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That's what we're asking Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Join our campaign beginning 21 July to demand answers and action!

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Our 2013 Take Back the Tech! campaign focused on drawing the lines between the public and the private. Privacy is a fundamental human right and a critical part of preventing and responding to violence against women, but is increasingly eroded and under threat.

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Who knows your passwords? Has anyone ever asked you for them? A partner or a friend? How did that request make you feel? Protective, uncomfortable or just fine? What method do you use to share your passwords? Twitter DM? Is it secure?

Sharing passwords is almost the norm these days. We’re constantly sharing space and information in the digital world, which means our partners can access more of our lives than ever before. There’s often an expectation that two people in a relationship should share their passwords as a sign of trust, intimacy and commitment.

Read more about DAY 10 | PASSWORD SHARING | TRANSFORMING TRUST
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Privacy is critical when it comes to information about our health. It relates to one of the most personal aspects of our bodies and can greatly affect our sense of dignity and personhood. It’s important that we can trust our medical practitioner to keep our health information and medical records confidential, so that we can feel safe to communicate as openly as possible and make informed decisions about our health.

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Many of our public spaces have been designed predominantly by men, and this includes online spaces. For instance, Twitter was recently critiqued for having an all-male board of directors even though Twitter users are more likely to be female.

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When it comes to social media, how private is private and how public is public? Since we access digital spaces through gadgets, our participation and interaction is mediated through a platform and interface. We are in private and public spaces at once.

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Today marks the start of the 16 Days of a Activism against Gender-based violence. Every year, we make a global commitment on 25th November - the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - to strengthen our collective efforts to end violence against women everywhere in the world.

Take Back the Tech! kick starts our campaign by calling for a recognition to our right to privacy - and exploring the critical role that privacy plays in ending violence against women.

May 17 marks two important causes: The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) and World Internet Day. How do they connect?

May 17 marks two important causes: The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) and World Internet Day.

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Stop and think about the potential long-term impact of our actions when we record, share and pass on information using ICT. The culture of sharing online is not accompanied by a culture of respecting our right to privacy and safety. The violence stops with you. Take the pledge.

How many times have you received a forwarded message that contains photographs or a video of someone being violated or humiliated? What do you do with it? Do you pass it on? Or do you stop its spread? Do you forward? Or do you delete?

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