This article appeared in MIT Technological Review – It is so fascinating that we share it with the LGBTI community As the Arab Spring convulsed the Middle East in 2011 and authoritarian leaders toppled one after another, I traveled the region to try to understand the role that technology was playing. I chatted with protesters in…
Tips from Rise For Climate If you’re planning an action or event, and want to know how to best cover it online using just your mobile phone (and a few other tools) — here are some tips. With just a few steps, you can ensure that many people see and hear about what happened. General…
This article which first appeared on creativetimesreport may seem irrelevant at first sight, but it’s actually a VERY IMPORTANT one! It is a great example of someone who went out of her “comfort zone” and stopped preaching the converted. A strategy at the heart of all good campaigning work. Her example, and the lessons she…
2019 is a blessed year for science fiction fans. It is a crucial year for Neo-Tokyo, in Katsuhiro Otomo’s cult manga Akira. But it is also and especially the year that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is set in. (Adapted from an Article published in LeMonde) We’re in 2019 reality. Los Angeles is not yet completely…
This article was written by Indian journalist Pawan Dhall for the SOGI Campaigns. The views expressed therein are those of the author. On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India irreversibly read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a British era relic that carried on for 71 years into independent India. This…
Is humanity controlled by alien lizards? – how fake news and robots influence us from within our own social circles. Even these days, there are still 12% of Americans to believe humanity is controlled by alien lizards who took human shape. Replace “alien lizards” with “bots”, and the laughable conspiracy theory might not be that…
This grassroots campaign got people to send holiday cards to queer people who feel isolated from their families.
On February 12, 2014 the New Zealand Prime Minister proudly announced on TV that he could medically prove that he was not a …lizard. Although this made everyone laugh, the sad truth is that he had to respond to a constitutional request of a citizen who demanded that the PM proved that he was not…
This article is reproduced from Medium.com For researchers in online disinformation and information operations, it’s been an interesting week. On Wednesday, Twitter released an archive of tweets shared by accounts from the Internet Research Agency (IRA), an organization in St. Petersburg, Russia, with alleged ties to the Russian government’s intelligence apparatus. This data archive provides…
Showing queer people shopping together or doing household chores, this campaign showed that LGBTIQ people are \”traditional\” Russians with the same values.