# Civil society

## Access Now

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[**Access Now Digital Security Helpline**](https://www.accessnow.org/help/)**:** works with individuals and organizations around the world to keep them safe online. 

**If you’re at risk, Access Now can help you improve your digital security practices to keep out of harm’s way.** 

If you’re already under attack, they provide rapid-response emergency assistance. 
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## ICFJ Digital Security Course

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (BCJB) and Meta partnered to create a [free online digital security and safety training course for journalists and human rights defenders](https://www.icfj.org/our-work/strengthening-digital-security-journalists-and-civil-society-advocates).&#x20;

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## Rory Peck Trust - Resilience Programme&#x20;

Since 2018, Meta has sponsored the Rory Peck Trust, a vital lifeline to freelance journalists reporting from a war zone or the underbelly of a humanitarian or constitutional crisis, giving out over 140 assistance grants in the last year.&#x20;

The Trust provides practical and financial support to freelance journalists and their families worldwide, assisting them in times of crisis and helping them to work more safely and professionally.

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