{"id":5781,"date":"2025-11-06T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:51:40","slug":"digital-shadows-take-back-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/2025\/11\/06\/digital-shadows-take-back-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Shadows: Take Back Control!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a time when online surveillance, disinformation, and digital threats increasingly target marginalized communities &#8211; journalists, refugees, and young activists &#8211; the Digital Shadows: Take Back Control! event offered a day of learning, creativity, and empowerment in Kampala. Organized by Streaming Asylum, in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mciug.org\/\">Media Challenge Initiative (MCI)<\/a> and Nothing2Hide, the event brought participants together for interactive workshops, participatory dialogues, and practical resources to help them take back control of their digital lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A space to learn, create, and resist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of Digital Shadows was clear: equip participants with concrete tools to strengthen their digital security while raising awareness of the political stakes of privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3:00 PM \u2013 3:20 PM \u2013 Official opening: welcome remarks from MCI, Nothing2Hide, and Streaming Asylum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3:20 PM \u2013 4:00 PM \u2013 &#8220;Our Stories, Our Shields&#8221;: a participatory dialogue where journalists, young refugees, and activists shared their experiences navigating a hostile digital environment safely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4:00 PM \u2013 4:30 PM \u2013 &#8220;Why Privacy is Political&#8221;: a presentation by <a href=\"https:\/\/elezardc.org\/\">Eleza RDC<\/a> exploring the links between surveillance, censorship, and power, and their impact on vulnerable communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4:30 PM \u2013 6:30 PM \u2013 Workshops: participants could choose between:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hacker Escape Tent<\/strong> (Nothing2Hide): An immersive simulation to learn how to outsmart digital traps and bypass online censorship, featuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/fr\/piguard\/\">PiGuard<\/a> tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DIY Posters &amp; Murals<\/strong>: Creating artistic posters to promote digital security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;My Digital Minute&#8221;<\/strong> (MCI Radio): Recording one-minute audio clips sharing security tips or personal reflections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digital Security Bootcamp<\/strong>: Hands-on workshops on password management, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, and recovering from a hack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6:30 PM \u2013 9:00 PM \u2013 Screening &amp; discussion, and closing: Screening of <em>Citizenfour<\/em> or <em>Coded Bias<\/em>, followed by discussions on digital rights, in a friendly atmosphere with popcorn and coffee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cocktail &amp; Networking<\/strong>: An informal moment to build connections and imagine future collaborations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event marked the start of an ongoing momentum, with several initiatives launched on the occasion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Living Wall of Digital Tips<\/strong>, an online gallery combining visual art and audio tips.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The creation and broadcast of a dedicated podcast about the event on Streaming Asylum&#8217;s online radio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The setup of secure communication channels for participants to keep the conversation going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital Shadows is part of Digital Security Month (October) and is supported by Nothing2Hide through its <a href=\"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/fr\/piguard\/\">PiGuard<\/a> initiative, which aims to strengthen the security, freedom, and resilience of digital communities across Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 1, 2025, Nothing2Hide partnered with Media Challenge Initiative and Streaming Asylum for a day dedicated to data protection and digital risk awareness in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-5781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5783,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5781\/revisions\/5783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nothing2hide.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}