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The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. They do not have names associated with them. However, if you interested in a specific item and connecting to the people(s) associated with the work, email team@internetfreedomfestival.org and we can facilitate an intro if the people(s) consent to it.  
The weekly town hall of the digital rights community, Glitter Meetups (GMs)are text-based and take place on our Mattermost. They regularly feature guest experts that participants can questions to directly. However, GMs are also a great opportunity to connect with digital rights defenders from around the world.


* '''Every Thursday''' at 9:00am EDT
* '''Where''' On the [[TCU Mattermost|TCU Mattermost?]] Secure an account [[TCU Mattermost|here]].
* '''Missed a Glitter Meetup?''' Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.


We would love to have featured guests! If interested, email team@digitalrights.community


==August 23==
== '''Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests''' ==
The following are upcoming Glitter Meetups with featured guests and/or topics every Thursday:


* Someone is trying to apply SAFETAG for LGBTQ communities in South Asia.
* Totem project is an online platform helping journalists and activists use digital security & privacy tools and tactics more effectively in their work by Greenhost and FreePressUnlimited.  https://totem-project.org/
* Malaysian Parliament passes bill to repeal Anti-Fake News Act last week
* IFF Fellowship deadline has been extended to August 27.
* In Zimbabwe, there was a constitutional court hearing yesterday for the just ended elections where the opposition party is challenging the results that were announced. Judgement will be announced tomorrow at 1400hrs UTC+2
* Someone is working on a due process (appeals) campaign targeting social media platforms (primarily Facebook) and would love to chat off-list with anyone interested or working on similar things.
* The Tor meeting will be happening in Mexico end of September.


'''About Safetag:'''
'''[[April 10 2025 GM|April 10, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
* SAFETAG is an assessment framework to work with organizations and help them build informed decisions about the risks they face. It provides a wide variety of different activities: some very research focused, like understanding the context the organization is working within -- each organization has a totally different set of risks depending on their context; Some are very technical, such as scanning office networks to understand what systems and traffic are on the network; and many are "interpersonal" -- simply talking to staff members, interviewing management, and running exercises to help the organization build a cohesive and shared understanding of their risks and which of them they accept, and which they want to prioritize to mitigate.


* In the best case, you should have a few people helping out -- one person who has a more digisec training background, and another who's happier sitting in the back room hacking around on things.  Often funding and scheduling mean that one person has to do all three, so careful planning and preparation are important -- you do NOT want to be researching how to nmap an organization without crashing their computers in the middle of an assessment. In addition,  there is value and more impact if the audit is done by more people with different skills other than a single person.
Topic: '''Network measurements - How to gather and use evidence of an internet shutdown happening in your country?'''


* SAFETAG scoping questions are really good to help people understand their risks.
Featured Guest: '''Elizaveta'''


* Some folks have it customized for working with LGTBQ in West Africa.


* SAFETAG wants to be community owned, but depends on people taking ownership/participating.
'''[[April 17 2025 GM|April 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


* Even though someone might be from a different parts of the world, so many common problems come up that are similar.  So you may think your approach only applies to some super specific situation, but almost guaranteed someone else is facing the same problem
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''


* Best tips, for network scanning - (a) be careful and  (b) keep it balanced. A lot of the tools, even "simple" nmap, have a lot of super dangerous options, and you really never know if a computer is going to be vulnerable to a 10-year-old bug. Start super lightweight, and super low-impact, even flooding a system that may be a few years out of date can cause it to fail, and then you're suddenly halfway through an audit and have to stop to fix something you broke. Look at software versions, and peek via nmap on weird ports being open before doing anything more intense


* The other big tip is to not get trapped in any one approach.  People with hacking/pentesting backgrounds tend to ignore the interactive parts, and people with training backgrounds tend to shy away from the technical pieces. It takes both, plus a solid base of research, to really understand an organization. Also, and super important, you can also spend a LOT of time digging in to some really obscure tech things, and lose the opportunity to ensure you have a holistic view of the org.
'''[[April 24 2025 GM|April 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


* The SAFETAG translation in Spanish is out of date. Ping them if you can help identify chunks to prioritize for funding.
Topic: '''The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service'''


* Re: network scanning, a super fun thing to do (but requires a system with a decent chunk of RAM and a few hours of access to a lot of bandwidth) is to download some vm images. vulnhub is a good repository, and MS has some testing images for old versions of windows (see the safetag reference file here for links: https://github.com/SAFETAG/SAFETAG/blob/master/en/references/network_env.adids.md).  Use virtualbox to run them locally and have them all on your local network, and then you can use nmap and such locally (do this at home, you can even have it set up to truly be a "fake" network on your computer only -- do NOT do it on a shared or work network!!) This is a great way to get started exploring and using different scanning options
Featured Guest: '''Raphael Mimoun'''




== '''August 16''' ==
[[May 1 2025 GM|'''May 1, 2025 Glitter Meetup''']]


* New org in latin america in the works ( Con-nexo). They will be developing projects on capacity building on security, research, security support to organizations, tool development and community generation around communities at risk and security in general.
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
* Lots of love happening for SAFETAG fellowship
 
* Zimbabwe still doesnt' have a president even after voting
 
* Found out Digital Society of Zimbabwe was born in the IFF :)
[[May 8 2025 GM|'''May 8, 2025 Glitter Meetup''']]
* Folks working on security investigation framework in tails. Prototype coming soon! Github here: https://gitlab.com/scif/whiskers
 
* Blog posts coming out taimed at helping new auditors get in the SAFETAG mindset; as it can be very overwhelming to try and tackle the guide as it exists now
Topic: '''DRAPAC VPN Project Protects Human Rights Defenders From Censorship And Surveillance'''
* Someone who did research on digital censorship in post-soviet states and how each country's approach differs (about a third have very free internet and about a third have internet censorship in place), is currently talking to a publisher about turning it into a book on the history of censorship in the region.
 
* Someone is cultivating digital security trainers to assist HRDs in Southeast Asia as many trainers are still flown in.
Featured Guest: '''Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator'''
* Past DIF Folks asking that a community is created so they can further connect.
 
* Various games made by people in the community such as BLOOG: how formal and informal groups interact in crisis. we called it ENCAPE http://blog.bl00cyb.org/2017/08/interfaces-between-formal-and-informal-crisis-response/, Malicious Content, the infosec card game like Cards against humanit, and the depressing, Cards against Humanitarians" -- now JadedAid -- http://jadedaid.com/).
 
* First alpha version Tor Browser coming out soon!
'''[[May 15 2025 GM|May 15, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
* Maybe a hackathon with artist, process oriented.
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
=='''Notes from Past Glitter Meetups'''==
 
The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. If you need to connect to anyone mentioned below, please reach out. We do practice "consensual introductions," meaning we have to check with the person before doing so. No names are associated with the summary notes. Please contact us if you have any questions related to these notes: team@digitalrights.community
 
'''[[April 3 2025 GM|April 3, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
 
'''[[March 27 2025 GM|March 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
Topic: '''Target Threats Research - A Breakdown of 3 Years of Civil Society Threat Research in South & North Korea'''
 
Featured Guest: '''Ovi'''
 
 
'''[[March 20 2025 GM|March 20, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
'''[[March 13 2025 GM|March 13, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
 
'''[[March 13 2025 GM|March 13, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
Topic: '''The Digital Security School'''
 
Featured Guest: '''Sebastien'''
'''[[March 6 2025 GM|March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
 
'''[[March 6 2025 GM|March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
'''[[February 27 2025 GM|February 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
 
'''[[February 27 2025 GM|February 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
Topic: '''The Hong Kong Accountability Archive'''
 
Featured Guest: '''The Hong Kong Accountability Archive'''
 
 
<code>As a result of funding freezes, GMs of February 6, 13, and 20 where dedicated to helping furloughed employees update their resumes.</code>
 
 
'''[[January 30 2025 GM|January 30, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
Topic: '''Undersea Cables in Africa - New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism'''
 
Featured Guest: Laurisha Rampersad and Kayee Au
'''[[January 23 2025 GM|January 23, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''[[January 23 2025 GM|January 23, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
'''[[January 16 2025 GM|January 16, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''[[January 16 2025 GM|January 16, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
Topic: '''Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal'''
 
Featured Guest: Throneless Tech
'''[[January 9 2025 GM|January 9, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''[[January 9 2025 GM|January 9, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''Welcome back Glitter Meetup''
 
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'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2024]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2023]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2022]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2021]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2020]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020]]'''

Latest revision as of 14:09, 3 April 2025

The weekly town hall of the digital rights community, Glitter Meetups (GMs)are text-based and take place on our Mattermost. They regularly feature guest experts that participants can questions to directly. However, GMs are also a great opportunity to connect with digital rights defenders from around the world.

  • Every Thursday at 9:00am EDT
  • Where On the TCU Mattermost? Secure an account here.
  • Missed a Glitter Meetup? Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.
We would love to have featured guests! If interested, email team@digitalrights.community

Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests

The following are upcoming Glitter Meetups with featured guests and/or topics every Thursday:


April 10, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Network measurements - How to gather and use evidence of an internet shutdown happening in your country?

Featured Guest: Elizaveta


April 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup


April 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service

Featured Guest: Raphael Mimoun


May 1, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world


May 8, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: DRAPAC VPN Project Protects Human Rights Defenders From Censorship And Surveillance

Featured Guest: Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator


May 15, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

Notes from Past Glitter Meetups

The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. If you need to connect to anyone mentioned below, please reach out. We do practice "consensual introductions," meaning we have to check with the person before doing so. No names are associated with the summary notes. Please contact us if you have any questions related to these notes: team@digitalrights.community

April 3, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

March 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Target Threats Research - A Breakdown of 3 Years of Civil Society Threat Research in South & North Korea

Featured Guest: Ovi


March 20, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup March 13, 2025 Glitter Meetup


March 13, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: The Digital Security School

Featured Guest: Sebastien March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup


March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world February 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup


February 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: The Hong Kong Accountability Archive

Featured Guest: The Hong Kong Accountability Archive


As a result of funding freezes, GMs of February 6, 13, and 20 where dedicated to helping furloughed employees update their resumes.


January 30, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Undersea Cables in Africa - New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism

Featured Guest: Laurisha Rampersad and Kayee Au January 23, 2025 Glitter Meetup

January 23, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world January 16, 2025 Glitter Meetup

January 16, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal

Featured Guest: Throneless Tech January 9, 2025 Glitter Meetup

January 9, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Welcome back Glitter Meetup 

Glitter Meetup Notes 2024

Glitter Meetup Notes 2023

Glitter Meetup Notes 2022

Glitter Meetup Notes 2021

Glitter Meetup Notes 2020

Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020
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