"Laura Vidal is a Venezuelan researcher and writer focused on digital rights, community resilience, and the informal ways people learn and resist under authoritarian pressure. She holds a Doctorate in Education Sciences and intercultural communication, and her work explores how narratives, digital platforms, and transnational communities shape strategies of care, resistance, and belonging, particularly in Latin America and within the Venezuelan diaspora."
"It means a responsibility. Free speech is a space that we all hold. It is not about saying what you want when you want, but understanding that it is a right that you have and others have. And that also means keeping the space as safe as possible and as free as possible for everybody to express themselves as much as possible safely."
Laura Vidal is a Venezuelan researcher and writer focused on digital rights, community resilience, and the informal ways people learn and resist under authoritarian pressure. She holds a Doctorate in Education Sciences and intercultural communication. Her work explores how narratives, digital platforms, and transnational communities shape strategies of care, resistance, and belonging across Latin America and the Venezuelan diaspora. She has investigated online censorship, disinformation, and digital literacy and currently observes how regional and diasporic actors build third spaces online to defend civic space across borders. She defines free speech as a shared responsibility that requires maintaining safe and open spaces for everyone. Her professional path included roles at Global Voices and communications work for IFEX and Digital Action.
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