The recent spread of Coronavirus (Covid 19) contributed to the fabrication and spread of false news through the Internet in general and through social media platforms in particular. At a time when citizens rely on social media platforms as a source of news, the importance of these platforms for spreading news related to the virus increases, as social media users publish the latest news (trends) related to it, including what is verified, and some of what is classified as false or misleading news. .
This virtual session from the Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2020 will discuss a set of issues, including the definition of false news, why is it spreading rapidly among people? mechanisms for verifying false news, and what is the role of social media users when discovering false or misleading news locally and internationally? Read More …
In light of the recurring digital rights violations and arrests on the basis of expressing opinion by the Israeli occupation authoritiesو the Palestinian Authority, and the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the violations that are being practiced through social media companies, espionage companies via the Internet and other giant technology companies, and practicing digital discrimination against Palestinians, this (virtual) digital session from the Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2020 aims to highlight the violations of Palestinian digital human rights by local authorities, and to discuss the most important Israeli strategies and tactics used to narrow Palestinians digital rights, and digital discrimination against the Palestinians by global technology companies.
How a personal initiative turned into a global event..
The digital economy has opened up opportunities for young people all over the world to challenge and overcome unemployment. However, Palestinian youth face many challenges in this field due to the Israeli occupation’s control of technological infrastructure in Palestine and depriving them of the most basic rights to economic development. In addition to the submission of major companies to strong governments as the occupation government. despite these challenges, Palestinian entrepreneurs are developing technological solutions that challenge difficulties and overcome constraints.
Since 2006, Gaza has suffered from a suffocating blockade which has turned it into an area that is not suitable for life. This siege extended to the digital space where the government in Gaza sought to confront activists in the digital space. The siege also extended to include the digital domain which made the accessibility of the Internet in the Gaza Strip far and difficult especially the accessibility of the third generation of the internet, which essentially arrived late to Palestine, but is still not accessible by the residents of the Strip. However, the residents of the Gaza Strip tried to communicate their voice to the world in various ways, breaking the actual siege digitally.
This session discusses the most important challenges facing digital rights in the Gaza Strip, and reviews the most important and prominent digital campaigns to break the siege, as well as the aspirations and hopes of the people of the Gaza Strip to access to the Internet. Read More …
Palestinians in general face challenges to their digital rights, while these challenges are further complicated when it comes to the Gaza Strip, which suffers a suffocating blockade since 2006. This is reflected into difficulties and challenges in this space related to economic, social and political life, and this is why the Palestine Digital Activism Forum devotes this digital (Virtual) session to discuss the challenges of the digital economy facing Gazans, digital gender violence such as cyber harassment and bullying, and finally online information security. Read More …
Israel tried to expand its control over the Palestinians and align the tools of its actual control on the ground to control and digitally restrict and occupy the Palestinians, through a set of strategies and tactics it used to contribute to this. This includes developing laws that contribute to digitally suppressing the Palestinians and restricting their freedom of opinion and expression and their right to document the violations of the occupation against them and other laws. It also develops the digital surveillance technologies which is being tested on the Palestinians and then works to market and sell them to repressive dictatorships around the world. Strategies are not confined with these practices, but go beyond this to include inciting against Palestinians, hate speech and encouraging violence against them on social media platforms.
This session focuses on presenting the most prominent Israeli control strategies on the Palestinian space in the Internet, and the impact of Israeli digital surveillance industries on human rights defenders. It also reviews the results of the racism and incitement index prepared by 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement on an annual basis, which showed an increase in the percentage of incitement across the network against the Palestinians by 14% in 2019, reflected in a violent publication against Arabs and Palestinians every 64 seconds. Read More …
Even though you might only be beginning to develop your own organised approach to security, it is good to know that your natural survival mechanisms are already hard at work to keep you safe. However, there are times when our instincts are not trustworthy and we should exercise caution. What mechanisms do human rights defenders need in the digital world, the risks, and how to develop protection mechanisms? Read More …
In this lecture, we intend to answer 6 basic questions. What is the media culture and its importance? What is false news and why do people spread it? How do you verify false news? The difference between opinion and truth? What do you do when you discover false news ?, What is Misbar and what do we do? Read More …
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