelbaum (Tor-Project, contributor to Der Spiegel) about his exil in Berlin, the power of the secret services and the fight for freedom in the Internetage.

In the context of a longer Reportage for ARTE, Philip Banse documented a part of the conference. Fiete Stegers of NDR Radio collected original voices in regard to the issues of privacy and surveillance and Griet von Petersdorff accompagnied Jacob Appelbaum for a feature being scheduled for ARD morning magazine in January 2014.

Vice magazine did a series of Video - interviews with our participants from India, Jordan, Kenia and China/U.S.A. and put them into Kontext with well - researched facts and kontextual videomaterial. Find all 4 parts here.