Civil Rights Defenders launches Off.guard - the first tool created to share vital information when internet shuts down - Civil Rights Defenders
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Access to the internet can sometimes be the difference between life and death. Therefore, Civil Rights Defenders is now launching the new digital tool Off.guard. Off.guard allows private individuals, journalists and human rights defenders to share important information in countries where deliberate disruptions of the internet occur during elections, civil unrest, crises, and war. Deliberate […]

Internet shutdowns or disruptions in connection with armed conflicts and mass demonstrations have led to people not being able to communicate or report abuses, which has caused further insecurity, violence and violations of human rights. Off.guard allows private individuals, journalists and human rights defenders to share information when and where deliberate disruptions of the occur.

  1. Briar exists
  2. Web push notifications obviously don’t work without internet
  3. They are telling people with a need for privacy in countries that are fine with shutting down the internet to use Google Chrome if you visit using Firefox

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