https://tube.fede.re/videos/watch/d60c19c1-4c2d-4397-8156-a41c4c355525 Net of Rights is a short documentary film which explores the relation between Internet protocols and the promotion and protection of Human Rights. Internet Engineers have defined the Internet as a network of networks, providing connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content. Internet connectivity increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights, the core of the Internet, its architectural design is therefore closely intertwined with the human rights framework. However, the assertion that technology and the design of standards and protocols is a ethically neutral task are still commonplace. The series of interviews recorded during the 92nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), held in Dallas, Texas, in March 2015, demonstrated that this belief in the neutrality of standards and protocols is starting to change. It is becoming more apparent that promoting an open, secure, unfiltered and reliable Internet is essential for the rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how can these concepts be addressed on the protocol level? Without taking human rights into account while developing protocols, the human rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet are at risk. While the Internet was designed with freedom and openness of communication as core values, as the growth in scale and commercialization of the Internet have caused a shift in those values. The influence of such world-views started to compete with other values. The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be endangered if they are not properly defined, described and protected. The reverse is also true: if we don’t protect human rights online, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity of the Internet itself. Direction Joana Varon Production Niels ten Oever Research and script for interviews Niels ten Oever and Joana Varon Interviewer Niels ten Oever Editing Marina Oriente Script writing Daniel Castro, Niels ten Oever, Joana Varon and Camila Agustini Camera Marina Oriente Sound Design Iuri Oriente Animations Fabio Cacossi Narration Carla Matero Featuring Adrian Farrel Diego Lopez Elliot Lear Stéphane Bortzmeyer Dan Harkins Fred Baker Nathaniel Borenstein Suresh Krishnan Ted Lemon Daniel Kahn Gillmor Stephen Farrell Wendy Seltzer Mark Nottingham Spencer Dawkins Aaron Falk Kathleen Moriarty Ben Campbell Jari Arkko Laura DeNardis This film is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Imported from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1U0Ebix-aQ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:27:31 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.fede.re https://tube.fede.re/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://tube.fede.re/videos/watch/d60c19c1-4c2d-4397-8156-a41c4c355525 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.fede.re/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.