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APC: Safety Reboot, Sexuality and Internet Governance

The FTX: Safety Reboot is a training curriculum designed for trainers working with women’s rights and sexual rights activists. It focuses on digital safety, privacy, and creative online engagement from a feminist perspective. The course provides interactive modules that cover topics like online gender-based violence, creating safe online spaces, mobile safety, feminist principles of the internet, and risk assessment.

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APC: Inter-American Human Rights System instruments and their application to the digital environment

This module for the APC Internet Rights Are Human Rights training curriculum explores the relationship between human rights as understood in the Inter-American Human Rights System and ICTs such as the internet. It raises the following general questions which should be considered by participants:
1)How has the internet changed people’s lives? What rights have been affected positively or negatively due to access to the internet?
2)Should online and offline human rights be understood differently?
3)What should the role of the state be regarding the exercise of human rights online?
4)What are the implications of the global nature of the internet for national human rights laws and international human rights instruments?

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APC: Human rights and the internet’ multimedia training kit

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) presents a comprehensive Multimedia Training Kit focused on the intersection of human rights, information and communications technologies (ICTs), and the internet. Developed through the "Internet Rights are Human Rights" project, the kit offers modules designed to help human rights advocates, ICT professionals, and interested individuals understand how the internet influences the protection and enjoyment of rights.

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Tactical Tech: Data Detox Kit

The activity book contains four sections: (1) Digital Privacy, which focuses on reducing data traces and understanding online profiling; (2) Digital Security, with tips on creating strong and secure passwords; (3) Digital Wellbeing, which deals with the addictive nature of smartphones; and (4) Misinformation, a guide for consuming and sharing information online.

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Tactical Tech: Digital Enquirer Kit

This resource teaching researching skills and course modules are titled: 'Identifying and Responding to Misinformation', 'Verifying Online Information', 'Documenting and Collaborating on your Digital Enquiry' and 'Examining and Sharing your findings'.

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Tactical Tech: Digital Literacy

This commissioned research report is a continuation of the Media Literacy Case for Educators project, which was introduced in April 2023 in the article: 'Media Literacy Case for Educators: Empowering Educators to Lead Media Literacy Initiatives in Europe', and referenced in: 'An Assessment of the Needs of Educators and Youth in Europe for a Digital and Media Literacy Education Intervention'. Two phases of exploration have been conducted, involving two rounds of desk research. The result of the second phase can be seen in the annotated bibliography included at the end of this report. Recommendations which resulted from the research include: combine methods and make learning fun; use evaluation and other key elements in the curriculum. Additional observations and considerations which require further exploration include: give attention to teachers’ and educators’ skills; and develop “patchwork blankets” and alliances.

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Tactical Tech: Assessing the digital and media literacy needs of educators and youth in Europe

This needs assessment report is part of the Media Literacy Case for Educators project, which was introduced in April 2023 in the article: 'Media Literacy Case for Educators: Empowering Educators to Lead Media Literacy Initiatives in Europe'. In this research phase of the project, information and insights were gathered from key stakeholders using an interdisciplinary approach combining educator scoping sessions, research and literature review and youth input sessions. Over 100 educators and approximately 300 teens from over 20 countries participated in the sessions. There were numerous insights and recommendations about topics, formats and facilitation methodologies which will be considered and incorporated into new materials.

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