BIRN Investigative Resource Desk - an interactive platform for journalists. Brought to you by @BIRN_Network.
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🧵 Surveillance and censorship in the Western Balkans are not abstract threats - they affect journalists, activists, and citizens every day.
Haven’t visited SPEAK yet?
monitoring.bird.tools/speak
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🔎 Have you seen our new Digital Freedoms Monitoring Tool yet?
🤩 If not, here it is!
We provide crucial insights into how #DigitalRights abuses evolve over time. Learn more about how they may influence future policies and regulations in the region 👉 monitoring.bird.tools/
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❗️ If you've worked on journalistic pieces and collaborative cross-border stories on #RenewableEnergy and #EnergyEfficiency, and you are from 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸, apply for the #WesternBalkans Sustainable Energy #Journalism Award! 🏆💶
More info on @BIRN_Network's website!
A backup? 😩
You may have been avoiding this on your ‘to-do’ list, but it is the best safeguard from data loss after all 😒
So, don’t be lazy about it, and go through the process! 🗒️
#CybersecurityMonth
Ahead of the session, revisit the story exploring a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online 👇
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🔴 At 2:30 p.m. (CET), the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will question EU’s Commissioner for Home Affairs @YlvaJohansson regarding the revelations uncovered in our investigation in collaboration w/ several European 🗞️ outlets.
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Are you a #journalist or a team of journalists from the Western Balkans, and you’ve actively encouraged excellence and innovation in #SustainableEnergy?
Then apply for the #WesternBalkans Sustainable Energy #Journalism Award 2023! 🏆
MORE INFO 👉 on @BIRN_Network's website!
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📺 #Serbian President @avucic gets almost 40% of the airtime in national television news shows, including programming aired by opposition-leaning N1 TV, new research by @BIRODIrs shows.
Read more 👉balkaninsight.com/2023/10/24…
Remember the Nigerian prince offering you a fortune for a ‘small’ favour - your 💳info?
The fishing 📧 are getting better and better, and this scheme evolves faster than you would think, making it almost impossible to notice.
Be aware, check 👇 for better #Cybersecurity.
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As #TikTok has gained billions of users 🌎, it has increasingly been used for slut-shaming 📲
We encourage women and girls in the #WesternBalkans to share their stories via our questionnaire, available in multiple languages 🔗👇
balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
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❗️To all the women and girls in the #WesternBalkans: We seek personal stories on slut-shaming on social media networks, particularly via #TikTok.
Please share this questionnaire, available in multiple languages, and help our new investigation ➡️ balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
Do you use #VPN?
If not, consider it an option 🫡
VPN is not only good for your online #privacy but also secures your data by encrypting it 🕵️
#CybersecurityMonth
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🔴 After homophobic comments about the openly gay leader of the left-wing #SYRIZA party were aired on radio and TV programmes, the National Council for Radio and Television called on all #Greek media to show tolerance.
❗️ Read more in our latest news: balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17…
Starting the week with a new riddle! 🧩
Let’s see how good you are with this one 👀
Can you guess? 🤔 Tell us in the comments 👇
#CybersecurityMonth
Did you guess it❓ 🤔
The answer is ✨password manager ✨
This #CybersecurityMonth, give your passwords a boost with a password manager 🔒
Use strong, unique passwords and store them in one place so you won’t have to remember them all 🙌
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In September, digital controversies involving religious figures, threats to journalist and child safety concerns ignited debates in the #Balkans, exposing the challenges of the digital landscape.
Latest review by @matmastracci 👇
balkaninsight.com/2023/10/12…
1/ October is #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
Follow our campaign and check how much you know about cyber security 👇
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Trening o izvještavanju o ljudskim pravima u digitalnom prostoru je počeo!
Sjajna ekipa novinara/ki, aktivista i profesora su sa nama.
Tri dana intenzivnog treninga, nakon čega će svi učesnici prisustvovati diskusiji na Forumu za upravljanje internetom.
#detektor @BIRN_BiH
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💎Opportunity for 🇭🇷 and 🇭🇺 #researchers 💎
⚡️ #BIRN seeks #AI researchers from #Croatia and #Hungary to gather and assess evidence on responsible AI commitments and progress in their designated countries!
📆 Apply no later than October 5 on @BIRN_Network's website!
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📢Our call for the One-Month Regional Exchange Programme is extended until October 16.
Media from #WesternBalkans are welcome to apply to this exchange programme and be host media to produce cross-border stories.
⚡️Grasp the opportunity!
👉 Apply on @BIRN_Network's website!
