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The Promise and Peril of Digital Security in the Age of Dictatorship
LGBTIQ+ organizations in El Salvador are using technology to protect themselves and create a record of the country’s ongoing authoritarian escalations against their community. It’s not without risks.
Since May, Amate has trained 60 people on issues including digital rights, risk analysis, extortion, phishing, outing, surveillance, and revenge porn. The Passionist Social Service, an anti-violence group, found that 154 LGBTIQ+ people have been detained during El Salvador's emergency regime, which began in March 2022 and has been extended 39 times to date. In November 2024, El Salvador's Congress passed laws establishing the creation of the State Cybersecurity Agency, whose powers include managing cyber threats and overseeing data protection compliance.
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