Not Your Average Booth: How GG Booths Help You Achieve Your Goals
Your booth can be a stage, a lab, a classroom—or all three. At the Global Gathering (GG), we’re reimagining what a booth can be. They also serve as the cornerstone of the 2025 GG. They are designed to be flexible hubs where you can achieve your goals in an impactful way.
To submit a booth proposal, first apply to attend the GG through the GG platform. Once approved, you will be able to select “Submit a Booth Proposal” from your dashboard. This option is only available to approved GG attendees.
Open Culture Foundation: Getting to Know Their Work in Open Tech and Transparency in Taiwan
The Open Culture Foundation (OCF) mission is to support Taiwanese groups advocating for open technology, digital rights, and Internet freedom. We spoke with their research manager to learn about their current initiatives designed to support and protect civil society.
EngageMedia: Getting to Know Their Work on Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region
Discover how EngageMedia is advancing digital rights, open technology, and video for change in the Asia-Pacific region. Through community-driven initiatives like the DRAPAC Assembly, the Human Rights Technology Initiative, and DRAPAC VPN Project they are empowering defenders of internet freedom across diverse communities.
2025 Global Gathering Applications Are Now Open!
Applications for the 2025 Global Gathering (GG) are now open! Join us in Estoril, Portugal, from September 8–10, for three days of networking and collaboration on the most urgent technology-related challenges affecting human rights, civil society, and journalists. In 2025, we're embracing a self-organized model where participants lead discussions on the following themes: innovative grassroots approaches to technology challenges; circumvention and secure communication technologies; and organizational sustainability. Apply now!
JOSA: Getting to Know Their Work on Open Technology and Privacy in Jordan
The Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA) works toward a better Jordan through openness in technology, believing the Internet should remain open and accessible to everyone, with no technical, legal, or physical barriers to devices, networks, or content. We spoke with their Senior Program Officer in Digital Security and Internet Freedom, Haitham Dahboor, and their Program Officer in Digital Social Innovation and Research, Yara Alrafie, to learn more about their projects, such as Aman Raqami and Nuha, as well as the most important digital rights challenges in Jordan.
OONI: Getting to Know Their Work on Global Internet Censorship Measurement
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software and non-profit organization that empowers decentralized efforts to document internet censorship worldwide. They have collected more than two billion network measurements in over 200 countries. We talked with their Director of Strategic Engagement, Maria Xynou, to learn more about the OONI Probe app, which measures the blocking of websites and apps worldwide, as well as their real-time analysis and reports shedding light on internet censorship and other forms of network interference.
Amnesty International’s Security Lab: Getting to Know How They Work With Civil Society on Spyware and Digital Surveillance
Amnesty Tech’s Security Lab brings together a diverse team of researchers, hackers, coders, and advocates committed to protecting civil society from the growing threats of unlawful digital surveillance, spyware, and other technology-driven human rights abuses. We talked with Molly Rose Freeman Cyr, their Training and Community Engagement Lead, to learn more about their work analyzing surveillance tools in different communities, their Digital Forensics Fellowship call for applications, and how the private sector is starting to get involved in this digital forensic technical field to profit.
How to Use the Digital Rights Job Board: Connecting Talent with Orgs at the Intersection of Tech and Human Rights
The Digital Rights Job Board is your gateway to job opportunities in organizations addressing critical tech-related issues in human rights and social justice. Whether you're a professional seeking purpose-driven roles or a recruiter in search of innovative talent, our weekly updates connect you with organizations in over 144 countries. As part of Team CommUNITY's global network of digital rights defenders, the job board is a free service dedicated to empowering those at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice.
D3: Getting to Know Their Work Advocating for Digital Rights for Portuguese Citizens
D3 - Defesa dos Direitos Digitais (Defense of Digital Rights) fight and advocate for digital rights in Portugal, even though related challenges are still relatively unknown by their society. We talked with D3’s president, Ricardo Lafuente, to learn more about their work in Portugal and beyond. He shared his views on a variety of topics, from video surveillance in public spaces to the necessity of local tech investment and the impact of the Digital Nomad visa on Portugal.
2024 Global Gathering
The 2024 Global Gathering (GG) report brought together over 1,000 digital rights defenders for three days of networking, collaboration, and discussions on digital rights and Internet Freedom issues impacting civil society and the media. This includes disinformation, online harassment, freedom of expression, press freedom, circumvention technologies, and encrypted communication technologies, and future of AI, among others.