Digital Security
30 mins
Cyber harassment: Concepts and prevention
- Abstract:
- This course will discuss cyber harassment and how to campaign online in a safe manner.
- About this course:
- Cyber harassment is becoming a bigger issue for female activists and human right defenders. We will cover what cyber harassment is, discuss myths and misconceptions and provide you with tools to run safer online campaigns. You will also learn from real life case studies.
- What do I learn:
- You will also learn some general digital security concepts, about metadata, and how to do safe online campaigning.
- What do I need to know:
- This course is suitable for journalists and activists who wish to protect themselves from cyber harassment. We recommend you complete our ‘Understanding Big Data and Social Network’ course before starting this course.
Trainers
Jennifer Kanaan
This course is presented by Jennifer Kanaan, a digital marketing and social media expert working on digital security in the Middle East for the Cyber Arabs project. Cyber Arabs is a project for digital security in the Arab world under IWPR (Institute for War & Peace Reporting).
- 1.1 Introduction to course1.2 Defining the scope of cyber harassment1.3 Different types of cyber harassment1.4 Effects of Cyber Harassment
- 2.1 General Digital Security Concepts2.2 Your Safety2.3 Digital security, gender and technology myths2.4 Women in Tech
- 3.1 Safe online campaigning3.2 Safe Online Campaign Quiz
- 4.1 Introduction to metadata4.2 The metadata of an online activist
- 5.1 Conclusion
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