Colette Simonne Wahlqvist

Global Safety Advisor, @IMSforfreemedia

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Join us online July 9 for the free webinar “Journalist safety covering the election: Protests, policing & crowds,” part of U.S. Election Safety Summer co-hosted by @pressfreedom @IWMF @PENAmerica.

Register: https://t.co/kQ7tYjBuNf

#ElectSafely #JournalistSafety #CPJEmergencies

[International Women's Media Foundation @IWMF]

🎉Celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the Online Violence Response Hub, a vital project by @IWMF under the Coalition Against Online Violence @TheCAOV.
Discover the newest resources tackling censorship, doxing, trolling, and more!
https://t.co/TtLcD6PQrK

[PEN America @PENamerica]

"Shouting Into the Void," a new report from PEN America and @meedan highlights the dangerous repercussions of social media abuse for users, especially for women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, as well as journalists, writers and creators. https://t.co/xAPdYsuEx9 #OnlineAbuse

[Games and Online Harassment Hotline @GamesHotline]

Read our new Digital Safety Guide!

For anyone, but especially designed for women, Black, indigenous, and people of color, trans people, and everyone whose existing oppressions are made worse by digital violence.

Free online at https://t.co/Qx7KwfQFJm

[International Women's Media Foundation @IWMF]

Journalists must be able to hold power to account without fearing for their safety. The IWMF stands with @WSJ reporter @SabrinaSiddiqui and calls for an end to the coordinated #onlineviolence intended to intimidate and censor her reporting.

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

Shout out to @IWMF for organizing a free Hostile Environment & First Aid Training for women & nonbinary journalists

Learn vital skills for navigating digital security threats, reporting during civil unrest, self-defense & more. Applications close June 19: https://t.co/307a5r769C

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

ANNOUNCEMENT: OCCRP, @VanceCenter, and partners launch #ReportersShield, a new membership program that will defend media outlets and investigative reporting around the world from legal harassment, including SLAPPs. #WorldPressFreedomDay

https://t.co/hYMkrVcKo4

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

Great range of presentations yesterday at @ColumbiaGFoE for the #UNESCO #WPFD23 academic conference

@BinodBhattarai8 and I only touched the surface on our @IMSforfreemedia report https://t.co/qEWcaSFVZ0

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

@felipeneto — clearly laying out the dangers of the “attention economy” on social media platforms and how algorithms radicalize us. Yikes.

#WorldPressFreedomDay

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

“All our freedom depends on press freedom” — UN Sec Gen A.G.

30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day at the UN HQ in NYC #WorldPressFreedomDay

[Dr. Courtney Radsch @courtneyr]

URGENT: Understanding & Responding to Global News Threats is a clarion call for bold strategies, more funding & collective infrastructure to support public interest media as a cornerstone of democratic governance worldwide. https://t.co/MSZWuTKMnL

[The CASE @CASECoalition]

📣 How can we fight SLAPPs & prevent legal tactics from being used to harass watchdogs?

Discussion w/ @oornstein Lucy Nash of @TBIJ, Sara Tuševljak of @FrontLineHRD Mathias Rittgerott of @RettetRegenwald & @Nikwilliams2 of @IndexCensorship

Register now: https://t.co/tGdgg0pB48

[ACOS Alliance @ACOSalliance]

Safety is an issue for all journalists - not just those working in conflict. The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles help journalists & news organisations work together to embed #ACultureOfSafety within their everyday practice. Get them in your language https://t.co/bHPqh94hXj

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

Last week I watched the 20 Days In Mariupol documentary directed by @mstyslav9 and it rocked me to the core

But the siege didn't stop after 20 days. Eyes on the #ICC now

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

If you do one thing today, do watch this video––to understand just how merciless Russia's attack on the Mariupol theater was.

To bomb a building with thousands of civilians inside and a sign saying "KIDS" you have to have so much hate, that your humanity simply ceases to exist.

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

The @CASECoalition demands more from @sweden2023eu

[The CASE @CASECoalition]

‼️ Only broad & comprehensive mechanisms can provide meaningful protection for public watchdogs facing abusive lawsuits for their public interest work.

@sweden2023eu's compromise proposal goes against the expectations of civil society.

More ➡️ https://t.co/oBBpyA4K0w

[Right To Be @righttobeorg]

Women and gender-expansive individuals like @JareenAI deserve the utmost respect and safety when they report the news and other occupations in the media. When facing harassment and unwarranted behavior, access to resources is more important than ever. https://t.co/6ryoOgyPmW

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

We @IndexCensorship and other UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition members continue to call for urgent action to be taken against #SLAPPs after settlement of case against Swedish business publication @realtid. #StopSLAPPs

https://t.co/dngK6Rp5Gw

[International Center for Journalists @ICFJ]

NEW: ICFJ & partners @sheffielduni
studied 13 million+ posts directed @ journalists @RanaAyyub & @GhadaOueiss as part of @FbdnStories's #StoryKillers project.

The case studies document chilling stories of gendered #disinfo designed to endanger & silence: https://t.co/TGY17qHv4y

[#WomenInJournalism @CFWIJ]

#Turkey & #Syria: #CFWIJ compiled a list of women journalists on the ground covering the earthquakes' devastating aftermath. Their reporting is vital to understanding the disaster.

Follow & stay informed. #TurkeySyriaEarthquake

LINK ➡️ https://t.co/Mokn6LNr1Q

[Colette Simonne Wahlqvist @HeefnerColette]

So investigative journalists can focus on the real work at hand (not battling a vexatious lawsuit)!

[Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn]

NEW! Legal harassment has long been a tool used to silence investigative journalism.

To confront these threats, @VanceCenter and @OCCRP have launched Reporters Shield, a legal support program and defense fund for investigative journalists and newsrooms.
https://t.co/KfzDyAyGOc