frustration has reached a boiling point. what began as a protest movement has turned ugly as protesters fight with police. several embassies, including germany and the u. s. i have asked both sides to negotiate before the situation deteriorates any further. you're watching d. w news off next our tech show shift looks at online protests and authoritarian states. and of course you and our website a you can get over latest use, that's d w dot to call them from the team and blends. thanks for watching. ah i'm just kinda, i think that's hard and in the end the some me you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the smudges reliance of the what's your story. ready ready

i mean, wasn't, i was women, especially and victims of violence in labs of it take part and send us your story. we are trying always to understand this new culture. so you are not the visitor, not the guests. you want to become a citizen in phil migrants, your platform for reliable information from argentina to belarus and from iraq to uganda. online activism is a vital tool for politically active. people were fighting for change. women who fight for a cause on line often become targets of hate speech and violence, but many stand their ground. nonetheless, what role has the internet played in their fight for change this week on shift? we're bringing you. the stories are for politically active,

women ah, changing your profile picture to honor cause online petitions and hashtags. the internet and social media in particular are highly useful for gathering supporters and raising awareness. studies show this goes beyond so called collectivism from black life matter to me to more and more social movements that spark online are leading to real social change. many of these protests are led by women who all to often become targets of online hate and even receive death threats. many kids fighting anyway, like the young politician athena fernandez from argentina. look at what i can do is to stop being the victim from now on. i'm going to be their enemy. i'm going to say the things they don't want to hear. but again, if any of the other will, they can edit my videos all they want and spread fake news like lead from now on.

i'm in the driver's seat, but, and i'm saying what i think even that a shuttle gland, that on to other women who are just as determined in their fight for change are, must the elena jobs from iran. and tatiana corbett from bella. ruth alexander lucas jenko was once again sworn in as president of mellow roofs in 2020 after he declared a landslide victory. but many saw the elections as rig tatyana court about, and her team provided evidence for the vote. rigging, on the go, los platform, the colony pacific that we've proven there was election for women if we wrote a report and shared it around the world, the e, u, u. s. and os c e. have all said lucas. shank, as presidency is not legitimate. more than a 1000000 voters registered on the go los platform and uploaded their ballots. the results officially announced could thus be compared with the votes actually cast lee's machine up and you might have thought it from the start. we understood that

the internet gave us power at the city to it. it was, it provides protection for bella ruffian, society, of austin, of lena, kentucky. and you can quickly and easily exchange information and connect with people the students. for some amusing in for bella, russian opponents like tatiana, quote about technology is an important tool in their fight for political change. protests are also moving online and other countries like iran, massey, elena, john, uses the power of her 7000000 social media followers to fight for women's rights and iran. from her exile in new york. she posts, photos and videos of iranian women defying the countries compulsory had job law images. these women share with her despite the dangers this entails. the reason i say made a new law and saying that if anyone sign videos to massey, elena underwood would charge after 10 years for isn't that didn't, were they trying to like scare people to censor them? like immediate, the, i got my mom and my videos from people saying that i rather go to prison than kits

silent. a strong stand against censorship. the protest movement has reached a worldwide audience. that's the achievement of the campaign. now the regimes is scared of when she, tatiana corbett and marcia lena jack, both had to go into exile. there were no longer safe in their respective homelands because they stood up for their beliefs and spoke truth to power. but how did they manage to build such successful online competes with to protect opponents and repressive regimes, such as the one in bella? ruth, online anonymity is crucial. the team behind the goals platform thus used encryption from the very beginning. they see it as a necessary security measure. it gets lots of wallace impressed what registration nogales takes place through chatted glancing messengers, telegram and find last month at the most thought. so it's absolutely safe because

of all people have to give us in terms of data is a phone number which is encrypted. and if for fruit, even our developers can't access the registered phone number in that i still, if one of the biggest thing in the wallison so far this system has worked, nobody has been arrested for uploading their voting ballot to the platform. hashtags are a great tool for gathering supporters for a given cause. they work especially well on social media and search engines. massey elena jobs has created several successful hash tag campaigns. first, i launched a campaign called white wednesdays. it means that every wednesday, women walk unveiled in public, which is a punishable crime. i launched another campaign which is called my camera is my weapon. it means when the government harassed you or bully, you, you have your camera, you can expose them. and the regime is as scared of this campaign, because this is how people are gaining. they voice

hashtags can lead to powerful movements like in latin america where people have been highlighting the widespread violence against women using the hash tag, neat una manels, which translates roughly to not one woman less. the ongoing protests have let to women quotas and equal gender opportunity legislation. and in argentina, abortions were legalized and 2020. it changed that athena fernandez, had long fought for me from instagram to the boon as our as city legislature. the internet helped ophelia fernandez gate to where she is, when she was 18, a clip of her speaking out brought her online fame. and remember what? now we are against this reform because it will, but it isn't it? no, no, hang on there, sweetie. we don't have anything against the protest at dorian, don't call me sweetie. the extra inch became to finish it for a feely fernandez,

his political career. and an mom, i was really glad at the time that the clip went viral, as we were trying to achieve something that we did. but i thought it would quickly die down li moment. daniel. the craziest thing for me was when i realized it kept going in the, in the yes, in the isn't in today, she has around 1000000 followers on social media. she skillfully uses her online presence to campaign for more liberal abortion goals. community. we all know that secret abortions happen and that they are debbie, socially disadvantage women and trans men die. her digital activism helped to bring about the legalization of abortion and argentina in 2020. it was her 1st launch, sco, political success. and oh, fella fernandez was just 20 years old when the law was approved. but impressive as these women are, their success can come with downsides. women who stand up for their convictions on line often become targets for hate speech,

mostly by men. as me now drew dea amnesty international researcher on technology and human rights. summarize it like this. the internet can be a frightening and toxic place for women. it's no secret that massage any and abuse or thriving on social media platforms. when it comes to female journalists, a study by the international women's media foundation found that a 3rd have actually considered quitting their jobs because of all non harassment and threats. female politicians also know on line hate all too well. oh argent, tinian, politician. oh, fella fernandez is often targeted on line to the point that she says being insulted or threatened has become a daily experience for her mother. someone wrong if you are a stupid idiot, a hoard of men should rape and dismember you, but you are so ugly. no one would touch you, your mother was a whore. working almost exclusively online during the pandemic. it's become harder

for her to ignore these threats that mean that and they managed to damage my confidence in it and figuring out, facing up like the horrible things they said got to me. i'm not going danville. and, and i'm, i think when i became really paranoid about a new york at the seminar, many women who take a public stance suffer similar targeting. for some, the danger they face forces them to change their lives. belo russian, tatyana quarterback and iranian marcia lynette john had to leave their homes because they feared state repression and even an exile. they are not safe. my life has changed significantly. they went after my family, they integrated my mother with my brother in prison for 2 years. they hired a private investigator here in brook and in front of my house to take photos of my private life. and they were planning to take me to venezuela and then kidnapped me from venezuela to iran. and then exit with me. in the past, musty, elena, john has been put under police protection in the us all because she campaigns on

line against the headscarf law and iran. a different method of prohibiting digital activism is classical sensory ugandan, women's rights activist and journalist rose bel camire has reported on how political rulers have temporarily block specific social networks or slowed down internet speeds and the run up to elections. bonding, social media incentives, sat downs, is currently a big states as soon against the people on these continents. you want to hold them, you want, shut them up, you shut the medium they are using and which is social media. most recently, the internet was hugely restricted during the unrest in kazakhstan, in january 2022. during that same period and berkener fossil access to facebook and what's up was disrupted. this technique is, unfortunately not uncommon. a recent study found that since 2015, a 3rd of all countries were white, have restricted access to social media. although usually only temporarily,

some find themselves with no option but to go abroad. like ugandan journalist roles, bell co mirror, she moved to senegal for months in order to have unrestricted access to the internet. the internet is a powerful tool over times for my work as an african feminist. you know, the internet has help us to break barriers in terms of in long wage borders. you know, to be able to understand like in, on a daily basis. just like yesterday i was on line as on twitter and suddenly i see images of south. so then these women protesting on the streets in cuba, on her website, african feminism, dot com, the ugandan journalist gathers exactly best kind of information together was around 30 female authors. she uses the online platform to document what actions women fighting for equal rights are taking across africa. i took pleasure in working with

different women who are actually working with their communities, picking out to breaking the silence and making sure they take us as a continent towards a more gender equal and a just world frost. thou camera and her fellow campaigners fight for women's rights and also take their fight online. but right now, even internet access is unevenly distributed in africa, where only 30 percent of all internet users are women. but these for women are taking the long view and fighting for change despite the significant obstacles they face. i find this really impressive, the way i see it, the word would be a better place if there were more women like massy touch anna roles, bell and ophelia, and they need our support to help make change happen online and offline. which women are your role models and which online campaigns have impressed you the most? let us know on youtube oriented w dot com. good by and see you next time. ah,

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