How to Protect Yourself Online
Digital Safety Tools & Strategies Against Abuse
- In-Person
- 麻豆果冻传媒
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 6PM 鈥 8PM EDT
All too often, journalists, activists, and others who use social media in their professional and personal lives find themselves the victims of harassment, impersonation, doxing, and more. (There鈥檚 a reason that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called his platform鈥檚 response to online abuse 鈥鈥) When faced with a torrent of hate on social media, it can be tempting to choose self-censorship and silence. But there are ways to protect yourself.
Bring your devices and join Future Tense, 麻豆果冻传媒's Open Technology Institute, PEN America, and the Freedom of the Press Foundation for drinks and a hands-on cybersecurity self-defense session. We鈥檒l equip you with practical tools and strategies to both prepare for and respond to online harassment. You鈥檒l get handy resources to bolster your digital safety and tighten your privacy against hackers and abusers鈥攁nd we'll even show you how, and why, to "dox yourself."
Speakers:
Viktorya Vilk,
Program Director for Digital Safety and Free Expression at PEN America
Harlo Holmes,
Director of Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation
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