Digital Security, Media & Technology in Social Organizing
Digital Security for Activists
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This guide by Front Line Defenders is a good starting place for organizers to understand their options for safely and securely organizing communications and conferences online.
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A presentation on the basics of digital security and privacy from IGLI 2019.
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By Frontline Defenders. Ideas & tips for human rights defenders while working from home during COVID-19.
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A handout on threat assessment and modelling for activists.
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An article guide to using Jitsi Meet, a free encrypted video conferencing software, recommended to be used by activists and organizers as a secure platform for communicating or handling communication.
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LINK to website : Has tutorials, toolkits, and training modules related to Cloud Infrastructure and Security, Data Management, Digital Marketing, Outreach and Fundraising Program, and Service Delivery Tech Strategy and Governance for Nonprofits
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A Practical Guide on the Effective Use of Digital Open Source Information in Investigating Violations of International Criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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By Sean Aday, Deen Freelon and Marc Lynch. Article describes how social media was influential in helping the Egyptian movement to remove their authoritarian regime.
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By Andrew Lindsay. Article describes how surveillance impacts Black people’s activism in the United States.
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This book chapter from Shaazka M. Beyerle takes a close look at the civic dissent in 1980 Brazil that unified against opposition to the military dictatorship regime. This chapter details the movement that rises after the military junta government was ousted by nonviolent resistance, where the democratically elected leader Fernando Collor de Mello was then impeached an ousted by another social movement .
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The MediaLab and Video Activism Library has free guides, toolkits, and teaching resources for activists and human rights defenders to effectively use video technology in their activism. Note: has a resource for COVID-19 as well.
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