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HELLO, WORLD!

By Maurice Sayinzoga | Mar 01, 2023

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My name is Maurice Sayinzoga. I am excited to join the DemTech Team as Program Director. My new role will focus on developing strategies, cultivating partnerships, and improving processes for integrating technology tools and applications into NDI…

Lessons Learned from the Digital Rights Learning Exchange

By Elizabeth Sutterlin | Feb 10, 2023

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In 2022, NDI partnered with Digital Grassroots…

How To Pick A Trustworthy Virtual Private Network (VPN)

By Marley Berk | Jan 19, 2023

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A DALL-E AI-generated image representing network security as a watercolor.

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An DALL-E AI-generated image representing network security as a watercolor.

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are becoming more and more common as something many people use or at least have heard about, but may not know a lot about how they work, what risks they carry, or what option is…

DemTech Wrapped 2022

By Moira Whelan | Dec 28, 2022

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DemTech Wrapped 2022 is here. All year we’ve worked to make tech work for democracy As we look forward to 2023, we wanted to share with you what we’ve been up to. …

Weekly Roundup - October 31

By Marley Berk | Oct 31, 2022

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Image credit: Freedom House via Getty Images

Freedom House recently released their annual …

Building African Bridges on Geopolitical Internet Governance Divides

By Sarah Jacob | Oct 18, 2022

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Two decades ago, how the Internet was governed was seen as a technical matter with only the slightest political dimension. Today, as major powers work to shape their spheres of technological influence, how the…