FreedomLab’s Tool Library compiles all online tools and resources that can be relevant for human rights defenders, spanning a wide variety of topics. Use the filters below to find relevant resources - tools can be filtered by Topic, Type, and Target Group. Please note that tools included in this library do not belong to FreedomLab and, whilst the Library is regularly updated and maintained by the FreedomLab team, users should be aware of the risks that arise by clicking on external links. If you know of a tool that could be added to this library, fill out this form.
Re:log
This animation shows the movements of attendees of the 2013 Re:publica conference by capturing approximate locations of their devices when they were connected to local Wi-Fi hotspots.
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Digital Security
Life of Balthasar
This animated video shows an interactive visualisation of "The Life of Balthazar Glättli Under Surveillance" by Open Data City, the experiment that demonstrated the effect of the Swiss...
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Digital Security
Serious Profiling: Have you been profiled yet?
This animation video by the international NGO Tactical Tech looks at the ways in which our online identities are created based on our actions online and offline.
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Data dealer
Data Dealer is a video game about collecting and selling personal data created as a nonprofit project by a group of digital rights activists and game designers in Austria. It aims to raise awareness...
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How to Use Your Senses to Get Grounded and Feel Calm Quickly
In this video Dr. Rebecca Dempster, clinical psychologist, shows how to do a simple grounding exercise that can help to get grounded quickly when you feel stressed or disconnected, maximize the...
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How to Self Soothe
In this video Yesim Arikut-Treece, counseling psychologist, explains how to identify what self-soothing activities will work for you, incorporate self-soothing into your day-to-day activities, and,...
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How to Disconnect from Work
In this video Dr. Rebecca Dempster, clinical psychologist, explains how to take advantage of technology to set boundaries around work time, identify activities that make it easier to disconnect from...
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Well-being
How to Stop
In this video Yesim Arikut-Treece, counseling psychologist, demonstrates how to use the STOP technique and teach how to stop spiralling emotions and thoughts when overwhelmed, think calmly and...
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Well-being