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The Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) is a non-profit organisation that supports the digital rights community to advance human rights in digital spaces through strategic litigation. DFF provides financial support for litigation, pre-litigation research, and post-litigation activities to activists, NGOs, and litigators. The funder prioritises strategic cases that aim to achieve wider legislative, policy, or societal change beyond the immediate parties. Thematic priorities include platform accountability, digital democracy, spyware, artificial intelligence, and combating digital discrimination against marginalised groups. DFF emphasises intersectional, anti-oppressive, and decolonial practices, having recently transitioned to a distributed leadership model.
The days, meetings and moments this funder spoke to in its 2026 publications. Pick a month to read what they said, in their own words.
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The Digital Freedom Fund is hosting an 'Ask Us Anything' session on January 14, 2026, to help applicants learn more about the grant application process and participatory decision-making pilot.
“We will host the second #AskUsAnything session on Wednesday, January 14, at 10:00 CET. To attend, write to us at grants@digitalfreedomfund.org”🚨 Our current call for grant applications is still OPEN. 🚨
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The funder participated in Privacy Camp 2026 in Brussels, focusing on digital self-determination and legal strategies for defending LGBTI rights in the digital space. They discussed challenges like discriminatory digital identification, surveillance, and online hate speech.
“This year's theme, "The Origins of Future Technologies: Towards Communities of Digital Self-Determination" led to meaningful discussions that dared us all to look at our values, to imagine our future technologies and their place in our lives. DFF's Alexandra Giannopoulou hosted a workshop session with TGEU — Trans Europe and Central Asia 's Deekshitha Ganesan and European Digital Rights's Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, PhD. exploring collaborations and legal strategies for the defense of LGBTI rights in the digital space.”Last week we were at #PrivacyCamp2026 in Brussels! 🎯💻
