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🎥 This is not “drama.” It’s not a “mistake.” It’s image-based abuse, and it’s spreading across #Nigeria.
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
Silenced No More: Breaking the Chains of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (Full Documentary)
Techsocietal launched a qualitative study in 2023 to try to understand the lived experiences and psychological impacts of image-based sexual abuse on victims. One thing we found that stuck out like a…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🎥 This is not “drama.” It’s not a “mistake.” It’s image-based abuse, and it’s spreading across #Nigeria.
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
🌍 A hidden camera. Installed in her bedroom ceiling. By her brother-in-law.
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌍 A hidden camera. Installed in her bedroom ceiling. By her brother-in-law.
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Complementarity isn’t just an ethical choice, but a strategic necessity.
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Moving Beyond Big Tech: Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Complementarity in the SWANA Region - Digital Action
Reflections from the 2025 Bread&Net Convening lead by Mona Shtaya. Building connections to move forward amidst conflict This year’s regional convening on digital rights in the SWANA region was shaped ...
digitalaction.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Complementarity isn’t just an ethical choice, but a strategic necessity.
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Today, as part of #WRONetwork we join in campaigning for #16days of activism against digital gender based violence.
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
Women's Rights Online
www.womensrightsonline.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today, as part of #WRONetwork we join in campaigning for #16days of activism against digital gender based violence.
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
💭 Several weeks on, #FIFAfrica is still present in our thoughts and conversations.
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
Digital Sovereignty and Other Rallying Calls in the African Digital Rights Horizon - Digital Action
Bulanda Tapiwa Nkhowani on FIFAfrica 2025 At this year’s Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica), one theme stood out across panels, workshops and hallway conversations: digital sovereignty. I...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
💭 Several weeks on, #FIFAfrica is still present in our thoughts and conversations.
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
DigitalAction joined 127 organisations to sound the alarm about the EU Digital Omnibus proposals.
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
The EU must uphold hard-won protections for digital human rights
What is being presented as a “technical streamlining” of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections against digital threats.
www.amnesty.eu
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
DigitalAction joined 127 organisations to sound the alarm about the EU Digital Omnibus proposals.
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
We see with concern the push for the EU’s Digital Omnibus.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros!
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We see with concern the push for the EU’s Digital Omnibus.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
📣 On Dec 2, join us to discuss Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a civil society-led milestone in rights-based digital reform. We'll discuss lessons, challenges and next steps.
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣 On Dec 2, join us to discuss Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a civil society-led milestone in rights-based digital reform. We'll discuss lessons, challenges and next steps.
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is shaping how states engage with tech (and with people!)
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
https://dpimap.org/global-state-of-dpi/"
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🌐 Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is shaping how states engage with tech (and with people!)
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
🗣️ YouTube removed More Than 700 Videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, as well as Google secretly handed Gmail data to ICE to help detain a pro-Palestinian student. We’re seeing a growing trend: platforms yielding to government pressure.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🗣️ YouTube removed More Than 700 Videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, as well as Google secretly handed Gmail data to ICE to help detain a pro-Palestinian student. We’re seeing a growing trend: platforms yielding to government pressure.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
🇳🇬 We’re reading and learning how encryption protects journalists & rights defenders from mass surveillance—thanks to Kehinde Adegboyega’s insights via GV.
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
How encryption protects journalists and human rights defenders in West Africa
Digital technology, which should help to concentrate and centralize information to prevent losses, offers no guarantee against the threats of hacking and theft of personal data by cyber-criminals.
globalvoices.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇳🇬 We’re reading and learning how encryption protects journalists & rights defenders from mass surveillance—thanks to Kehinde Adegboyega’s insights via GV.
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
🌎 What makes #ShadowBanning pernicious is its deliberate lack of transparency. Online censorship can not only silence you, it can simply make you vanish. Read our report in collaboration with Observacom & Forum of Information and Democracy:
The Invisible Censorship: How Shadow Banning Silences Voices Across Latin America - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Mexican journalist David Morales watched his news outlet’s Facebook reach plummet overnight. Chiapas Sin Censura had built a following, delivering 100 million views…
digitalaction.co
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌎 What makes #ShadowBanning pernicious is its deliberate lack of transparency. Online censorship can not only silence you, it can simply make you vanish. Read our report in collaboration with Observacom & Forum of Information and Democracy:
🤳🏾 Tech companies are playing an increasingly central role in shaping what people can see, say, and share during conflicts, but in SWANA, recent policy rollbacks have made things worse. Our latest new brief examines the implications:
The Role of Tech Companies in Conflicts: The Deadly Consequences of Online Disinformation in SWANA - Digital Action
Mona Shtaya in collaboration with our partners Beam Reports and Kashif. Background Tech companies play an increasingly central role in shaping access to information during conflicts. This brief digs…
digitalaction.co
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🤳🏾 Tech companies are playing an increasingly central role in shaping what people can see, say, and share during conflicts, but in SWANA, recent policy rollbacks have made things worse. Our latest new brief examines the implications:
Technological colonialism, exported surveillance, regulatory double standards.
This paper by Afef Abrougui & Nadine Mouwad shows how AI is tested in SWANA, and the dangerous implications for the Global Majority, within and beyond the region.
This paper by Afef Abrougui & Nadine Mouwad shows how AI is tested in SWANA, and the dangerous implications for the Global Majority, within and beyond the region.
Artificial Intelligence and Social and Gender Justice Activism in MENA: Spaces of co-optation, engagement and resistance - Oxfam Policy & Practice
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted and deployed across the MENA region in in ways that threaten to deepen existing inequalities and restrict rights. From surveillance technologies such as…
policy-practice.oxfam.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Technological colonialism, exported surveillance, regulatory double standards.
This paper by Afef Abrougui & Nadine Mouwad shows how AI is tested in SWANA, and the dangerous implications for the Global Majority, within and beyond the region.
This paper by Afef Abrougui & Nadine Mouwad shows how AI is tested in SWANA, and the dangerous implications for the Global Majority, within and beyond the region.
🌐 Open AI is now promoting “sovereign AI” and it is being pushed as giving national leaders more control over tech. But we can only wonder: Whose sovereignty? Whose interests?
Or could this be a geopolitical move to counter China's influence?
Or could this be a geopolitical move to counter China's influence?
‘Sovereign AI’ Has Become a New Front in the US-China Tech War
OpenAI has announced “AI sovereignty" partnerships with governments around the world, but can proprietary models compete with Beijing’s open source offerings?
www.wired.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🌐 Open AI is now promoting “sovereign AI” and it is being pushed as giving national leaders more control over tech. But we can only wonder: Whose sovereignty? Whose interests?
Or could this be a geopolitical move to counter China's influence?
Or could this be a geopolitical move to counter China's influence?
🌍 In conflict zones, critical info is removed while disinfo stays up.
Read the new brief focused #SWANA by @monashtaya.bsky.social in collaboration with Beam Reports and Kashif explores how online platforms are distorting information and endangering lives.
Read the new brief focused #SWANA by @monashtaya.bsky.social in collaboration with Beam Reports and Kashif explores how online platforms are distorting information and endangering lives.
The Role of Tech Companies in Conflicts: The Deadly Consequences of Online Disinformation in SWANA - Digital Action
Mona Shtaya in collaboration with our partners Beam Reports and Kashif. Background Tech companies play an increasingly central role in shaping access to information during conflicts. This brief digs…
digitalaction.co
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🌍 In conflict zones, critical info is removed while disinfo stays up.
Read the new brief focused #SWANA by @monashtaya.bsky.social in collaboration with Beam Reports and Kashif explores how online platforms are distorting information and endangering lives.
Read the new brief focused #SWANA by @monashtaya.bsky.social in collaboration with Beam Reports and Kashif explores how online platforms are distorting information and endangering lives.
🤫 Shadow banning is quietly muting dissent across #LatinAmerica and beyond.
A new report by OBSERVACOM, the Forum on Information and Democracy, and Digital Action reveals how critical voices are made invisible—without notice.
A new report by OBSERVACOM, the Forum on Information and Democracy, and Digital Action reveals how critical voices are made invisible—without notice.
The Invisible Censorship: How Shadow Banning Silences Voices Across Latin America - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Mexican journalist David Morales watched his news outlet’s Facebook reach plummet overnight. Chiapas Sin Censura had built a following, delivering 100 million views…
digitalaction.co
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🤫 Shadow banning is quietly muting dissent across #LatinAmerica and beyond.
A new report by OBSERVACOM, the Forum on Information and Democracy, and Digital Action reveals how critical voices are made invisible—without notice.
A new report by OBSERVACOM, the Forum on Information and Democracy, and Digital Action reveals how critical voices are made invisible—without notice.
For nearly a decade, #BreadandNet has been a key space for digital rights discussions in West Asia and North Africa. From internet freedom to AI ethics, it’s where regional voices shape global conversations.
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
For nearly a decade, #BreadandNet has been a key space for digital rights discussions in West Asia and North Africa. From internet freedom to AI ethics, it’s where regional voices shape global conversations.
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
Don’t miss #BreadandNet 2025: West Asia and North Africa’s leading digital rights gathering connecting human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists from the region and beyond.
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Don’t miss #BreadandNet 2025: West Asia and North Africa’s leading digital rights gathering connecting human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists from the region and beyond.
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
🗓️October 29, 30, 31
📍Beirut | Online
breadandnet.community.tc/catalog/brea...
This is #Today!
📣 #Tomorrow!
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is #Today!
🇱🇧 Digital Action will be at Bread&Net (Oct 29–31, Beirut) along with JOSA, Calam, INSM, TIMEP & other regional partners. We will have workshops + a roundtable on gender justice & digital protection.
Find us if you’re attending! 🫱🏼🫲🏾
Find us if you’re attending! 🫱🏼🫲🏾
Program - Bread&Net
Bread&Net 2025 Program and themes Home Program Bread&Net 2025 Program Bread&Net 2025 Program Check out our Bread&Net 2025 program!To access full details of all sessions, please book your ticket or…
breadandnet.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🇱🇧 Digital Action will be at Bread&Net (Oct 29–31, Beirut) along with JOSA, Calam, INSM, TIMEP & other regional partners. We will have workshops + a roundtable on gender justice & digital protection.
Find us if you’re attending! 🫱🏼🫲🏾
Find us if you’re attending! 🫱🏼🫲🏾
📣 #Tomorrow!
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📣 #Tomorrow!
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
🗣️ Join us for the launch of the new report:
“Shadow Banning: The Subtle and Hidden Censorship of Major Digital Platforms”. Co-hosted by Observacom & Forum on Information and Democracy.
🕚 11:00 (Chile)
🌐 Online – in Sp w/live En
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/87418423128
Esto es #Mañana
🤳🏾 ¿Has oído hablar del shadow banning? Es cuando tu contenido está en línea, pero nadie lo ve.
🗣️ Acompáñanos en el lanzamiento del informe: «El shadow banning: la censura sutil y oculta de las grandes plataformas digitales»
Más información e inscripciones aquí abajo 👇🏼 🧵
🗣️ Acompáñanos en el lanzamiento del informe: «El shadow banning: la censura sutil y oculta de las grandes plataformas digitales»
Más información e inscripciones aquí abajo 👇🏼 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Esto es #Mañana
🌍 The 2025 State of Internet Freedom in #Africa report is out! Navigating the Implications of AI on Digital Democracy in Africa. Based on research from 14 countries, it explores how AI is reshaping civic space and rights across the continent. 🔗 cipesa.org/2025/09/stat...
State of Internet Freedom In Africa Report – Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
New State of Internet Freedom in Africa report examines AI's impact on democracy across 14 countries, revealing opportunities and risks for civic participation and digital rights.
cipesa.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🌍 The 2025 State of Internet Freedom in #Africa report is out! Navigating the Implications of AI on Digital Democracy in Africa. Based on research from 14 countries, it explores how AI is reshaping civic space and rights across the continent. 🔗 cipesa.org/2025/09/stat...
🌐 Se abre el registro para el LACIGF 18! Una oportunidad para pensar en colectivo desafíos y posibilidades de la gobernanza digital en #AméricaLatina y el #Caribe.
📍 5 y 6 / 11 / 2025
💻 Participación presencial o remota
👉 Inscríbete aquí:
📍 5 y 6 / 11 / 2025
💻 Participación presencial o remota
👉 Inscríbete aquí:
Registro 18 LACIGF – lacigf
lacigf.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌐 Se abre el registro para el LACIGF 18! Una oportunidad para pensar en colectivo desafíos y posibilidades de la gobernanza digital en #AméricaLatina y el #Caribe.
📍 5 y 6 / 11 / 2025
💻 Participación presencial o remota
👉 Inscríbete aquí:
📍 5 y 6 / 11 / 2025
💻 Participación presencial o remota
👉 Inscríbete aquí: