About

Digital Repression is a project documenting how technology is used to silence, monitor, intimidate and isolate people.

The project collects filmed interviews, personal stories and analysis about digital repression, including surveillance, censorship, online harassment, smear campaigns, hacking, digital threats and transnational repression.

What we focus on

We are especially interested in how digital repression affects people who speak, write, organise, create art or take part in public life.

This includes people targeted in their home countries, people living in exile, and people whose families, communities or professional lives are affected across borders.

Why filmed interviews

Digital repression can seem abstract when it is described only in technical or legal language. Filmed interviews allow people to explain what happened, how it affected them, and what others need to understand.

The site will include interviews with people directly affected, as well as conversations with researchers, journalists, human rights workers and digital security experts.

Safety and consent

Some people may be named publicly. Others may need anonymity, pseudonyms or limited identifying information.

We do not publish sensitive material without consent, and we consider the security risks for each person before publication.