The NGO Državljan D underlaying principle is the inclusive promotion of human rights and digital rights.

The NGO Državljan D underlying principle is the inclusive promotion of human rights and digital rights.

We focus on creating an equitable, high-quality, and secure digital environment, and support the development of beneficial mass media.

Our main areas are human rights in the information society, open and free mass media, and active citizenship. We organize campaigns, workshops, and public events to engage citizens.

We fund our activities through market projects, donations, and grants, minimizing reliance on taxpayer money to maintain independence and responsiveness.

Operating locally and internationally, we collaborate with stakeholders from industry, academia, and the civic sphere, emphasizing cooperation to address social challenges.

Keep in touch!
If you want to discuss collaboration, specific projects or press inquiries, you can reach us below.

E-mail/Protonmail: 
domen@drzavljand.si

Phone/Signal: +38631432028

Social media: Facebook / X / LinkedIn / Mastodon / Bluesky

Guidelines and principles
These are the principles we adhere to.

– Code of conduct
– Annual transparency reports

Digital rights
We fight for digital rights on a local and European level. We’re focusing on four key areas:

  • Privacy and security
  • Copyright
  • Net neutrality
  • Tech regulation

Media literacy
We’re developing an internationally acclaimed media literacy course, we’re fact-checking the local media outlets and we fight for the public media in Slovenia.

  • Responsible advertising
  • Fight against propaganda
  • Media literacy

Advocacy
We’re encouraging the public to engage in political debates, we share calls to action related to the fields of mass media and digital rights and we offer tools for the public to react on its own.

  • Digital rights
  • Media freedom
  • Human rights

International cooperation

We are expanding our work with international cooperation in the fields of media literacy, digital security and advocacy for human rights.

Media literacy capacity-building for Western Balkan students (2024)

BIRN Digital security and surveillance for journalists (2022)

Recharging Advocacy for Rights in Europe (RARE) (2022-2024)

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: Policy paper on disinformation funding (2021)

Internews digital security fellowship (2021-2023)

International media appearances

Selected featured comments on issues related to propaganda funding, surveillance capitalism and human rights advocacy.

Forbes on the issue of digital feudalism

Bellingcat on the topic of state funded hate speech

Wired on the issue of biometric databases

The Europeans podcast on the topic of biometric surveillance

Euractive on the issue of russian disinformation

Foreign Policy on the issue of state funded propaganda

Kombinat on the issue of active citizenship

Beton Blu on active citizenship and civic participation

Vox Europe on the issue of targeted harassment

Our campaigns

Our campaigns differ in geographical scope, time-frame and goals. We aim to connect different interest groups, explore the role of the general public and offer them useful information sources.

Digital rights

Public CCTV networks
We began mapping out public CCTV networks in Slovenia and brands of cameras used in municipal CCTV systems. 

Digital security trainings
We organize and execute digital security trainings that focus on personal privacy but also systemic issues with surveillance capitalism.

Workers’ rights in the digital age
We began analyzing the diminishing workers’ rights in the digital age as a consequence of general digitization. 

Biometric surveillance tech
We analyzed two cases of pseudo-biometric surveillance tech that are currently in place in Slovenia.

Smart cities in Slovenia
We’ve began monitoring the expansion of smart city technologies in Slovenia and tracking the way the industry is influencing the decision-makers.

COVID-19 and privacy
We’re monitoring and calling out the government attempts to introduce serious privacy violations under the guise of fighting the COVID-19 virus.

LGBTQ+ Digital privacy workshop
We’ve organized and executed a digital privacy workshop focused on the members of the Slovenian LGBTQ+ minority.

Face recognition technology: Issues and challenges
Round-table discussion debating the implementation of face recognition technologies and different challenges related to privacy, security and surveillance society.

IOT privacy-first meetups
We’ve organized four meetups focusing on privacy-by-default in the internet of things universe combining speakers from the industry and academy.

Media literacy

Media literacy course
We’re cooperating with schools and NGOs to bring them our internationally acclaimed media literacy course that is focusing on enabling active citizens through mass media.

State funded propaganda
We’ve researched and written-up several investigative stories related to the state funded propaganda.

Citizen D podcast
Monthly podcast focusing on the pressing issues of information society, mass media and active citizenship. Episodes in English and Slovenian.

Trolling and astroturf
We began to analyze and monitor the misuse of technology for the purpose of party propaganda. 

Fight for public broadcaster
We defend the public broadcaster in Slovenia on multiple levels: running for the programme council, exposing the dealings of party-connected journalists and calling to the defense of journalists under attack.

Campaign against pseudoscience
Calling out irresponsible politicians that organized a debate with 5G conspiracy theorists, exposing the problematic reporting of a public broadcaster which featured an antivaxxer – these are just a few examples of our fight against pseudoscience.

Media literacy conference
A conference focused around the critical aspect of media literacy, its connection with a functioning democracy and an active citizen.

Role of the mass media campaign
A series of round table discussions related to the roles and functions of mass media in a democratic society and trends of development of specific media channels (print, radio, television, internet)

Advocacy

Human rights in a digital society
We’ve organized a panel with the Information commissioner and the Human rights ombudsman in Slovenia, highlighting the issue of invasive technology that is threatening human rights.

National anti-hate campaign
We’ve organized a national anti-hate campaign which highlights the issue of Hungarian propaganda outlets being funded by public money in Slovenia.

Ethical IT development Balkan campaign
Joining forces with several NGOs from Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia, we’ve organized 4 meetups in 4 different countries debating ethical IT development.

Information society campaign
We’ve organized four meetups focusing on privacy-by-default in the internet of things universe combining speakers from the industry and academy.

EU copyright reform
Connecting with other local and regional NGOs, we’re participating in the copyright directive campaign with calls to action, round table discussions, opinion pieces and civic engagement.

Internet feudalism trio
A set of debates focused on the issues of internet feudalism, content preservation and ethical development.

Net neutrality campaign
A series of round table discussions related to the roles and functions of mass media in a democratic society and trends of development of specific media channels (print, radio, television, internet)