Gözde Böcü

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Shane Thomas McMillan

Gözde Böcü is a Doctoral Fellow at the Citizen Lab in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Gözde's work focuses on issues at the intersection of migration, identity and democracy. At the Citizen Lab - where she focuses on digital repression, and human rights - she explores the role that repressive technologies play in undermining democratic institutions, politics and processes in the digital age. She received numerous Canadian and European awards in support of her work. Her research has been published in outlets, such as Foreign Policy and various renowned academic journals.

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“I wake up to a thousand tweets insulting me”: Digital attacks against exiled and diaspora women activists – and what to do about them

Gözde Böcü, Maryam Mirza, Arzu Geybulla, Siena Anstis

Summary
Repressive governments use invasive surveillance, online harassment and defamation campaigns to threaten women activists exiled abroad. What are the methods and silencing effects of gender-based digital transnational repression? How can we defend communities at risk and empower digital activists?
Activism
Digital rights
Civil Society
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English
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