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ORIGINAL HOPE Three and a half decades ago, when I invented the web, its trajectory was impossible to imagine. There was no roadmap to predict the course of its evolution, it was a captivating ...

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This post was written by Carlos Iglesias , Senior Research Manager and originally published for The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll . Across the world, in every culture and societ...

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ACTIVISTS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO ONLINE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY THREATEN PROFITS AND CHALLENGE CORPORATE GREED. MARIA’S STORY SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT CAN BE ACH...

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A PROMINENT ACTIVIST OF ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE ONLINE CAMPAIGNS IN RECENT YEARS REFLECTS ON A LIFE LED WITH THE CONSTANT THREAT OF ATTACKS AND ONLINE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, AND THE NEED FOR RESI...

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This blog post was written by Kaushalya Gupta, Policy Program Manager and Lead on the Tech Policy Design Lab on Tackling Deceptive Design and Moving Towards Trusted Design The use of deceptive ...

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WHEN ONLINE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS OF AN INTIMATE NATURE, AND TAKES THE FORM OF “REVENGE PORN” OR OTHER SEXUAL ATTACKS, IT IS OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR SURVIVORS TO COME FORWARD, OUT OF A SE...

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ALL TOO OFTEN, ONLINE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS PERPETUATED BY THOSE ONE KNOWS INTIMATELY. MARIA’S STORY ILLUSTRATES THE IMPACT OF THIS, AND GIVES INSIGHT INTO MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO PROT...

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HIGH-PROFILE WOMEN SUCH AS JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS ARE REGULAR TARGETS OF ONLINE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS WEAPONISED AS A TOOL TO INTIMATE AND SILENCE. GIFTY’S STORY ILL...

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This post was written by Adedolapo Evelyn Adegoroye and Victoria Adaramola, Tech Hive Advisory . We’d like to thank our partners at Tech Hive Advisory for their work spearheading deceptive desi...

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This post was written by Katherine Townsend, Director of Policy (Interim). Follow Katherine on Twitter @DiploKat . When Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder of the Web Foundation, invented the World...

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