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Information security

Digital safety for families

Practical protection for families who may be watched, phished or pressured because of who they are.

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8 h
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  • 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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  1. tawana mohammadi (2025). Internet Censorship in Iran: Historical Roots, Mechanisms, and Societal Consequences. tawana. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17411924
  2. Imad Payande (2024). <b>Internet in Iran</b>: Censorship, Sanctions, and the Challenges Facing Users. Elsevier BV. DOI 10.2139/ssrn.4879453
  3. Alireza Hashemzadegan, Ali Gholami (2022). Internet Censorship in Iran: An Inside Look. Cyberspace Studies. DOI 10.22059/jcss.2022.349715.1080
  4. Arash Aryapour (2025). Iran’s Stealth Internet Blackout: A New Model of Censorship. arXiv.
  5. 3 Censorship, Surveillance, and Propaganda: The Cases of Iran and Russia (2020). Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age. DOI 10.1515/9781626379190-004

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01About this course

Who it is for
Parents, carers, community volunteers and anyone who supports relatives abroad or at home.
Format
Self-paced online, with an optional live clinic run by a The charter’s unit for one country programme, adapting the shared method to local law and local risk..
Study time
About 8 hours, estimated
Before you start
Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
Discipline
Information security

02What you will be able to do

  • Set up passkeys or app-based two-factor sign-in on the main family accounts.
  • Recognise the common phishing and impersonation patterns used against the community.
  • Agree a family plan for what to share, where, and with whom.
  • Know where to report harassment or intimidation, and what to keep as evidence.

03Modules

  1. 01

    Who might target you, and why

    Threats differ by person; start from your own situation.

  2. 02

    Accounts and sign-in

    Passkeys, authenticator apps and why SMS codes are weak.

  3. 03

    Phishing and impersonation

    Fake support messages, fake journalists and fake friends.

  4. 04

    Phones and messaging

    Updates, screen locks, disappearing messages and backups.

  5. 05

    Photos, posts and family members

    What a picture or a tag can reveal about people at home.

  6. 06

    When something goes wrong

    Recording evidence, reporting, and getting help safely.

04Assessment and completion

A short scenario quiz and a family safety plan you keep for yourself. Nothing is uploaded.

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07Pathways that include it

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09Further reading

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  1. Internet Censorship in Iran: Historical Roots, Mechanisms, and Societal Consequences

    tawana mohammadi · 2025 · tawana

    ReportDataCiteZenodoOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. <b>Internet in Iran</b>: Censorship, Sanctions, and the Challenges Facing Users

    Imad Payande · 2024 · Elsevier BV

    PreprintCrossrefOpenAIRE

  3. Internet Censorship in Iran: An Inside Look

    Alireza Hashemzadegan, Ali Gholami · 2022 · Cyberspace Studies

    ArticleDOAJOpenAIREOpen access

  4. Iran’s Stealth Internet Blackout: A New Model of Censorship

    Arash Aryapour · 2025 · arXiv

    PreprintarXivOpen access

  5. 3 Censorship, Surveillance, and Propaganda: The Cases of Iran and Russia

    2020 · Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Digital safety for families. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Digital Safety for Families.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/.

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	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Digital safety for families},
	url = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/digital-safety-for-families/},
}

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