September 10 2025 Agenda

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12:00 to 13:00

Lunch and Networking Hour

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	Self-Organized Socials
	Arrange or check out the list of Self-Organized Socials taking place off-site (but close by) locations, ranging from meetups to numerous activities. https://pad.riseup.net/p/GGSocials
	A Sample of Today's Socials: Digital Rights 5K

	Booths You can find detailed Booths descriptions at the bottom of this page. In the venue (IRL), each booth has a number, found on the top-center of each booth's "window".
Booths, September 10
	13:00 - 15:00			15:30 - 17:30
Location	Name	Run by		Name	Run by
Booth 4a	No Mud No Lotus	Present Moment Enterprises **Moved to R3 (Next to Circle 1**		VPN Generator: Get your own VPN Here	VPN Generator
Booth 4b	Amnezia VPN	Amnezia VPN		Amnezia VPN	Amnezia VPN
(Queer Rights Village) Booth 5	LooM SWANA	LooM SWANA		Casa Trans Zuleymi: Tejiendo Redes, Construyendo Futuros	Casa Trans Zuleymi
Booth 6	Air: A New Private Messenger	Phoenix R&D		PiRogue Tool Suite	Defensive Lab Agency PiRogue Tool Suite
(APC Village) Booth 7	NGI0 Infopoint & Spring Coaching	APC		NGI0 Infopoint & Spring Coaching	APC
Booth 8	Article 19 & Yubico	Article Yubico		Article 19 & Yubico	Article Yubico
(Calyx Village) Booth 9	Calyx Institute	Calyx Institute		Calyx Institute	Calyx Institute
Booth 10	OnionShare	OnionShare		Bitpart: A Secure Automated Messenger	Throneless Tech Bitpart
Booth 11	ZoqueLabs	ZoqueLabs		Dash Chat: Resilient Messenger for Internet Shutdowns	Darksoil Studio Dash Chat
(Circumvention Technology Village) Booth 12	Tor Project & Guardian Project	Tor Project Guardian Project		Tor Project & Guardian Project	Tor Project Guardian Project
Booth 13	Greenhost: Introduction to Self-Hosting	Greenhost		TIHOMA	TIHOMA
Booth 14	!*! For Bodily Autonomy and Liberation !*!	Digital Defense Fund		ESI Digital para la Prevención de Violencias en Línea: Una Propuesta desde el Sur Global para el Mundo Digital ESI for the Prevention of Online Violence: A Proposal from the Global South for the World	Ser Valiente en Red
Booth 15	Fight For the Future	Fight For the Future		MaadiX	MaadiX
Booth 16	Quad9	Quad9		DisCO.coop	DisCO.coop
(Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Village) Booth 17				Project Ainita CTI Platform Demo	Project Ainita
Booth 18	Miaan Digital Security Helpdesk	Miaan Group		Power to Voices	Oxfam Novib
Booth 19	The Collective Power Playbook	FabRiders The Collective Power Playbook		Human Constanta	Human Constanta
(Regional Conversations A) Booth 21	Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean	Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean
(Regional Conversations B) Booth 22	EngageMedia	EngageMedia		Tech Global Institute's convening on Labour Justice in Tech Supply Chains	Tech Global Institute
Booth 57	Numun Fund	Numun Fund
Booth 78	Quick RESIDENT: A New-Old Strong Mixed Format of Digital Security Assistance to CSOs	RESIDENT.NGO		Global Gathering Game Club	Global Gathering Game Club
(Digital Crossroads: EU Rules, Regional Realities) Booth 79	Digital Security Lab Ukraine	Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Booth 80	Social Media Platforms From The Margins: Reimagination	Point of View
(SWANA Village) Booth 81
Booth 82	Palestine Booth	Solidarity Network of Palestinians and Allies		Palestine Booth	Solidarity Network of Palestinians and Allies

	Global Gathering After Hours
18:00 - 21:00	Closing Remarks, Music, and Socializing.

Partners

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Village and Circle Descriptions

Villages are "all-day hubs" focused on specific topics. They house both Booths and Circles.

Village	Run by	Village Description
APC Village	APC	The APC Village is hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications and offers a space to explore feminist, human rights–based approaches to technology. Visit to learn about APC’s global initiatives, connect with network members, and share strategies for digital justice. The APC Village's nature is one of multiple voices, constant creation of alternatives, actions and presence, distributed across local regions and globally nurturing visions for the future.
Calyx Village	Calyx Institute	Visit the Calyx Village to meet the team behind the Calyx Institute, exchange ideas on privacy and digital freedom. It’s a welcoming hub for learning and connection.
Circumvention Technology Village	Tor Project Guardian Project	The Circumvention Village is a hub for practitioners and researchers working on circumvention technology to connect, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration. It also welcomes newcomers, offering a space to learn about projects, and get answers to pressing questions
Digital Crossroads: EU Rules, Regional Realities	Digital Security Lab Ukraine	The Village focuses on "the "Brussels effect" of novel digital decade acts (platform regulation, AI governance, Anti-SLAPP legislation) and its extensive impact on the communities in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Balkans. Throughout the activities within this event, we will explore the practical challenges and opportunities connected to enhanced regulation of the digital environment and digital tools within the EU legal order. We are particularly interested in discussing the recent increase in SLAPPs and possible channels to tackle this problem both within and outside the EU (particularly, within the countries with a candidate status). Although the Village maintains the regional focus we are strongly encouraging participants from other regions to join us, share experience and insights, as well as learn from the amazing experts invited to speak throughout the event.
Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Village	Censored Planet, IODA, M-Lab and OONI	Step into the OMG Village to connect with OONI, IODA, M-Lab, and Censored Planet, and discover the latest tools for tracking internet censorship. It’s a space to learn, share experiences, and shape the future of open measurement.
Queer Rights Village	Global Gathering Attendee Coalition	The Queer Rights booth will provide space for LGBGTQI+ attendees to this year’s Global Gathering. We have a welcome circle on day 2, and space for more circles on Day 3- tell us your ideas! This space is an intersectional queer feminist space that embraces emotion and embodiment and is meant to be explicitly decolonial, antiracist, and transfeminist. We encourage new people to stop by, and allies with a lot of experience in digital rights to make themselves available to our new community members.
Regional Conversations A & B	Global Gathering Attendee Coalition	The Regional Conversations Villages (A & B) provide dedicated spaces for participants to connect around shared regional contexts. They are hubs for exchanging experiences, exploring cross-border challenges, and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
SWANA Village	Global Gathering Attendee Coalition	Join the SWANA Village to meet others from South West Asia and North Africa, exchange stories, and explore ways to tackle shared challenges. It’s a space for connection, collaboration, and strengthening solidarity across the region.

Circle Title	Circle Description
Age Verification: it’s Happening, and It’s Hurting.	Age verification on websites is already being required under the UK Online Safety Act, and being pushed by lawmakers in the US and elsewhere. It has already impacted freedom of expression , with high-profile examples such as an age-verification requirement in a subreddit focused on Palestine. Age verification also has the potential to negatively impact access to reproductive and sexual health information and LGBTQI+ resources is In this circle, participants will be welcomed to share their perspectives and insights on this important issue, with the goal of understanding age verification, sharing tactics on how to fight its harmful applications, and getting connected to already existing efforts.
AI Accountability in Practice: Centering Community Voices	Understanding and evaluating Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and their societal impact is rarely rooted in the experiences, perspectives, and concerns of impacted communities and advocacy/rights groups. This Circle invites participants to share ideas and practices for advancing accountability and reducing harms in AI systems affecting their communities. Together, participants will explore advocacy techniques and strategies for contesting and holding them accountable to protect those most at risk.
Archiving Against Erasure: Hands-On Tools for Preserving Public Data under Authoritarian Regimes via Blockchain Technologies	Join for a discussion about the disappearance of public records in authoritarian contexts - using real-world examples from Hong Kong and China. This Circle aims to equip participants-researchers, activists, journalists, and concerned citizens-with practical skills to archive and back up disappearing public records, introduce decentralized and censorship-resistant blockchain-related tools for long-term preservation of at-risk data, and foster collaboration and exchange on digital resilience strategies, while gathering feedback on ongoing archival projects in Hong Kong and China. This is a space for collective discussion, networking, and collaboration. All are welcome - no technical background required. To be also overviewed Resilience Innovation Lab's ongoing projects: HK Public Database China Open Courts Archive
Building Environmental Justice with Community Tech: From Research to Collective Action	Participants will build on findings from autonomous technological infrastructures and environmental sustainability participatory research, and discuss next steps in building alliances between groups. This includes both environmental justice and digital rights movements. Additionally, conversations will focus on identifying collective strategies to transform collected knowledge into concrete actions. The end result of the Circle is the start of a collaborative network that centers environmental justice in community technological infrastructures.
Colaboremos Midiendo y Resistiendo Bloqueos y Cortes de Internet en Latinoamérica	SP: A medida que crecen la censura y los cortes de internet en América Latina, activistas y organizaciones tenemos una oportunidad urgente de colaborar. Este Círculo será un espacio abierto para mejorar la colaboración y construir formas de compartir conocimientos técnicos, metodologías y recursos que mejoren la medición y fortalezcan el advocacy para enfrentar la censura y los cortes de internet en la región. PT: À medida que a censura e os cortes de internet aumentam na América Latina, ativistas e organizações têm uma oportunidade urgente de colaborar. Este Círculo é um espaço aberto para melhorar a colaboração e construir formas de compartilhar conhecimentos técnicos, metodologias e recursos para aprimorar a medição e fortalecer a incidência contra a censura e os cortes de internet na região.
Digital Rights, Narrative Change and Reproductive Justice	Join this mutual learning space and collaborative conversation to discuss how to defend abortion rights in the face of a changing digital world. Together, participants will share lived experiences, spotlight grassroots resistance, and explore emerging strategies. Participants will also explore tools, from secure communication strategies to open-source tools and cross-platform advocacy. Additionally, time will be provided for participants to seek guidance on problems they may be facing.
Digital Security in LATAM for Small Organizations	Many of the methodologies, risk mapping and approaches to digital security - even from civil society (such as SAFETAG) - are adapted and work for medium and large organizations. Participants will explore the risks and digital protection strategies that have been implemented in Colombia, Costa Rica or other Latin American countries for small organizations and isolated individuals.
Digital Security in Real Life: Journalists Talk Back	We’ve all been to similar digital security trainings, know the checklists and “must-use” tools, but what actually sticks when deadlines are tight and risks are high? This gathering is a space for journalists to cut through the noise and talk honestly about the security practices that fit real life. Together we’ll swap stories about what hasn’t worked, share the strategies and tools we really rely on, and compare hacks and habits that make sense in our contexts. It’s a chance to learn from each other, discover practical ideas you can take back to your work, and connect with colleagues facing the same challenges.
Encrypted SMS Solution for Internet Outages	With the rise of internet shutdowns and conflicts, people have reverted to using legacy communication technologies that do not require an internet connection, specifically cellular communication methods like SMS which is unencrypted. We are developing SHOUT SMS, an open-source, offline-first messaging app enabling secure, end-to-end encrypted communication, with image sending and receiving support via SMS-without internet. Come stay connected! (Pun intended)
Feminist Care Infrastructure: How Does It Look Like?	Despite care being central to our values, we continue to struggle with its practical application.This Circle invites us to critically unpack our understandings and practices of care-especially in times of global crisis as we are going through it right now-and to co-create shared frameworks that embed care into the heart of our communities, organizations, and collectives. Together, we will explore how to formalize care without stripping it of its relational and context-specific nature.
Forensics for all. Democratizing Digital Rorensics for Accountability in the Global Majority through Collective Action	Consent-based digital forensics are the foundation of multiple efforts that seek accountability for the targeted digital surveillance civil society faces across the Global Majority. When digital forensics is combined with incident response procedures, there is a greater chance of understanding threats and preventing harm. In this Circle, Global Majority labs and their partners will facilitate a discussion around the challenges and resources needed to strengthen forensic capacities and skills of the South. Participants will also map pathways to improve a collaborative flagship initiative developed by multiple threats labs and organizations, which serves as a documentation repository to boost consented forensics on civil society (check it out here: forensics.socialtic.org). All are invited including practitioners, forensic experts, members of helplines, threat labs, digital safety trainers.
From Conflict to Care: Centering Congo in the Global Tech Conversation	This circle will examine the Democratic Republic of Congo’s pivotal role in the global tech economy amid ongoing conflict, genocide, and environmental destruction. We will discuss how extractive practices, tech weaponization, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) intersect with historical and present injustices. Together, we will imagine how feminist principles of care and environmental justice can guide the creation of inclusive ecosystems—shifting Congo’s role from exploited resource ground to respected leader in shaping ethical AI and technology futures.
Helplines: Which (and at Which Point) Should Free Software Alternatives be Offered for Which Needs?	Building on a previous Circle, lets bring together folks that work at helplines (or in other security supporting roles) and discuss which alternatives to big tech solutions should be offered, and at which point.
How to Escape from Big Tech: Mastodon and the Fediverse	Join this Circle to discuss how we can inhabit alternative spaces outside of big tech social networks.
How to Investigate Surveillance Technologies? Methods and Challenges from South America	Drawing on the results of a long-term investigation in South America on surveillance technologies, participants will discuss research strategies and methods used by civil society organizations and researchers to expose a market that is both vast and opaque. The goal of this Circle is to share concrete experiences that can help build more collaborative, effective approaches. Some tactics that will be covered include: tracing supply chains to identify manufacturers and distributors; searching public procurement platforms for contracting agreements; verifying and analyzing leaked documents; filing freedom of information requests; consulting international trade databases; and applying more technical tactics, including forensic analysis of devices, software security assessments, tracking malicious infrastructure, and monitoring network traffic for suspicious indicators.
How We Investigate: Uncovering Digital Surveillance	Journalists and civil society researchers will come together to discuss and investigate the use and procurement of digital surveillance. Participants can connect, share their work, and exchange investigative tactics and strategies. Given the public nature of this event, we encourage participants to share only what they feel comfortable disclosing.
Knocking on EU’s Door: DSA and EU Candidate Countries	Participants will discuss the role of local civil society in implementing and enforcing the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) across EU Candidate States, and the potential overlooked challenges in adapting local legal frameworks to DSA-type laws. EU Candidate States are heavily affected by online platforms—particularly by their failure to curb harmful activity that deepens social divisions. The often-not-so-pro-democratic governments are drawn to the EU DSA model, as they design their own platform governance frameworks, reinforced by the European Commission’s push to include the DSA into implementation agendas. In some contexts, its adoption might help mitigate the risks stemming from the growing influence of entities such as Russia and China. However, in other countries, tools equipping states with additional machinery might result in additional harm to the already endangered voices of independent media and human rights defenders. This Circle will examine these tensions, explore potential safeguards, and work toward common understandings of how civil society can play a constructive role.
Media Attack on Tools	Join us to discuss attacks on tools. A more detailed description to come
Plotting preparedness: feminist networks in the face of crises	Stop by the APC Village (Booth 7) to learn more!
Reimagining Financial Futures for Digital Rights	Participants will explore how the current financial system shapes both possibilities and limitations for funding. Through guided collective inquiry and speculative ideation, participants will examine structural barriers, map dependencies, and reflect on the governance of financial flows. Rather than offering ready-made solutions, the Circle creates space for imagining new funding architectures - grounded in solidarity, care, and resistance t- could support more just and resilient futures. This is an exploratory phase for developing a shared language, identifying questions, and exploring potential directions for building alternative financial realities.
Shutdown-Resilient Tool Distribution through Satellite Data-Casting and p2p Networks	A key barrier to the use of shutdown-resilient tools is that most users don't necessarily have the foresight or habit to download them before internet connection is cut. Find out how a new tool for distribution system has been created that utilizes a combination of satellite datacasting, p2p technology, and third party app store to help people download tools even after the internet is disrupted.
The Shutdown Game	Stop by the APC Village (Booth 7) to learn more!
Threads of Solidarity: Connecting through Palestinian Tatreez	Get a hands-on training to begin stitching one simple Palestinian tatreez (embroidery) motif.Through a meditative embroidery exercise, participants will hear few powerful stories of stitched encryption, the land, and resistance. There are only enough supplies for approximately 20 people, but all are welcome to join and listen in to the storytelling.
Navigating Anonymity and Truth	Anonymity is often a methodology used in creative outputs, or as a safety measure that allows expression while preventing detection and outing. Participants will share how they use anonymity in their work; what makes particular "anonymous" content more trustworthy; and what are its potential and limits in the current context of increased surveillance, disinformation, automation and militarization. Participants will also discuss anonymity impacts our relationship with truth and political organizing.
Regional Digital Rights Alliances: Lessons & Collaboration	This Circle is an invitation for thinkers and participants from across the globe to discuss lessons learnt building alliances, and create a space of mutual learning around this topic. Every region has been facing digital rights challenges and creating it's own impact stories, building collectives and alliances to raise awareness and advocate for citizen's digital rights. During the discussion participants will map the main digital trends and challenges they are facing in their respective regions. The goal of the Circle is to create a network of connected defenders that can continue to share communications with each other around the collective issues they are experiencing.
Solidarity Economies: Shaping Community Infrastructure for Resourcing	Solidarity economies have long histories, and speak about sharing of resources, accountability and power. How might we take lessons and inspiration from solidarity economies in practice, in different spaces, time and containers to reshape how we currently organise in the interconnected fields of digital rights, tech & social justice? Can we think of different ways to imagine resources, how they flow, and the kind of community infrastructure we might need for this way of funding our organizing and activism? Part proposition, part speculation, this session invites engagement to these questions grounded in a potential idea for alternative resourcing. This is part two of a two part session to hold space  for collective intelligence and imagination on meeting the current resourcing moment as interconnected actors in shared ecosystems and movements.
The State of Digital Security Practitioners in Eastern Europe: Surviving the Funding Crisis as a Community	According to a March 2025 assessment across six EU Eastern Partnership countries, half of surveyed digital security practitioners reported that their organizations or projects had lost more than 75% of resources due to USG funding cuts. Sixty percent said they expected to continue their work for no more than six months, with 40% limited to just three months of operations. These findings—due to be updated in August—illustrate the severity of the funding crisis. This Circle will bring together participants from Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus to share how the crisis is affecting their communities, and to explore strategies and tactics for sustaining critical support to at-risk civil society in the region. Participants will also discuss recommendations for funders and partners, as well as the overall state of the digital security sector.
Meta's Shifting Moderation Model: Rethinking Trusted Partner Escalations	This Circle will focus on Meta's evolving policy and enforcement architecture, explore the emerging gaps it creates, and examine how the role of trusted partners is being redefined-sometimes without clarity, consistency, or sufficient capacity. Meta is undergoing a fundamental shift in its content moderation strategy. With the rollback of automatic filtering systems-especially on politically sensitive content-there's an increasing reliance on post-hoc moderation and human escalation pathways. This shift re-centers the importance of trusted partner escalation channels, particularly for high-risk regions where content takedowns can mean the erasure of vital human rights documentation and community voices.
With Love from Brussels: Global Impact of the EU Tech Regulations	The so-called “Brussels effect” may be the subject of jokes, but its impact is undeniable: states worldwide are increasingly modeling their technology regulatory systems on EU laws. From data protection and online platforms to AI service providers and media, the EU’s regulatory reach has become a global reference point. For businesses, it offers a unified compliance framework; for states, it often serves as a convenient shortcut. But is this really the best path forward? Participants will map the problematic aspects connected to the Brussels effect and, in particular, discuss what civil society can do when: (i) EU acts are irrelevant for the local contexts but the state is under obligation to implement them, (ii) the state does not have access to the EU instruments and bodies upon which the enforcement of the tech regulations is dependent, (iii) the state is unwilling to implement the standards shielding behind the arguments of “empowering the local markets”.

Booth Descriptions

Booth	Run by	Booth Description
Air: A New Private Messenger	Phoenix R&D	Phoenix RD is building a secure messenger with a low metadata footprint, and are close to releasing their beta version. Pass by their booth to get access to the beta version of "Air", and find out what they have been working on since the last GG. A great team to get answers to your questions regarding secure messenger development.
Article 19 & Yubico	Article Yubico	ARTICLE 19 and Yubico will be raising awareness of their work in the digital rights community. Participants will have a chance to find out more about ARTICLE 19’s work on digital security, internet infrastructure, and freedom of expression. Through Yubico’s Secure it Forward program, Yubico will be providing hands-on support - distributing free YubiKeys to attendees who need them, and sharing simple, practical resources to help strengthen digital security.
Amnezia VPN	Amnezia VPN	Amnezia VPN is an open-source project that helps people bypass internet censorship and protect their privacy. Stop by to get an update on their tools and research into how censorship is evolving, especially in authoritarian contexts. while learning how they tracks and analyzes website blocks across different regions. Amnezia will also be creating an interactive space that connects art and technology. Stop by to Listen to a playlist of songs banned in Russia for political, queer, or cultural reasons; Browse books with real examples of censored or redacted content; Contribute your own stories of censorship in music, literature, media, or code from your country to build a shared archive of artistic and digital resistance.
Bitpart: A Secure Automated Messenger	Throneless Tech Bitpart	Bitpart is an open-source, secure, automated messaging tool that works over Signal. Explore 5 use cases for Bitpart, and help the team brainstorm on the future direction of the tool. Stop by to receive your invite code which will allow you to create your own account on their hosted platform.
Calyx Institute	Calyx Institute	Are you developing open source mobile tools and looking for partnership and collaboration opportunities? Does your community have any particular privacy and security needs when it comes to digital tools? Come meet the Calyx Institute at our booth! This year, we are also celebrating the new recipients of our Sepal Fund. Join Library Freedom Project, Red Abya Yala, and other Sepal Fund grantees to get to know the crucial community work they have been doing. In addition, if you have used mobile tools developed by us, such as CalyxOS and Seedvault, or would like to know more about our tooling, we would love to hear your experience or suggestions!
Casa Trans Zuleymi: Tejiendo Redes, Construyendo Futuros	Casa Trans Zuleymi	Conozca la Casa Trans Zuleymi en este dinámico stand y conozca su resiliencia, comunidad y trabajo. Los participantes aprenderán sobre las experiencias de las trabajadoras sexuales trans y la falta de leyes que reconozcan la identidad de género en Perú
Dash Chat: Resilient Messenger for Internet Shutdowns	Darksoil Studio Dash Chat	Past by this booth to test Dash Chat on Android and IOS - a FOSS, offline-first, end-to-end encrypted messaging app designed for use in adversarial and/or low-connectivity environments.. You can also test their latest prototype and help shape its development, signup for their pilot and program, and learn insights from their ongoing ongoing research with communities around the world.
DisCO.coop	DisCO.coop	DisCO is a radical, broadly applicable, and fun way to create inclusive economic democracy through socially and ecologically restorative work done by communities built on trust and care. Their mission is to completely reconceptualize the future of work towards social and environmental ends, while also factoring in reproductive work, rest and leisure. Swing by the DisCO booth, meet the team and find out what Anti-Capitalist, Decolonial, and Intersectional Feminist Technologies look like, and find out how your organization can become a DisCO and build counterpower for the 21st century and beyond!
Digital Defense Fund	Digital Defense Fund
EngageMedia	EngageMedia	EngageMedia promotes and advocates for digital rights, open and secure technology, and social issue documentary across the Asia-Pacific. They do this through video, technology, knowledge, and networks. Stop by their booth to learn about their current initiatives, including The Human Rights Technology Initiative, a program that offers training, practical tools, and community-driven strategies to equip activists and civil society organizations to navigate digital threats. .
ESI Digital para la Prevención de Violencias en Línea: Una Propuesta desde el Sur Global para el Mundo Digital ESI for the Prevention of Online Violence: A Proposal from the Global South for the World	Ser Valiente en Red	Desde Ser Valiente en Red compartimos los avances de nuestra investigación sobre Educación Sexual Integral Digital con adolescentes en Cusco, Perú, como una apuesta innovadora para prevenir violencias digitales y promover derechos sexuales y reproductivos. Nuestro stand invita a reflexionar sobre la urgencia de incorporar enfoques de cuidado digital y ESI en las agendas globales para garantizar entornos digitales más seguros, inclusivos y libres de violencia para las adolescencias en todo el mundo. At Ser Valiente en Red, we're sharing the progress of our research on Comprehensive Digital Sexuality Education with adolescents in Cusco, Peru, as an innovative approach to preventing digital violence and promoting sexual and reproductive rights. Our stand invites reflection on the urgency of incorporating digital care and CSE approaches into global agendas to ensure safer, more inclusive, and violence-free digital environments for adolescents around the world.
Fight For the Future	Fight For the Future	Fight for the Future (Fight) is behind some of the largest online protests in history, channeling internet outrage into political power for public interest victories, and fighting for a future where technology liberates, not oppresses. Pass by the booth to hear updates on their current campaigns, learn about their protections tools, including their de-googling” experiments and new hosting service for open-source tools. They are also eager to hear from Global Majority trans communities, and explore opportunities for solidarity and cross-regional collaboration. Additionally, they will have zines, stickers, and conversation!
Global Gathering Game Club	Global Gathering Game Club	Come by this "Game Club" to play test and have your games play tested as well! This is the corner for serious lovers of games.
Greenhost: Introduction to Self-Hosting	Greenhost	Bring your laptop to the Greenhost booth for our ongoing advice-corner and well help you set up your own computer in the cloud! Want to self-host something, but feel intimidated by the command-line? Unsure if self-hosting is for you? Drop by for a chat and we will suggest some options at a manageable level of complexity, and then help you get started with one of them! Meant for beginners, but experts are also welcome. Greenhost already provides numerous services to many of the GG attendees - Not only as a webhosting, e-mail and VPS provider, but also as the platform used by a lot of our community's VPN providers. We also have expertise in self-hosting of diverse software packages, like our own Stackspin that is meant as an alternative to Google Suite or Office 365. Bring us your questions about self-hosting, or just ask for a demo of Stackspin! THE TCU COMMUNITY LOVES GREENHOST ^^^ This digital graffiti written without their consent.
Human in the Loop: Exploring Gen AI Futures in the Global South	Digital Futures Lab Human in the Loop	Learn about Human in the Loop' project, which harnesses foresight methods and creative storytelling to portray nuanced narratives around the unintended impacts of Gen AI. Participants have the opportunity to engage in an interactive futuring activity about the technological futures we deserve!
LooM SWANA	LooM SWANA	LooM SWANA is a regional LGBTIQ+ organization that aims to connect and intersect communities and human rights, internet freedom, digital rights, and holistic security themes to weave better futures for queer and trans people in South West Asia and North Africa "SWANA" region. This is more than an organization; it is a feminist intersectional dedication to creating better, just, and safe futures for LGBTIQ+ people throughout the region.
MaadiX	MaadiX	MaadiX is a privacy-oriented easy-to-use solution that puts users back in control of their data and communications without the need for technical expertise or large investments. It provides one-click installation and maintenance of free and open source online tools on own servers through an easy and intuitive graphical interface: Mastodon, PeerTube, Tor, OpenVPn, Postfix+Dovecot , Nextcloud, mailman3 , and many others
Miaan Digital Security Helpdesk	Miaan Group	Miaab;s cybersecurity team has published two cyber threat intelligence reports over the past 12 months, along with a detailed investigation into gendered digital surveillance targeting women You can read the reports here: Wartime Cyber Crackdown and the Emergence of Mercenary Spyware Attacks A Battlefield Named Isfahan 2024 Iran Cyber Threat Intelligence Report Iran's Digital Control: The Evolution of Censorship and Surveillance Amidst the Women, Life, Freedom Movement At their booth, they plan to introduce our Digital Security Helpline (Helpdesk) and engage with participants around the findings of these reports. They aim to foster dialogue, share practical insights, and offer guidance on addressing digital threats based on their recent investigations.
NGI0 Infopoint & Spring Coaching	APC	Stop by the APC Village (Booth 7) to learn more!
No Mud No Lotus	Present Moment Enterprises	Take a moment to breathe amid the busy-ness of the Gathering and the overwhelm of tech and the times we are living in. Present Moment's No Mud No Lotus booth offers guided meditation, breathing practice, listening circles, and periods of silence to help listen, speak, and act mindfully amid all the demands and offerings of the event. Move through the mud to find the lotus of your interconnectedness with the beauty of our world, the generosity of our fellow humans, the grief and the joy that we share in this moment.
Numun Fund	Numun Fund	Numun Fund is the first dedicated fund for feminist tech in, and for the Larger Majority World. They seed and sustain feminist technology infrastructure for movement organising, and understand digital technologies to be an important part of movement infrastructure. They will be setting up an interactive, hang out space for feminist tech activists and allies to get to know and learn from each other, imagine and co-conspire on how we can organise around feminist tech - in the spirit and politics of play. There will be some huddle sessions happening, with topics ranging from infrastructure sharing, and resourcing and sustainability in feminist tech organising, including co-design sessions on a solidarity economy idea they are cooking.
OnionShare	OnionShare	OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. Come by for a demo on how to share files across the Tor network, and a workshop on how to get started contributing to the project. OnionShare is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and also on Android and iOS for mobile.
Palestine Booth	Solidarity Network of Palestinians and Allies	The US-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and across Palestine is approaching its second year, and we are witnessing Western powers' unconditional support for it. This booth will provide space to hold conversations on how to understand the genocide; 77 years of ethnic cleansing and occupation; and how it intersects deeply with our spaces. Most importantly, how we as digital rights activists can and should shape our work to engage meaningfully in this topic. This space will also be used to honor the lives of Palestinian martyrs, and raise funds for trusted partners in Gaza. Additionally, Tatreez (embroidery) sessions will be hosted to inspire conversations about solidarity through collective weaving. This space will also attempt to intersect this cause with other contexts of digital military warfare, and through solidarity, imagine what resistance against tech-assisted imperialism can look like.
PiRogue Tool Suite	Defensive Lab Agency PiRogue Tool Suite	Come by to demo the PiRogue Tool Suite project, which includes the PiRogue and Colander. These tools allow for the analysis of network traffic, that you can do via your mobile phone. The main PTS developer, along with an expert in information security, will be there to explain how it works and answer technical questions.
Project Ainita CTI Platform Demo	Project Ainita	Project Ainita's Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) portal aims to be a one stop shop for latest intel, live Internet measurements and contextual analysis for those needing current and deep understanding of a country's Internet status. The team will be providing a live demo of the CTI portal as well as Internet maps of a few countries. They intend on being fully available for Q&A and hope to foster rich brainstorming discussions of scaling CTI in other needed contexts.
Quad9	Quad9	Quad9 info booth is a great way to learn more about using the DNS to block malicious events, for researchers in particular as well as other security and privacy DNS interested people. They will be demoing the Quad9 Event Dashboard (QED), localisation of Quad9 services and how to start using recursive DNS at no cost with very little hassle.
Quick RESIDENT: A New-old Strong Mixed Format of Digital Security Assistance to CSOs	RESIDENT.NGO	Please arrive at 13:00 to take full advantage of the Quick RESIDENT overview and discussion. The RESIDENT team provides digital security support to CSOs and independent media, constantly adapting formats to meet real needs - from evolving audits and long-term support for high-risk groups to rapid response, educational activities, and awareness events. Stop by their booth to learn about Quick RESIDENT, an intensive engagement (“raid”) combining: 1) a rapid digital security assessment (~10% of the time), 2) immediate implementation of selected security measures (~90% of the time—configuring Google Workspaces, accounts, messengers, laptops, smartphones, etc.), and sometimes an educational activity. They also want to hear from participants on what formats of core digisec assistance are being used in different regions, and how they are evolving.
Power to Voices	Oxfam Novib	Power to Voices is a digital platform designed with and for activists, movements, and rights defenders to connect, learn, collaborate, and organize in a space that centers safety, inclusion, and collective power amidst the increasing risky digital organizing environment. It's where communities of practice live, campaigns grow, and ideas are documented and shared. From learning spaces and resource hubs to group discussions and action planning. A home for sustained organizing in the digital age
Social Media Platforms From The Margins - a Reimagination	Point of View	Point of View's campaign on Platform Accountability holds big tech responsible for digital harms, by creating a reimagined vision of social media from the perspective of marginalized communities - among the most active users, but rarely seen as a core demographic. Pass by the booth to see their showcase of an alternative platform, imagined across both online and offline spaces, rooted in feminist principles of autonomy, agency, and choice. Most importantly, centering the needs, voices, and imaginations of those often pushed to the margins of digital design.
Tech Global Institute's convening on Labour Justice in Tech Supply Chains	Tech Global Institute	In early August 2025, TGI will publish the first of its three-part investigative research paper series on labour justice issues in global tech supply chains, pointedly in the content moderation and data annotation industries in Asia. The first paper not only outlines rights harms, but also explores socioeconomic enablers in Asia that make these markets fertile grounds for outsourced digital labour, and how this invisible labourforce, through multiple grassroots movements in the region, is fighting for better digital futures not only for themselves but for us all.
The Collective Power Playbook	FabRiders The Collective Power Playbook	The Collective Power Playbook is a resource and a diverse network of people who convene with the intent of breaking down knowledge hierarchies and building solidarity. This playbook will help you build your facilitation skills by providing exercises you can do with groups and teams, and provide you with methodologies and processes for convening effectively. Stop by our booth and strengthen your ability to build collective power!
The Tor Project and Guardian Project	The Tor Project Guardian Project	Stop by to meet the hosts of the Circumvention Tech Village - The Tor Project and Guardian Project - some of the most loved, respected and impactful tech projects in the digital rights space.
TIHOMA	TIHOMA	TIHOMA is a Greece-based non-profit social media platform focused on promoting trustworthy information, combating disinformation, and fostering civic engagement. Its currently in a closed pilot phase, but the team invites you to visit the booth to learn more, share insights, and sign up to have a first-hand experience of the application.
Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean	Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean	Learn more about Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean, a regional feminist fund which contributes to the sustainability and strengthening of activists and their movements, offering quick and agile support in situations of risk and opportunity They support the resistances, struggles and demands of the defenders in the transformation of injustice and inequality systems, putting feminist integral protection and care in the center. They understand that in order to carry out our work, it is vital to think about feminist digital infrastructures from the South that are not privative and that allow us to put care at the center of technologies.
VPN Generator: Get your own VPN here	VPN Generator	VPN Generator lets you run your own VPN hub - you control the connection and decide who joins. It's a VPN for your crew, on your terms. Check out this booth and try two live demos: VPN Generator, where you distribute access to others, protected by a six-word passphrase only you ever see; and VPN Socket, a paid, influencer-branded VPN for instant personal use. See how easy it is to connect and help others bypass censorship and access a safe, private internet.
ZoqueLabs	ZoqueLabs	From Android exploits to civil society defense - swing by and let's talk about defense. ZoqueLabs is a digital security lab researching, building, and sharing defenses for social movements and communities in resistance.
!*! For Bodily Autonomy and Liberation !*!	Digital Defense Fund	Come gather and take up space for bodily autonomy and liberation! The Digital Defense Fund provides digital security training, evaluations, referrals to trusted service providers, and security grants for organizations and movements. Stop by our booth to pick up digisec tech gear, swag, and snacks.