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Glitter Meetup (GM) is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community, attracting digital rights defenders from all corners of the world!!

@ Every Thursday at 9:00am EST
@ Where On the TCU Mattermost? Secure an account here.
@ Missed a GM? Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.

GMs is a place for digital rights defenders to share regional and projects updates, ask questions, share expertise with each other, secure support and resources and, most importantly, connect with other digital rights defenders from all over the world. In addition, we invite featured guest from time to time, giving participants the opportunity to learn from their expertise and ask questions. In addition, once a month, we host a more social GM called The Glitterest GM where you can connect with others in a more organic way. Share a song, share insights about the latest big tech nonense, and ask questions

View our Calendar of Events for a complete list of our virtual events

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. GMs happen every Thursday.

February 2, 2023 Glitter Meetup

The TCU Community

Topic of Discussion The Glitterest Glitter Meetup

January 26, 2023 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Lorax Horne

Topic of Discussion How to use the world's largest online library of secrets

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]

January 19, 2023 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Tawanda

Topic of Discussion Digital Society Africa’s (DSA) Framing Digital Security in the Context of Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges and Best Practices

January 12, 2023 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Stella Cooper and Ray Adams Row Farr

Topic of Discussion AMA Evidence Lab: feminist and ethical perspectives on OSINT.

December 15, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Laila Yahaya

Topic of Discussion SRHR for LBQT Persons

December 1, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Paul Aguilar

Topic of Discussion Twitter crisis and Mastodon's alternative - How to use it and What can we expect?

November 24, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Raya Sharbain

Topic of Discussion The Tor Project and how it can support our communities

November 17, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Amir Gharabaghi

Topic of Discussion Becoming Your Community’s VPN Provider with WEPN

November 10, 2022 Glitter Meetup

The TCU Community

Topic of Discussion The Glitterest Glitter Meetup

November 9, 2022 AMA: TCU's Next Global Meeting

The TCU Community

Topic of Discussion TCU's Next Global Meeting

November 3, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Anwulika Okonjo

Topic of Discussion Introducing Ijeruka, a digital learning platform centering African knowledge

October 27, 2022 Glitter Meetup

The TCU Community

Topic of Discussion The Glitterest Glitter Meetup

October 20, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Cristian León

Topic of Discussion Digital rights in Bolivia and Datachiri - The dystopian story about a mythological being who steals our personal data

October 13, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Xun-ling

Topic of Discussion Standing with the Milk Tea Alliance: Lessons in allyship

October 6, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Vinicius Fortuna

Topic of Discussion Introducing Outline VPN and the Outline Support Community!

September 29, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Aishatu Gwadabe

Topic of Discussion Quantum Visions of Africanfuturism: Allegories of AI

September 22, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Laila Sit Aboha

Topic of Discussion Palestine under a digital panopticon: what can we do?

September 15, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Vanessa Koetz

Topic of Discussion WhatsApp Pay and financial data monopolies

September 8, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Nancy Reyes Flores

Topic of Discussion Digital Accessibility

September 1, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Favour

Topic of Discussion AI, Emerging technologies and the woman question

July 28, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Idil Galib

Topic of Discussion Introducing The Meme Studies Research Network

July 21, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Hijas de Internet

Topic of Discussion The Internet also belongs to children

July 14, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Paz Peña & Danae Tapia

Topic of Discussion Surveillance in the Anthropocene

July 7, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Chenai Chair

Topic of Discussion Where my data at - Building African feminist resistance to data practices

June 30, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Selma Zaki

Topic of Discussion 2022 Community Health Report

June 23, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Pía Garavaglia

Topic of Discussion Fairwork Argentina and their findings about platform work

June 9, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Ifat Gazia

Topic of Discussion How social media censorship affects dissidents in Kashmir

June 2, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Garnett Achieng

Topic of Discussion Inclusion: Not Just an Add On

May 26, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Moussa

Topic of Discussion Bread&Net Festival - The 5th edition

May 12, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Fenya Fischler

Topic of Discussion Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference

May 5, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Leandro Ucciferri

Topic of Discussion Using Data from Ranking Digital Rights to Make Your Case

April 28, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Raphael Mimoun

Topic of Discussion What's new in Tella 2.0?

April 21, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Claudio Agosti & Laura Carrer

Topic of Discussion Makhno, an experimental content takedown mapper for social media

April 7, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Maya Ninova & Nicholas Merrill

Topic of Discussion Digital Privacy and Security Survey 2021

March 31, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Dr. Gina Helfrich

Topic of Discussion BASICS project

March 24, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Laureen van Breen, Tom Howie, Lucía Ixtacuy

Topic of Discussion The WikiRate project

March 17, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Mohammed Al-Maskati

Topic of Discussion Spyware attacks against human rights defenders in the MENA region

March 3, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Selma Zaki

Topic of Discussion Addressing Burnout

February 24, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Vasilis

Topic of Discussion Pluggable Transports Monthly Meetup

February 17, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Dia Kayyali, dkg

Topic of Discussion The Facebook Papers: thoughts from technologists and activists

February 10, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Fabiola Maurice, Vladimir Cortés and Martha Tudón

Topic of Discussion Circle App

January 27, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Gus Andrews

Topic of Discussion Security in a Box

January 20, 2022 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest Vasilis

Topic of Discussion Pluggable Transports Monthly Meetup

December 9, 2021 Glitter Meetup