Digital rights

Digital rights are the human rights and legal rights that apply in the digital domain, including the right to privacy, freedom of expression, access to the internet, protection from digital discrimination and harassment, and the right to knowledge about how personal data is used.

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Privacy & Human Rights Award
globalprivacyassembly.com/privacy-human-rights-award

Privacy & Human Rights Award

Privacy & Human Rights Award

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Awards and prizes, Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
Stop the Digital Omnibus
peoplevsbig.tech/the-eu-must-uphold-hard-won-protections-for-digital-human-rights

Stop the Digital Omnibus

People vs Big Tech, EDRi and other 125 civil society organisations are sounding the alarm: leaked documents show that the European Commission’s upcoming Digital Omnibus, set to be unveiled on 19 Novem...

Europe
since 2025
Specific campaigns, Advocacy tech, Digital rights
Open Data China
opendatachina.org

Open Data China

We are a social enterprise in China applying open principles to shaping and governing the digital future

Shanghai
Civic data, Open civic data, Data governance
Petty Propolis
pettypropolis.org

Petty Propolis

Petty Propolis cultivates visionary resistance through poetry, literary workshops, anti-racism facilitation, and social justice initiatives.

Detroit, MI
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy, Artistic interventions
City Pact for Digital Rights and Democratic Technologies
comunitat.canodrom.barcelona/assemblies/comunitat/f/1651/meetings/3031

City Pact for Digital Rights and Democratic Technologies

The City Pact for Digital Rights and Democratic Technologies is born with a clear mission: to ensure that digitalization in Barcelona is fair, equitable, and sustainable.

Barcelona
Digital rights, Manifestos, Data governance
K+Lab
web.karisma.org.co/pagina-principal-2/laboratories/klab

K+Lab

It is our response to the digital security problems faced by civil society organizations, journalists, human rights defenders and activists in Colombia and our way of contributing to the principle of...

Bogotá
Cybersecurity, Digital rights
Algorights
algorights.org

Algorights

Red colaborativa que promueve la protección de los derechos humanos y la participación de la sociedad civil en el ámbito de las tecnologías de la IA.

Barcelona
since 2021
Ethical tech and responsible tech, Digital rights, Regulation
Ripoti Africa
ripoti.africa

Ripoti Africa

RIPOTI is a platform developed by Paradigm Initiative to enable individuals, CSOs, human rights defenders, advocates, activists, and the general public to report and collaboratively address African di...

Lagos
Digital rights, Crowdsourcing, Whistleblowing
corruption, human rights, cyberwar
Centre For Communication Governance at NLU Delhi
ccgdelhi.org

Centre For Communication Governance at NLU Delhi

The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi (CCG) is a research centre within NLU Delhi and is meant to ensure that the Indian legal education establishment engages more m...

New Delhi
Academia, Tech or Digital Policy, Research and policy centers
Global South Alliance
Bolo Bhi
bolobhi.org

Bolo Bhi

Bolo Bhi is a civil society organization geared towards advocacy, policy, and research in the areas of digital rights and civic responsibility.

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Digital rights, Access to information
Global South Alliance
Global South Alliance Digital Library System
gsadigitallibrary.notion.site

Global South Alliance Digital Library System

This pioneering project systematically documents and organizes over 5,000 resources from civil society organizations in the Global South dedicated to advancing digital rights. 

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2025
Civic tech catalogs, Digital rights, Ethical hackers
Global South Alliance
InternetBolivia.org
internetbolivia.org

InternetBolivia.org

Organización ciudadana para la defensa de derechos digitales y el uso ético del internet en Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia
Ethical tech and responsible tech, Digital rights, Data activism
Global South Alliance
Digital Access (Cameroon)
digital-access.org

Digital Access (Cameroon)

Digital Access is a non-profit social enterprise that aims to promote digital opportunities for young people.

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun) 🇨🇲
since 2016
Digital literacy, Fight disinformation, Digital rights
youth, Global South Alliance, human rights
Data Privacy Brazil (DataPrivacyBR)
dataprivacybr.org/en

Data Privacy Brazil (DataPrivacyBR)

Our mission is to promote fundamental rights and values ​​rooted in social justice in the face of contemporary technologies and datafication processes.

São Paulo
Internet governance, Policy, Digital rights
Global South Alliance
Global South Alliance
gsadigitallibrary.notion.site/Global-South-Alliance-9f43c2e8ab3e443e884e70aa43565574

Global South Alliance

The GSA's work is mainly focused on unifying Global South NGOs dedicated to the advancement of digital rights.

São Paulo
since 2022
Digital rights, Partner networks and coalitions
Global South Alliance
Masaar
masaar.net

Masaar

We are a group of lawyers and technologists interested in enhancing and promoting digital rights and related freedoms in Egypt. 

Egypt (Misr) 🇪🇬
since 2020
Digital rights, Open internet, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Global South Alliance
Freedom Forum
freedomforum.org.np

Freedom Forum

Freedom Forum is a non-governmental organization, working for institutionalization of democracy, protection and promotion of human rights, press freedom, freedom of expression and right to information...

Nepal 🇳🇵
since 2005
Digital rights, Watchdogging and transparency, Journalism
free speech, Global South Alliance
Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF)
drif.paradigmhq.org/?_gl=1*12bita8*_ga*MTA0MzE3MTIyNy4xNzUwMjUyOTQy*_ga_YZ7T5RLQSL*czE3NTAyNTI5NDIkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTAyNTQwOTQkajYwJGwwJGgw

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF)

DRIF is an important platform where conversations on digital policy in the Global South are shaped, policy directions debated and partnerships forged for action.

Zambia 🇿🇲
Conferences, Meet the others, In-person meetings
Global South Alliance
Tech Global Institute
techglobalinstitute.com

Tech Global Institute

Promoting equity for the Global South on the open Internet

Toronto
Digital rights, Internet governance, Digital security and privacy
Global South Alliance
Protesters’ Rights (ACLU guide)
aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights

Protesters’ Rights (ACLU guide)

Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets.

Direct action, Digital rights, Advocacy tech
guides
Report algorithmic discrimination!
algorithmwatch.org/en/report-algorithmic-discrimination

Report algorithmic discrimination!

AlgorithmWatch's new campaign seeks to crowdsource reports of algorithmic discrimination. If you've experienced it or know someone who has, you can report it

Berlin
since 2025
Specific campaigns, Advocacy tech, Digital rights
Paradigm Initiative
paradigmhq.org

Paradigm Initiative

Connecting African youth with digital opportunities and ensuring digital rights for all.

Lagos
since 2025
Digital rights, Digital literacy
youth, Global South Alliance
Scanning the Horizon
digitalresilience.network/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DRN_Scanning_Horizon_250123.pdf

Scanning the Horizon

The report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are f...

Global
since 2025
Reports, Learn about civic tech, Emerging tech
reports
The 2022 Ranking Digital Rights Telco Giants Scorecard
rankingdigitalrights.org/tgs22

The 2022 Ranking Digital Rights Telco Giants Scorecard

Ranking Digital Rights's inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard reveals that telecom companies, despite being gatekeepers of the internet for most of the world, are less transparent overall and more suscept...

740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005
since 2022
Evaluate impact, Connectivity, Report cards and audits
reports
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance
tciamn.org

Twin Cities Innovation Alliance

Our mission is to build and develop a problem-solving ecosystem fueled by a critical mass of diverse, highly engaged residents, policymakers, and entrepreneurs made up of Black Indigenous and People o...

Minneapolis
Campaign organizations, Advocacy tech, Digital rights
Quality education, surveillance, CTFG partners
KICTANet
kictanet.or.ke

KICTANet

KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder think tank in Kenya that serves as a catalyst for ICT sector reforms through policy advocacy, capacity building, research, and stakeholder engagement.

Nairobi
since 2007
Predecessors & Pioneers, Digital rights, Research and policy centers
Global South Alliance
Myanmar Internet Project
myanmarinternet.info

Myanmar Internet Project

The Myanmar Internet Project was established in 2022 by a collective of researchers, practitioners and advocates with years of experience tracking developments in the Myanmar digital space.

Myanmar (Myăma) 🇲🇲
since 2022
Connectivity, Digital rights, Learn about civic tech
Fundación Vía Libre
vialibre.org.ar

Fundación Vía Libre

Defendemos derechos fundamentales en el entorno digital

Digital rights
Migration and Technology Monitor
migrationtechmonitor.com

Migration and Technology Monitor

With a focus on migration, technology, and human rights, we actively interrogate tech experiments on people crossing borders.

Watchdogging and transparency, Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
surveillance, immigration
Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems
turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/trustworthy-digital-infrastructure-identity-systems

Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy, Identity
OpenGovLoc
adisicameroun.org

OpenGovLoc

OpenGovLoc, a digital transformation project, is a scaling-up operation in 4 priority municipalities and the involvement of 20 other municipalities in the use of digital technology to promote accounta...

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun) 🇨🇲
since 2022
Access to information, Digital rights, Journalism
Surveillance Watch
surveillancewatch.io

Surveillance Watch

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry.

Tech for Bad Hall of Shame, Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
surveillance
adisicameroun.org/#

ADISI - CAMEROUN

ADISI-Cameroun est une organisation de la société civile qui a pour cœur de métier l’information et la gouvernance de celle-ci.

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun) 🇨🇲
since 2010
Civic data, Open civic data, Access to information
Hiperderecho
hiperderecho.org

Hiperderecho

Somos una asociación civil peruana sin fines de lucro dedicada a investigar, facilitar el entendimiento público y promover el respeto de los derechos y libertades en entornos digitales.

Lima, Peru
Digital rights, Civic apps outfits, Open civic data
Access to Information Community of Practice
Tecnoresistencias
hiperderecho.org/tecnoresistencias

Tecnoresistencias

Un espacio para mujeres, disidencias, diversidades, y activistas que resisten ante la violencia de género en internet.

Lima, Peru
since 2018
Digital rights
anti-harassment, Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)
Digital Rights In Asia-Pacific (DRAPAC) assembly
drap.ac/24

Digital Rights In Asia-Pacific (DRAPAC) assembly

The People, Meet the others, In-person meetings
Catalyst Fund
greenscreen.network/en/catalyst-fund

Catalyst Fund

The Catalyst Fund was launched in October 2023 to support the burgeoning ecosystem of actors working on the intersection of digital rights and climate justice to build cross-territorial strategies and...

Get funding, Funders & donors, Digital rights
Climate action
Sursiendo
sursiendo.org

Sursiendo

Trabajamos en la defensa de los derechos digitales colectivos para lograr un entorno más abierto y colaborativo

Digital rights
Climate action
Delete Nothing
deletenothing.org

Delete Nothing

Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
Digital security and privacy, Digital rights, Tech for public challenges
anti-harassment, anti-trafficking, Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)
Privacy Stack
privacystack.bocoup.com

Privacy Stack

An open source starter app that comes with user accounts that include: data access, do not sell, data deletion, undo sign up, and other features.

Massachusetts
since 2024
Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
Helpful Places
helpfulplaces.com

Helpful Places

Helpful Places is a mission-driven company that helps organizations, and the communities they serve, harness the power of technology in ways that are transparent, inclusive, participatory, and in alig...

Toronto
Digital rights
Digital Rights Fund for West Asia and North Africa
smex.org/digital-rights-fund

Digital Rights Fund for West Asia and North Africa

This initiative aims to empower individuals, informal groups, and entities to effectively counter digital rights threats and violations online.

Beirut
since 2024
Get funding, Funders & donors, Digital rights
Cities and Digital Human Rights
digitalhelpdeskforcities.org

Cities and Digital Human Rights

digitalhelpdeskforcities.org is a platform for public officials, specialists, collaborators, and organisations globally who want to promote an inclusive and democratic development of new technologies...

Data governance, Digital rights
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Demhack - хакатон в области цифровых прав
demhack.org

Demhack - хакатон в области цифровых прав

Онлайн-хакатон для специалистов в области IT, анализа данных, кибербезопасности, дизайнеров, цифровых художников, исследователей, интернет-активистов и журналистов. Главные темы хакатона - приватность...

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Digital rights, Civic hackathons, Build something
7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement
7amleh.org

7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement

The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media is a non-profit organization that advocates for Palestinian digital rights. 7amleh’s mission is to create a safe, fair and free digital space for Pa...

Haifa
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy
Center for Democracy and Technology
cdt.org

Center for Democracy and Technology

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to advance civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age.

Washington, DC
since 1994
Digital rights, Adjacent Fields, Predecessors & Pioneers
Defesa dos Direitos Digitais (D3)
direitosdigitais.pt

Defesa dos Direitos Digitais (D3)

Pela defesa dos direitos digitais em Portugal

Portugal 🇵🇹
Digital rights, Adjacent Fields
JAAKLAC iniciativa podcast
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jaaklac

JAAKLAC iniciativa podcast

JAAKLAC iniciativa promueve la educación digital crítica para desarrollar el conocimiento sobre cómo las tecnologías digitales afectan a sociedades, al medioambiente y para ampliar la partcipación col...

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy, Digital literacy
podcasts
Digital Rights Nepal
digitalrightsnepal.org

Digital Rights Nepal

Digital Rights Nepal is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to the protection and promotion of digital rights in Nepal

Nepal 🇳🇵
Digital rights, Adjacent Fields
Freedom Online Coalition
freedomonlinecoalition.com

Freedom Online Coalition

The Freedom Online Coalition is a partnership of 38 governments, working to advance Internet freedom.

Adjacent Fields, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Digital rights
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