Gabrielle Joni Verreault
Gabrielle Joni Verreault is a PhD candidate in bioethics at Universite de Montreal. She explores the intersection of bioethics and technology to address emerging ethical challenges in the digital age. Applying bioethical frameworks to cyberspace, she identifies herself as a cyberethicist, focusing on how technology can empower civilians in conflict situations and support ethical practices in complex, high-stakes environments.
Session
This panel discussion will offer insights into the challenges faced by human rights defenders and hacktivists in today’s context of intensified digital repression, including surveillance, censorship, and cyberwarfare. The three panelists will report from the frontlines, sharing their technical expertise and experiences living among activists and supporting them in their work in different countries. Topics will include hacktivism in Ukraine, disrupting surveillance in Serbia and Thailand, and tech and reproductive rights in the USA and worldwide. Each panelist will briefly share their stories and insights, and then the discussion between them and the audience will be opened.
