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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.


| '''Glitter Meetups'''
* '''Every Thursday''' at 9:00am EDT
* [[Glitter Meetup|What are Glitter Meetups]]
* '''Where''' On the [[TCU Mattermost|TCU Mattermost?]] Secure an account [[TCU Mattermost|here]].
* [[Community Notes|More Community Updates & Knowledge]]
* '''Missed a Glitter Meetup?''' Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.
* [[Calendar of Events|Virtual Events Calendar]]
* [[IFF Mattermost|Join the IFF Mattermost]]


|}
We would love to have featured guests! If interested, email [email protected]


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.  [email protected]
== '''Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests''' ==
The following are upcoming Glitter Meetups with featured guests and/or topics every Thursday:


'''[[July 10 2025 GM|July 10, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[October_29_2020_GM|October 29, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''


'''Community Updates'''
'''[[July 17 2025 GM|July 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


Topic: '''Back To The Source: App Store Politics With F-Droid'''


'''[[October_22_2020_GM|October 22, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Featured Guest: '''Hailey Still and Nzambi Kakusu'''


'''Topic'''  
'''[[July 24 2025 GM|July 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Featured guest''' Hapee
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''


'''[[July 31 2025 GM|July 31, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[October_15_2020_GM|October 15, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Topic: '''The Power and Relevance of Humanizing Tech and Digital Rights Through Storytelling'''


'''Topic''' Improving our work/network on Digital Rights
Featured Guest: '''Vinayak Rajesekhar'''


=='''Notes from Past Glitter Meetups'''==


'''[[October_8_2020_GM|October 8, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
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: [email protected]


'''Topic''' Q&A with TunnelBear
'''[[July 3 2025 GM|July 3, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Featured guest''' Rodrigue Hajjar, TunnelBear’s Director of VPN.
Topic: '''Tierra Común: challenges of being a tech cooperative in Mexico working with free software and digital security'''


Featured Guest: '''Mikra and Cacu'''


'''[[October_1_2020_GM|October 1, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[June 26 2025 GM|June 26, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Community Updates'''
Topic: '''2025 Global Gathering Ask-Me-Anything (AMA)'''


'''[[June 12 2025 GM|June 12, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[September_24_2020_GM|September 24, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Topic: '''Digitized Divides: Revealing The Trade-offs of a Tech-dependent World'''


'''Community Updates'''
Featured Guest: '''Safa'''


'''[[June 5 2025 GM|June 5, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[September_17_2020_GM|September 17, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''


'''Topic''' VPN Glitter Meetup
'''[[May 29 2025 GM|May 29, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


Topic: '''Creating "Digital Playgrounds for Creative Communities" with Portal'''


'''[[September_10_2020_GM|September 10, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Featured Guest: '''Uzoma Orji'''


'''Topic''' Greatfire's AppMaker
'''[[May 22 2025 GM|May 22, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Featured guest''' Greatfire developers
Topic: '''Safety & Responsibility in AI-driven Applications in War and Armed Conflict'''


Featured Guest: '''Sarra, AI Activist'''


'''[[September_3_2020_GM|September 3, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[May 15 2025 GM|May 15, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Topic''' Future Skills for Current Challenges
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''


[[May 8 2025 GM|'''May 8, 2025 Glitter Meetup''']]


'''[[August_27_2020_GM|August 27, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Topic: '''DRAPAC VPN Project Protects Human Rights Defenders From Censorship And Surveillance'''


'''Community Updates'''
Featured Guest: '''Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator'''


'''[[April 24 2025 GM|April 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[August_13_2020_GM|August 13, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Topic: '''The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service'''


'''Topic''' What is Hong Kong National Security Law
Featured Guest: '''Raphael Mimoun'''


'''Featured guest''' Lulu and Kaia, Open Culture Foundation
'''[[April 17 2025 GM|April 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''


'''[[August_6_2020_GM|August 6, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[April 10 2025 GM|April 10, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Topic''' Center for Digital Resilience Help Desk Link
Topic: '''Network measurements - How to gather and use evidence of an internet shutdown happening in your country?'''


'''Featured guest''' CDR staff
Featured Guest: '''Elizaveta'''


'''[[April 3 2025 GM|April 3, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[July_30_2020_GM|July 30, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''


'''Topic''' Self-care
'''[[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'''


'''[[July_16_2020_GM|July 16, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Featured Guest: '''Ovi'''


'''Topic''' Social Media as recordkeepers of activism
'''[[March 20 2025 GM|March 20, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Featured guest''' Isabella, Meedan
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''


'''[[March 13 2025 GM|March 13, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[July_9_2020_GM|July 9, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Topic: '''The Digital Security School'''


'''Community Updates'''
Featured Guest: '''Sebastien'''


'''[[March 6 2025 GM|March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''[[June_25_2020_GM|June 25, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''


'''Topic''' Save Internet Freedom: what's going on with OTF
'''[[February 27 2025 GM|February 27, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


Topic: '''The Hong Kong Accountability Archive'''


'''[[June_18_2020_GM|June 18, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Featured Guest: '''The Hong Kong Accountability Archive'''


'''Topic''' The Onion Browser


'''Featured guest''' Fabiola and Benjamin
<code>As a result of funding freezes, GMs of February 6, 13, and 20 where dedicated to helping furloughed employees update their resumes.</code>




'''[[June_11_2020_GM|June 11, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[January 30 2025 GM|January 30, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


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


Featured Guest: Laurisha Rampersad and Kayee Au


'''[[June_4_2020_GM|June 4, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[January 23 2025 GM|January 23, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


'''Topic''' Tiananmen Protests Anniversary
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world'''''[[January 16 2025 GM|January 16, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


Topic: '''Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal'''


'''[[May_28_2020_GM|May 28, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
Featured Guest: Throneless Tech


'''Topic''' Trolls and Bullying on the Internet
'''[[January 9 2025 GM|January 9, 2025 Glitter Meetup]]'''


''Welcome back Glitter Meetup''


'''[[May_14_2020_GM|May 14, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
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'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2024]]'''


'''Topic''' WomenOnWeb Blocking in Spain
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2023]]'''


'''Featured guest''' Vasilis and Samba, Magma
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2022]]'''


'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2021]]'''


'''[[May_7_2020_GM|May 7, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2020]]'''


'''Topic''' Community Prototype Fund - Open Tech Fund
  '''[[Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020]]'''
 
'''Featured guest''' Tara Tarakiyee, Program Manager
 
 
'''[[April_30_2020_GM|April 30, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Topic''' OONI - Open Observatory
 
'''Featured guest''' Maria Xynou and Arturo Filastò
 
 
'''[[April_23_2020_GM|April 23, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Topic:''' Journalism during quarantine and Low-end Tech
 
 
'''[[April_16_2020_GM|April 16, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Topic:''' Improvements for IF Funders
 
 
'''[[April_9_2020_GM|April 9, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Topic:''' Racism in times of COVID-19
 
 
'''[[April_2_2020_GM|April 2, 2020 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Topic''' Contact Tracing Apps
 
'''Featured guest''' Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS.
 
 
 
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020]]'''

Latest revision as of 13:25, 9 July 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 [email protected]

Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests

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

July 10, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

July 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Back To The Source: App Store Politics With F-Droid

Featured Guest: Hailey Still and Nzambi Kakusu

July 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup

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

July 31, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: The Power and Relevance of Humanizing Tech and Digital Rights Through Storytelling

Featured Guest: Vinayak Rajesekhar

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: [email protected]

July 3, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Tierra Común: challenges of being a tech cooperative in Mexico working with free software and digital security

Featured Guest: Mikra and Cacu

June 26, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: 2025 Global Gathering Ask-Me-Anything (AMA)

June 12, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Digitized Divides: Revealing The Trade-offs of a Tech-dependent World

Featured Guest: Safa

June 5, 2025 Glitter Meetup

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

May 29, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Creating "Digital Playgrounds for Creative Communities" with Portal

Featured Guest: Uzoma Orji

May 22, 2025 Glitter Meetup

Topic: Safety & Responsibility in AI-driven Applications in War and Armed Conflict

Featured Guest: Sarra, AI Activist

May 15, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

May 8, 2025 Glitter Meetup

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

Featured Guest: Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator

April 24, 2025 Glitter Meetup

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

Featured Guest: Raphael Mimoun

April 17, 2025 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

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 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

Topic: The Digital Security School

Featured Guest: Sebastien

March 6, 2025 Glitter Meetup

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

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

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

Topic: Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal

Featured Guest: Throneless Tech

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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