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Information security

Digital safety for families

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

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Foundations
Study time
8 h
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1
Status
Outline drafted

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Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.Safety

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In context

  • Safety Safety guidance here is general. Your risk depends on who you are and where you are. Protected participation explains how members are protected. Protected participation

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Sources

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  1. Qaisra Batool, Dr. Tanveer Hussain (2025). Stateless nations political presence in digital era: A comparison of Palestine, Kurdish and Uyghur Muslim. Social Sciences Spectrum. DOI 10.71085/sss.04.01.478
  2. Barış Öktem, Mashuq Kurt (2026). The making of online Kurdistan: redefining nationhood and belonging among Kurdish Generation Z. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI 10.1080/1369183x.2026.2645367
  3. Jaffer Sheyholislami (2011). Discourse Practices of Kurdish Internet. Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media. DOI 10.1057/9780230119307_7
  4. Jaffer Sheyholislami (2011). Textual Analysis of Kurdish Internet. Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media. DOI 10.1057/9780230119307_8
  5. MATTHIJS VAN DEN BOS, LIZA NELL (2006). Territorial bounds to virtual space: transnational online and offline networks of Iranian and Turkish–Kurdish immigrants in the Netherlands. Global Networks. DOI 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2006.00141.x

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01About this course

Who it is for
Parents, carers, A charter unit chartered by a Chapter to organise lawful local cooperation in a city, campus or professional network. volunteers and anyone in touch with relatives in the region.
Format
Online at your own pace, with a live clinic a A charter unit for a region or a diaspora country: a Regional Chapter or a Diaspora Chapter, adapting the shared method to local law and local risk. may host.
Study time
About 8 hours, estimated
Before you start
Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
Discipline
Information security

02What you will be able to do

  • Turn on passkeys or an authenticator app for the family’s main accounts.
  • Spot the phishing and impersonation tricks reported against Kurdish activists and families.
  • Make a family agreement on what to share, on which channels, and with whom.
  • Know how to report harassment and which evidence to keep.

03Modules

  1. 01

    Who might target you, and why

    Risk depends on who you are and where your relatives live. Begin with your own case.

  2. 02

    Accounts and sign-in

    Passkeys and authenticator apps, and why text-message codes can be intercepted.

  3. 03

    Phishing and impersonation

    Messages that pose as support staff, reporters or friends.

  4. 04

    Phones and messaging

    Updates, screen locks, disappearing messages and backups.

  5. 05

    Photos, posts and family members

    How a photo, a location or a tag can expose relatives in the region.

  6. 06

    When something goes wrong

    Recording evidence, reporting, and getting help safely.

04Assessment and completion

A scenario quiz and a family safety plan that stays with you. You upload nothing.

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This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
Validity
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Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
Not an endorsement
Completion does not mean KCO endorses you, your work or your views.
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05Your progress

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06Who teaches it

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07Pathways that include it

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09Further reading

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  1. Stateless nations political presence in digital era: A comparison of Palestine, Kurdish and Uyghur Muslim

    Qaisra Batool, Dr. Tanveer Hussain · 2025 · Social Sciences Spectrum

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  2. The making of online Kurdistan: redefining nationhood and belonging among Kurdish Generation Z

    Barış Öktem, Mashuq Kurt · 2026 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    ArticleCrossrefTaylor & FrancisCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  3. Discourse Practices of Kurdish Internet

    Jaffer Sheyholislami · 2011 · Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media

    ChapterCrossref

  4. Textual Analysis of Kurdish Internet

    Jaffer Sheyholislami · 2011 · Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media

    ChapterCrossref

  5. Territorial bounds to virtual space: transnational online and offline networks of Iranian and Turkish–Kurdish immigrants in the Netherlands

    MATTHIJS VAN DEN BOS, LIZA NELL · 2006 · Global Networks

    ArticleCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; Taylor & Francis (Publisher feed; headline and link only), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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0.1, draft outline
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Licence
CC BY 4.0
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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Digital safety for families. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Digital Safety for Families.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Digital safety for families},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/},
}

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