Community Updates
Glitter Meetup (GM) is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community, attracting digital rights defenders from all corners of the world!! On this page you will find the notes or "minutes" from previous meetups, and information about upcoming ones.
@ Every Thursday at 9:00am EDT
@ Where On the TCU Mattermost? Secure an account here.
@ Missed a GM? Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.
GMs are text-based chats, and provide digital rights defenders with space to share their work, personal, or regional updates, as well as ask questions; secure support or resources; share their expertise; and grow their human network! From time to time, we invite a featured guest who shares their expertise, and participants can ask questions to directly. Once a month, we also host a more social GM called The Glitterest GM where you can connect with others in a more organic, social way.
- View our Calendar of Events for a complete list of our virtual events
- 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. GMs happen every Thursday.
November 16, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup: What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World
November 30, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest: Zaituni Njovu
Topic of Discussion: Preparing for the 2024 Election and Addressing Surveillance and Censorship in Tanzania
December 7, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
December 14, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guests: Blaise Ndola, Thalia, Gabriel and Brahem
Topic: Advancing Digital Rights in Franco-phone Communities, Africa and MENA
December 21, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup: Until Next Year!
January 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup: Welcome back!
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
November 9, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest: Nicolas & Martin
Topic of Discussion: Building Trans-national Cooperatives to Advance Public Interest Technologies
November 2, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
October 26, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
October 19, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
October 12, 2023 Glitter Meetup
What is happening with digital rights around the world?
October 5, 2023 Glitter Meetup
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest Juan de Brigard
Topic of Discussion How to tame the algorithm: recommendations to improve the wellbeing and context of delivery app workers
Featured Guest Ayman Makarem
Topic of Discussion Queer Mutual Aid: Challenges of Coordinating Queer Solidarity Efforts Online.
Featured Guest Don Le
Topic of Discussion The Internet Standards Almanac by ARTICLE 19: The how, where, and which Internet infrastructure is standardized
Featured Guest Oscar Maldonado and Derly Sánchez
Topic of Discussion The Labor Reform and gig economy in Colombia - advances and pendings
Featured Guest Julia Choucair Vizoso
Topic of Discussion Abolitionist Creativity - Seizing Knowledge Production in Solidarity with Palestine
Featured Guest TBA
Topic of Discussion Community Solidarity with Sudan
Featured Guest Vardon Hamdiu
Topic of Discussion Let's explore alternative models to the destructive digital media attention economy through Sparkable
Featured Guest Marwan Kaabour
Topic of Discussion 'Takweer' - Localizing Queer Arab Narratives & Digital Cultures
Featured Guest Aliya Bhatia and Gabriel Nicholas
Topic of Discussion Languages Left Behind: Automated Content Analysis in Non-English Languages
Featured Guest Raquel Saraiva
Topic of Discussion Digital Rights in Brazil and the Platform Regulation Bill Focused on Content Moderation
Featured Guest Cecilia Maundu
Topic of Discussion Digital Dada: Security and Sisterhood in East Africa
Team CommUNITY
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest Sara Zambrano and Ola Bini
Topic of Discussion Ecuador - The digital rights challenges in the country and Ola Bini's case
Featured Guest Gabriel Pereira
Topic of Discussion Understanding (ALPR) as a form of algorithmic surveillance
Featured Guest Soledad Magnone
Topic of Discussion No Minor Futures - fairer digital societies with and for youth
Team CommUNITY
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest TCU Community Leads
Topic of Discussion Community Health Report Q&A
Featured Guest Alma Rangel
Topic of Discussion "SocorroBot" - A chatbot that guides people who need to report a missing person in México
Featured Guest Amber Sinha & Arindrajit Basu
Topic of Discussion Can groups exercise rights over data?
Team CommUNITY
The Glitterest Glitter Meetup: TCU's Global Gathering Q&A
February 23, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest Houry Pilibbossian
Topic of Discussion Perú: The Digital Rights in the Country and in a Social Demonstration Context
February 16, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest Ramy Raoof
Topic of Discussion Everything You Should Know about OTF Free and Open Source Software Sustainability (FOSS) Fund
February 9, 2023 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest Houry Pilibbossian
Topic of Discussion Hi Haleb: Mapping Armenian owned shops in Tilel street in Aleppo
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
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
Featured Guest Idil Galib
Topic of Discussion Introducing The Meme Studies Research Network
Featured Guest Hijas de Internet
Topic of Discussion The Internet also belongs to children
Featured Guest Paz Peña & Danae Tapia
Topic of Discussion Surveillance in the Anthropocene
Featured Guest Chenai Chair
Topic of Discussion Where my data at - Building African feminist resistance to data practices
Featured Guest Selma Zaki
Topic of Discussion 2022 Community Health Report
Featured Guest Pía Garavaglia
Topic of Discussion Fairwork Argentina and their findings about platform work
Featured Guest Ifat Gazia
Topic of Discussion How social media censorship affects dissidents in Kashmir
Featured Guest Garnett Achieng
Topic of Discussion Inclusion: Not Just an Add On
Featured Guest Moussa
Topic of Discussion Bread&Net Festival - The 5th edition
Featured Guest Fenya Fischler
Topic of Discussion Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference
Featured Guest Leandro Ucciferri
Topic of Discussion Using Data from Ranking Digital Rights to Make Your Case
Featured Guest Raphael Mimoun
Topic of Discussion What's new in Tella 2.0?
Featured Guest Claudio Agosti & Laura Carrer
Topic of Discussion Makhno, an experimental content takedown mapper for social media
Featured Guest Maya Ninova & Nicholas Merrill
Topic of Discussion Digital Privacy and Security Survey 2021
Featured Guest Dr. Gina Helfrich
Topic of Discussion BASICS project
Featured Guest Laureen van Breen, Tom Howie, Lucía Ixtacuy
Topic of Discussion The WikiRate project
Featured Guest Mohammed Al-Maskati
Topic of Discussion Spyware attacks against human rights defenders in the MENA region
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
Topic of Discussion Community Updates
December 2, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Pluggable Transports Monthly Meeting
November 11, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Community Updates
November 4, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Community Updates
October 28, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Featured Guest David Oliver, Co-Founder & Fabiola Maurice, Community Manager of The Guardian Project
Topic of Discussion Butter App & Butter Box
October 21, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Community Updates
October 14, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Pluggable Transports
September 30, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Community Updates
September 23, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Resources for Young Adults
September 16, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Lingua Cafe
September 2, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic of Discussion Pluggable Transport
Community Updates
Community Updates
Topic of Discussion Bread&Net
Topic of Discussion Community Health Report Debrief
Community Updates
Community Updates
Community Updates
Community Updates
Featured guest Yonah Welker
Topic Algorithmic Diversity: Zero Exclusion, AI & Ethics (AI & Human Rights)
Community Updates
Community Updates
Featured guest Gus Andrews
Topic Feedback on Thunderbird
Community Updates
Featured guest Tenzin Dolker, Association for Women’s Rights in Development
Topic Feminist funder space and autonomous resourcing
Community Updates
Community Updates
Featured guest Gus Narea
Topic Relaynet
Community Updates
Community Updates
Featured guest Jac sm Kee & Esra'a Al Shafei
Topic Numun Fund
Featured guest Karen Reilly
Topic Accessibility Knowledge
Community Updates
February 25, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
February 11, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Topic Community Health
February 4, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
January 28, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Featured guest Gus Andrews
Topic Security Training and Security in a Box
January 14, 2021 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
December 3, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Featured guest Phyu Phyu Kyaw
Topic The rise of online censorship and surveillance in Myanmar
November 12, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
October 29, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
October 22, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Featured guest Hapee
October 15, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic Improving our work/network on Digital Rights
October 8, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic Q&A with TunnelBear
Featured guest Rodrigue Hajjar, TunnelBear’s Director of VPN.
October 1, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
September 24, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
September 17, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic VPN Glitter Meetup
September 10, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic Greatfire's AppMaker
Featured guest Greatfire developers
September 3, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic Future Skills for Current Challenges
August 27, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Community Updates
August 13, 2020 Glitter Meetup
Topic What is Hong Kong National Security Law
Featured guest Lulu and Kaia, Open Culture Foundation
Topic Center for Digital Resilience Help Desk Link
Featured guest CDR staff
Topic Self-care
Topic Social Media as recordkeepers of activism
Featured guest Isabella, Meedan
Community Updates
Topic Save Internet Freedom: what's going on with OTF
Topic The Onion Browser
Featured guest Fabiola and Benjamin
Community Updates
Topic Tiananmen Protests Anniversary
Topic Trolls and Bullying on the Internet
Topic WomenOnWeb Blocking in Spain
Featured guest Vasilis and Samba, Magma
Topic Community Prototype Fund - Open Tech Fund
Featured guest Tara Tarakiyee, Program Manager
Topic OONI - Open Observatory
Featured guest Maria Xynou and Arturo Filastò
Topic: Journalism during quarantine and Low-end Tech
Topic: Improvements for IF Funders
Topic: Racism in times of COVID-19
Topic Contact Tracing Apps
Featured guest Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS.