🧵 For citizen reporters in Iraq, circumventing #DigitalSurveillance can be a matter of life and death. OpenArchive and the Iraqi Network for Social Media - a network of digital rights defenders and experts in Iraq – are mapping the needs and threats of those documenting injustice.

In Spring 2023, OpenArchive and INSM-Iraq launched a needs assessment survey that yielded insights into the challenges and realities impacting those working within the Republic of Iraq and the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI).