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LIVE on May 2: How authoritarians target women online

Categories: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media & Journalism, Women & Gender, Advox, Global Voices Insights, Unfreedom Monitor

Global Voices’ reporting on authoritarianism and tech focuses on the harassment of women journalists around the world.

Join us on YouTube Live [1] on May 2, 2023, at 12pm GMT for a discussion of how these dynamics play out online and of strategies that can make the internet a safer place for women journalists.

The conversation will draw on research conducted by Global Voices Advox’s Unfreedom Monitor [2], a research project tracking instances of digital authoritarianism around the world and the media discourse surrounding them.

The session is free and open to the public. Register below to receive a reminder about the event:

Register for free on Eventbrite [3]

The event will be moderated by Global Voices’ associate editor and Advox editor, Ameya Nagarajan [4], and will feature the following panelists:

We look forward to having you join us [8] on Tuesday, May 2, at 12pm GMT (click here [9] to convert to your local time zone).

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The Unfreedom Monitor

Authoritarian regimes have long had a complicated relationship with media and communications technologies. The Unfreedom Monitor [10] is a Global Voices Advox [11] research initiative examining the growing phenomenon of networked or digital authoritarianism.

Download a PDF of the briefing document. [2]

Access the public database. [12]