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*'''Date:''' Thursday, March 14
*'''Date:''' Thursday, March 14
*'''Time:''' 9am EDT / 1pm UTC
*'''Time:''' 9am EDT / 1pm UTC
*'''Who:''' Martín Szyszlican
*'''Who:''' Icaldua and Flo
*'''Moderator:''' Mardiya
*'''Moderator:''' Mardiya
*'''Where:''' On TCU Mattermost [https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channels/town-square "IF Square" Channel].
*'''Where:''' On TCU Mattermost [https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channels/town-square "IF Square" Channel].
**Don't have an account to the TCU Mattermost? [[TCU Mattermost|you can request one following the directions here.]]
**Don't have an account to the TCU Mattermost? [[TCU Mattermost|you can request one following the directions here.]]
===='''Open data and civic tech to circumvent government censorship and disinformation in Latin America'''====
===='''Localizing Security in a Box'''====
We will talk about how open data and civic tech improves people's access to information, and institutions and authorities accountability. We will also learn about [https://abrimos.info/ Abrimos.info], a new Latin American organization based in México, focused on generating knowledge from open data. They are working with access to public information, political candidates, open contracting and beneficial ownership information, supporting the strategies of other regional an international organizations and publishing information in the open web to overcome the usability challenges of government data.
Join us to talk about the process and key lessons of localizing Front Line Defenders and [https://tacticaltech.org/ Tactical Tech]’s [https://securityinabox.org/en/ Security in a Box Toolkit] to Indonesian. The toolkit is a guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders.
 
'''Featured guests bio''':
 
'''Icaldua''' is a guerilla audio-visual composer, a human and digital  rights advocate, a digital security trainer/consultant based in Bali, Indonesia with 9+ years of experience working with civil society organizations. He spent most of his time and computing power making privacy-enhancing tools and guides accessible for his mother language speakers, Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia.
 
'''Flo''' has developed and edited several digital self-defense resources for human rights, including the Digital First Aid Kit, the Cypher Sex guides for sex workers, DDP's Tech Care and Access Now Helpline's community documentation. They have also done technical documentation on specific tools and digital security policies for human rights defenders, activists, journalists, domestic violence shelters, queer folks and sex workers. As Front Line Defenders' Digital Protection Editor, Flo curates and maintains Security in a Box and other resources for human rights defenders.


'''Featured guest bio''': Martín Szyszlican is a programmer since childhood and has been developing civic tech in Latin America (mostly in Argentina and México) for the past 12 years. He studied design (UBA) and specialized in UX (UTN). He is a co-founder of [https://abrimos.info/ Abrimos.info] and a member of [https://sutty.coop.ar/ Sutty.coop.ar]
==Notes==
==Notes==
''Notes will be posted here''
''Notes will be posted here''

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Glitter Meetups

Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community at the IF Square on the TCU Mattermost, at 9am EST / 2pm UTC. It is a text-based chat where digital rights defenders can share regional and projects updates, expertise, ask questions, and connect with others from all over the world! Do you need an invite? Learn how to get one here.

Localizing Security in a Box

Join us to talk about the process and key lessons of localizing Front Line Defenders and Tactical Tech’s Security in a Box Toolkit to Indonesian. The toolkit is a guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders.

Featured guests bio:

Icaldua is a guerilla audio-visual composer, a human and digital  rights advocate, a digital security trainer/consultant based in Bali, Indonesia with 9+ years of experience working with civil society organizations. He spent most of his time and computing power making privacy-enhancing tools and guides accessible for his mother language speakers, Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia.

Flo has developed and edited several digital self-defense resources for human rights, including the Digital First Aid Kit, the Cypher Sex guides for sex workers, DDP's Tech Care and Access Now Helpline's community documentation. They have also done technical documentation on specific tools and digital security policies for human rights defenders, activists, journalists, domestic violence shelters, queer folks and sex workers. As Front Line Defenders' Digital Protection Editor, Flo curates and maintains Security in a Box and other resources for human rights defenders.

Notes

Notes will be posted here