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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

2026 Global Gathering 2026 themes announced: Surveillance & Censorship Alternative Infrastructure & Digital Sovereignty Emerging & Urgent Tech Challenges: Disinfo, AI, Platform Accountability, Internet Shutdowns Civil Society Reflections on Tech Reg Ecosystem Security, Sustainability, & Health

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

📣 Applications Are Now Open for the 2026 Global Gathering! ✨ 📍 When: September 4–6, 2026 📍 Where: Portugal 🇵🇹 👉 Apply: gathering.digitalrights.community ❤️ Gathering defenders at the intersection of rights and technology ❤️ beneath a canopy of trees. #GlobalGathering2026 #DigitalRights #TechJustice

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The Digital Rights Weekly Newsletter brings together community and global news in digital rights, surveillance, censorship; funding opportunities and jobs, and practical resources. You can share your news or subscribe: buff.ly/yRfQ5bW #InternetFreedom #HumanRights

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Weekly Newsletter | Digital Rights

“OMG. This newsletter has so much juice! It has a lot of the news and stuff I don’t usually find, even from my obsessive searching and twitter searches. Thanks for this great resource!” - Alex P.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

EU has launched its new LGBTIQ+ equality strategy aimed at strengthening the EU’s legal and policy framework against discrimination, calling for and stronger safeguards against hate speech, hate crimes, and “conversion practices.”

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EU Launches New LGBTIQ+ Strategy

This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A major Lighthouse Reports investigation exposes a powerful surveillance tech used to spy on thousands worldwide, offering one of the most detailed looks at the modern spying industry.

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Surveillance Secrets

Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Check out job ops from this week's Digital Rights Job Board! Account Executive, Pivot; Program Coordinator Levante, CPJ; Communications and Program Director, Chosen Family Law Center; Creative Lead United Food and Commercial Workers buff.ly/bg6YjQA

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Find a Job | Digital Rights Job Board

The Digital Rights Job Board has opportunities in over 144+ countries at the intersection of human rights, technology and social justice. Kickstart your tech and human rights career, find a social…

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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Weekly Newsletter | Digital Rights

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Quinn Norton @quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu · 24/10/2025

Things are rough out there for a lot of folks, and it seems a good time to repost this. medium.com/a-side-of-my... The broken people, the weirdos, the sads, the uncomfortably pointing things out, the sometimes can't get out of bed, you're going to need us when all this bullshit falls apart.

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What Are Broken People Worth?

Falling Apart on a Burning Planet

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Are you looking for job candidates that have an understanding of system thinking and work at the intersection of technology, human rights and social justice from 144+ countries? Post your opportunity on the Digital Rights Board - Its free! www.digitalrights.community/job-board-form #recruiters

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

US court bars Israeli spyware firm from targeting whatsApp users. Evidence at trial showed that NSO reverse-engineered WhatsApp code to stealthily install its spyware Pegasus on users’ phones, and repeatedly redesigned it to escape detection & bypass security fixes www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

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US court bars Israeli spyware firm from targeting WhatsApp users

Judge rules Israeli firm NSO caused 'irreparable harm', but said an earlier award of $168m in damages was 'excessive'.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

1/2 Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the tragic situation that unfolded in New York this weekend during a Wikimedia conference, and are incredibly relieved that no one was hurt. Immense energy of love to the Wiki community If we can support in anyway, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

1/3 This week's Digital Rights Job Board roundup! To see this and other jobs at the intersection of tech, human rights and social justice, visit: www.digitalrights.community/job-board - Technical System Admi, @apc.org - Associate for Resilient Tech, @theengineroom.bsky.social #Jobs

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 14/10/2025

Don't let activism blink out of sight! Ofcom wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds. And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed. Say no to more censorship ⬇️ action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

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Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content

The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Scientist Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social explains why once you start collecting data, “you’re almost never going to stop,” and how that impulse can be used to control citizens and undermine democracy. buff.ly/6qOIidQ

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Dash Chat is a secure messenger that runs on regular internet, internet shutdowns, and bridges between them. Join them on October 29 to see an app demo, ask questions about how it works, and how to get involved. Note, the app is in pre-alpha. Register:

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ICD Session RSVP - Dash Chat (Oct 29, 2025)

Join us on Wednesday, October 29 at 11am ET / 4pm CET (or check your time zone here) for an online session to learn about Dash Chat, a new shutdown-resilient secure messaging tool! Dash Chat is a…

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

We have added a new section for emergency grants and relocation/resettlement support for defenders to our fundraising opportunities page on the TCU wiki. Have an opportunity you want to list, send it our way! buff.ly/C8ED3mj

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

NEW: Pegasus spyware coming to America? An ex-Adam Sandler producer with ties to China is trying to acquire NSO Group. Again. Simonds fronted this before in 2023 & failed. But the backers haven't given up. Why? Where is the money coming from? 1/ www.globes.co.il/news/article...

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

According to PC Magazine, these are the top 10 invasive apps that are harvesting your location, contacts, and photos. See the full list here: www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

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404 Media @404media.co · 09/10/2025

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

This week's Digital Rights Job Board roundup. To see this and other jobs at the at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice, visit: lnkd.in/gh9MUc5u Because of space limitation, the 12+ jobs posted in thread of this post.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

A major vote is planned for 13 or 14 October in the EU. Governments will decide whether to endorse or reject a mass surveillance, encryption-breaking and anonymity-ending law: the EU CSA Regulation.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Vodafone said it had made the world's first video call via satellite using a standard smartphone from a remote location, and it plans to roll out the technology for its users across Europe later this year and in 2026. buff.ly/r9fKrFo

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Leaders across the political spectrum are calling on American tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police and for Congress to examine the issue after the AP reported that U.S. tech had played a far greater role than known in enabling human rights abuses.

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Lawmakers and activists call for action after AP reveals US tech role in China's surveillance state

Lawmakers and activists are urging U.S. tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

By 2029, all UK workers will need digital identity cards, which will live on their mobile phones and become a mandatory check for employers hiring staff. These ID cards will also be necessary to access services such as tax records, childcare, and welfare.

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UK's digital ID cards: Immigration crackdown or privacy threat? | Context by TRF

All British workers will need digital identity cards by the end of this parliament. What are the benefits and concerns?

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Microsoft has ended the use of some of its Azure Cloud storage tech by the Israeli military Unit 8200 in mass surveillance of Palestinians following a joint investigation by the Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language media outlet Local Call. buff.ly/qtNrTFp

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Update on ongoing Microsoft review - Microsoft On the Issues

Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees this morning. I want to let you know that Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit…

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Grant deadlines fast approaching: Civic Innovation Fund – Oct 20; WSA Young Innovators Award – Oct 31; ACLS Digital Justice Grants – Nov 20; AI Reporting Grant – Dec 31 👉 More opportunities: buff.ly/eePuaP4

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Fundraising Opportunities - TCU Wiki

Do you have a funding opportunity you want to share? Send it to us using our simple online form. We will post it here and in Weekly Digital Rights Newsletter. Make sure to sign up!

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This week's Digital Rights Job Board roundup. To see these and other jobs visit: buff.ly/kdeppG4 - Part-Time System Admin, @apc.org (Remote); Full Stack Developer, McGovern Foundation (Remote, USA); Senior Technologist, @knightgtown.bsky.social (DC or remote); Digital Ethicist, IKEA (Sweden)

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Find a Job | Digital Rights Job Board

The Digital Rights Job Board has opportunities in over 144+ countries at the intersection of human rights, technology and social justice. Kickstart your tech and human rights career, find a social…

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A new study reveals that virtual private network (#VPN) connections provide less safety than widely believed. The findings are alarming, especially for users in authoritarian states. The list of shortcomings begins with opaque ownership structures

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Anything but safe: Using VPN can bear immense risks – DW – 09/20/2025

A new study reveals that virtual private network (VPN) connections provide less safety than widely believed. The findings are alarming, especially for users in authoritarian states.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A quiet coup is taking place — not in parliaments or palaces, but in the invisible infrastructure of the internet. Check out @kkomaitis.bsky.social piece detailing recent investigations on how its being repurposed, commercialized, and exported as a tool of repression.

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The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press

At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

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✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The @acls1919.bsky.social has an open call for their Digital Justice Seed grants for projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to understanding of racial/social justice issues. Deadline: November 20, 2025

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ACLS Digital Justice Grants

The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program is designed to address the inequities in the access to support for digital work across various fields.

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