IPI joined a public discussion on digital surveillance and the limitations of free speech on the Internet ahead of the Austrian premiere of the documentary film “Black Code” on Aug. 11 at the 2017 Frame[o]ut Festival in Vienna, in a screening curated and co-organised by the organisers of the This Human World international human rights film festival.

The Frame[o]ut Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2017. The free, open-air film festival is celebrated every year in Vienna’s MQ (Museums Quartier), with the objective of bringing the latest cinematographic trends to the younger public.

“Black Code”  shows one side of the world wide web, as it exists today: how the Internet is being controlled and manipulated by governments to censor and monitor citizens. The documentary examines the complex global impact that the Internet has on issues such as free speech, privacy and activism.

Djamila Grandits, director and curator of This Human World, moderated a pre-screening discussion with Georg Markus Kainz of Quintessenz and IPI Digital Media Coordinator Javier Luque Martinez, which analysed the real effect of government censorship in the Internet and the impact in civil rights and our everyday lives.