When Youth for Privacy participated in the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on ICTs, our members were shocked at how youth voices were not systematically represented. It is jarring as youth makes up a big chunk of internet users worldwide. As such, Youth for Privacy partnered up with UN Office of Disarmament Affairs to create an educational project linking privacy, AI, and disarmament. This project hopes to bridge the gap between the youth’s interest in ICTs and to cyber-diplomacy, emerging technological threats, and privacy. The interactive workshop helps youths to think about privacy, take practical measures to protect their personal data, and asks them to take action on digital disarmament initiatives of UNODA.

We host this educational workshop, both in-person and virtually. According to our post-workshop survey, 78% of participants showed that they learned a lot of the dangers of cyberweapons.