We built this together and I’m truly amazed by all that we accomplished — One of my favorite visuals in the Internet Alchemy universe I conjured up for the upcoming Internet Freedom Festival is a cloaked character decisively crossing a portal. The portal transfigures the character into a set of luminous bubbles, elevating its ability to interact with the surrounding world. Saying goodbye to…

Announcing the 2020 IFF’s Creative Concept — In The secret life of creatives at the intersection of human rights and technology, I shared how the 2020 Internet Freedom Festival’s creative concept was developed. Now it’s time for the big reveal! “A festival is just densified internet.” But first, here’s a little recap on Internet Alchemy: The concept of Internet Alchemy was born using…

Behind the scenes of the 2020 IFF creative direction process — Every year the personality and visual identity of the Internet Freedom Festival changes to capture the dynamic spirit of human rights defenders around the world. Just as eclectic as our community, our image has mutated from Memphis Group style squiggly lines and unicorns, to geeky tropical vibes, to activist spirit…

Community development requires putting the interests of the group above those of the individual, as difficult as it may sometimes be. — This is the third year in a row that the Internet Freedom Festival has hit full capacity months ahead of time. Once again, about 1,000 internet freedom defenders from all around the world will be joining forces in Valencia to fight against censorship and surveillance. …

From multi-faced totem poles to winged mythological creatures, animals have always been used as powerful folkloric elements. Communities around the world turned them into main characters in their stories to teach important lessons, and to capture their culture and values. At the Internet Freedom Festival, we see the Internet Freedom…

Everyone who works with or has attended the Internet Freedom Festival is aware of our commitment to building safer community spaces. We have gone through many learning experiences that have shaped our processes and strategies to support this vision, and we have offered one-on-one consulting to many other community organizers…

A community-run and community-led event turned one of the largest and most diverse gatherings on technology and human rights — Back in 2015, we designed the Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) as a response to the community’s demand for more inter-disciplinary, community-driven gatherings and improving the diversity and inclusivity within the digital rights and online freedom of expression communities.

En un lugar de Internet llamado GIPHY, existe una colección universal de pequeños fragmentos de realidad; una Internetopedia caótica y animada, consultada cada día por millones para encontrar la manera más fidedigna de compartir sus emociones con otros seres humanos. …

If the Gag Law is passed in Spain in July, only our virtual avatars will have the right to protest. Last week we had an example of techno-activism in the streets of Madrid. As a response to the unfair and repressive Gag Law, the government's attempt to stomp out social movements…