Safe by default

01Why it matters

Digital attacks on Kurdish activists, journalists and their relatives are documented by research organisations. Strong sign-in and careful habits reduce that risk.

• Freedom House records transnational repression by Türkiye and Iran, among other states, against people abroad, Kurds among them: threats, coercion of families, digital attacks and phishing.

  Freedom House, Transnational Repression Secondary source

02What we ask

1. 1

   Take the digital safety course.

2. 2

   Move your main accounts to passkeys or an authenticator app.

3. 3

   Tell us if anyone impersonates the network or one of its members.

03Milestones

1. Digital safety course outlinedDone
2. Safety clinics run by ChaptersPlanned
3. Guide translated into the community’s languagesPlanned

04Where

Every country programme.

05Learn

• Information security · Foundations

  Digital safety for families

  Practical steps for Kurdish families who may be watched, phished or pressured, here or in the homeland.

  Wave 1 · 8 h Outline drafted

06Rules this campaign keeps

• Non-partisan. KCO does not campaign for or against any party, candidate, faction or armed actor.
• No fundraising. Campaigns never collect or route money.
• No pressure. Nobody is told how to vote, answer or believe.
• Lawful everywhere. Every action is legal where it takes place.
• Safe by design. No lists of supporters are published. You choose what you share.
• Evidence first. Every claim carries its source and label.