07 Key terms Doxxing: A form of targeted online attack where the private information of individuals, such as addresses, phone numbers and communications, is exposed without their consent, often occurring on platforms like Telegram, TikTok and Facebook. Ecosystem of digital repression: Refers to the junta’s symbiotic use of technology and legal tools to monitor, control and silence dissent. This includes enforcing repressive laws, deploying mass surveillance and implementing internet shutdowns, tactics amplified by online attacks like doxxing and harassment by pro-junta groups. These strategies in particular target WRHDs and other pro-democracy activists. Financial surveillance: Monitoring financial transactions, including those conducted on mobile money platforms, which can be linked to citizens’ personal data. Gender: Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.59 Human rights defenders (HRDs): All persons, who individually or in association with others, act to promote or protect human rights peacefully.60 In the context of digital rights, they advocate for human rights online as well as for equal access to new technologies and work to bridge digital divides. Internet curfew: In the context of Myanmar, refers to nightly internet blackouts imposed from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. 59 https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender#tab=tab_1 60 https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-human-rights-defenders/about-human-rights-defenders 27