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How journalism inspired a youth-led initiative against online harm in Armenia

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Anahit Harutyunyan's 2026 report details the Shirak Digital Resilience Lab, a youth-led initiative in Armenia's Shirak Province designed to combat digital violence. The article argues that digital harm often operates as an underground economy driven by fear and shame, particularly affecting women and girls in conservative border communities. Through interviews with activists and experts, Harutyunyan highlights how digital violence is frequently normalized as care or love, obscuring its coercive nature. The project aims to equip youth with practical tools to recognize manipulation and build civic skills, addressing the gap between digital connectivity and digital protection. However, the source text cuts off mid-sentence, and the specific outcomes of the lab remain unverified.

Key points

• The Shirak Digital Resilience Lab is a youth-led initiative in Armenia's Shirak Province, comprising 60 participants from three border towns, focused on digital literacy and recognizing online manipulation.
• Digital violence in Armenia is described as an underground economy where fear of social consequences drives coercion, often disguised as care or love within conservative communities.

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The source text is truncated mid-sentence, cutting off the final sentence regarding rural youth education. Specific project outcomes, participant demographics, and quantitative results are not provided.

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