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Executive Director @HERInternet | Digital security consultant | Feminist | Activist
Joined January 2016
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To conclude the Digital Resilience Project, we officially launched #SecureVoices: A Community Manual for Digital Safety, Privacy, and Care. A collective effort to strengthen digital safety and nurture care in online spaces especially as we approach key moments like elections.
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As we wrap up #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth, this week we’re exploring the privacy tools and community guidelines that keep us safer online. From privacy settings to content policies, understanding how digital platforms work is key to reclaiming our online spaces. #HERInternet@7
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#FAQs “Q: Can AI-generated content be used to harm people online?” #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth
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#HerOnlineSafety
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Guess the campaign this video is talking about! 🫶🏼 Hint: Click on @fullpicturenet 😌 We’re reclaiming our digital (really, at its core, human) agency in a world where information flashes across our screens at lightning speed. 📱 @OVOFconsortium @ThinkCREA @genderplatform
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“Seven years of impact…happy birthday @HerInternet 💜” A special message from Shira Natenda, Executive Director at @GCWR_Uganda , celebrating this powerful journey with us. Watch the full video on YouTube: https://t.co/JX0TJwAY1a
#HERInternetAt7 #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth
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The use of xenophobia & chauvinism here is horrible. The parasitic class relies on ideologues who make the masses believe resources are scarce & that fellow workers &immigrants are their enemy, not the few greedy individuals who syphon away public funds. Please don't fall for it
I went thru @Makerere university the other day. It feels like an Eritrian, Somali and Sudanese refuge center now. Why does the freedom square looksl more and more like Kabalagala and Kansanga, suburbs? Why is @MastercardFdn funding women, refugees to Makerere University and
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Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to create fake videos or images that look real and they’re increasingly used to target structurally silenced womxn online. These manipulated visuals spread fast, fueling harassment, blackmail, and shame. How to spot to deepfakes: #CSAM
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You might know what disinformation is, but do you know what gendered disinformation is? 🤔 Here’s a quick primer by Sandra Kwikiriza of @HerInternet ❣️ Do you have anything you want to add? 👇🏽 #TheFullPicture #OurVoicesOurFutures @OVOFconsortium @ThinkCREA @genderplatform
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Today, @HerInternet facilitated a powerful Digital Safety & Resilience Training, hosted at the GCWR Secretariat. We explored doxing, phishing, malware, ransomware and learned practical ways to protect our data across WhatsApp, Tik Tok, Facebook & Instagram. #DigitalSafety
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During today’s training, @HerInternet set up a Digital Safety Help Desk where participants received one-on-one support; recovering locked social media accounts, resetting forgotten email passwords, updating phone software, and setting up two-factor authentication for ...1/2
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At a time when OGBV against marginalized women is on the rise, this training comes at a crucial moment. As Uganda enters its electoral season, it empowers structurally silenced communities to protect their voices, data, and digital spaces. #FeministInternet #DigitalSecurity
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We learnt how to create memorable yet strong passwords and use apps like Google Password Manager and Bitwarden to safely store them. Participants also shared experiences of online scams, bullying & surveillance and ways to stay resilient and secure online. #OnlineResilience
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@HerInternet We learnt how to create memorable yet strong passwords & use apps like Google Password Manager & Bitwarden. Pax also shared experiences of online scams,bullying & surveillance,explored practical ways to stay secure online,includg setting up 2-Factor Authentication
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7 years of amplifying voices, building digital resilience, and reimagining a feminist internet for all. I am gateful to every voice, partner, and community that has made @HerInternet what it is today. Here’s to many more years of shaping safer digital spaces. #HERInternetAt7
Today, @HerInternet marks seven years of building digital confidence and creating safer online spaces for womxn. Through advocacy and resilience, our journey continues stronger, bolder and rooted in collective power. Read full statement: https://t.co/McdvZmlY8y
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From gendered slurs to AI-edited smear videos, disinformation is reshaping digital spaces and politics across East Africa. Female lawyers, activists, and politicians face relentless sexual insults, body shaming, and coordinated trolling meant to silence their voices. #CSAM
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Misinformation and disinformation online aren’t random mistakes or harmless rumors they’re intentional tactics used by anti-rights and anti-gender actors to discredit feminist, queer, and political organizing that challenges power. #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth #HERInternet@7
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Are you going to be at the #HumanRightsArtsFestivalUg today? 💜 Don’t miss our Director of Programs, Diana Karungi, speaking on the panel “Power Through Expression: The Role of Arts, Media, and Free Expression in Empowering Communities.” #HERInternet@7
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We’re thrilled to be part of this year’s Human Rights Are Universal Rights Art Festival 2025 by @eavisualarts themed “DEFEND.” Pass by our stall if you’ll be at the festival and explore how we can keep building a safer, freer digital world together. #HERInternet@7
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#FAQs “Can I still be monitored or tracked even if I am offline?" #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth
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