What We Do
We turn digital-rights concerns into legal strategy, public tools, and organized pressure.
Institutet For Juridik Och Internet works where internet policy becomes real life: in schools, newsrooms, civic groups, local chapters, and legislative debates that decide who gets protected online.
At A Glance
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briefings, workshops, and legal explainers delivered each quarter
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core workstreams running from research to public action
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shared goal: rights that remain enforceable when systems move fast
Four connected forms of work, one public mission.
We do not treat legal analysis, civic education, and organizing as separate lanes. They reinforce each other so communities can understand risk, respond quickly, and push institutions toward accountable decisions.
Core Workstreams
What we do in practice.
Legal Research And Rights Analysis
We examine proposed laws, platform rules, procurement practices, and institutional policies to identify where privacy, due process, free expression, or access rights are weakened.
That research becomes plain-language briefs, hearing preparation, case support, and public-facing arguments that communities can actually use.
Community Defense And Chapter Support
We help local organizers translate fast-moving digital-rights issues into chapter meetings, volunteer roles, local briefings, and multilingual public outreach.
When a harmful decision lands, local communities should not have to invent their response from zero.
Public Education And Practical Tools
We build workshops, explainers, classroom materials, and small-group sessions that make digital law understandable to students, journalists, teachers, and civic groups.
The goal is not abstraction. The goal is to leave people with concrete next steps, stronger language, and better evidence for advocacy.
Campaign Strategy And Policy Pressure
We coordinate petitions, coalition messaging, public comment drives, parliamentary outreach, and media-ready campaign materials designed to move institutions under scrutiny.
We focus on leverage: where public attention, legal argument, and organized participation can shift the outcome.
How We Work
We start with the people most exposed to the decision.
Our work often begins with a school community facing intrusive technology, a newsroom receiving a legal demand, or organizers trying to understand a platform decision that hit them without warning.
From there, we map the issue across three layers: the immediate harm, the governing rules, and the pressure points that can force a better response. That keeps our work grounded in actual conditions instead of abstract commentary.
Response Model
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A fast response only matters if it is structured.
Assess
We review the legal posture, timeline, and institutional actors involved, then identify where rights are weakest and what evidence is missing.
Translate
We turn technical or legal language into public materials that affected people, volunteers, and partner groups can use immediately.
Mobilize
We connect chapters, educators, reporters, and coalition partners so the issue reaches both decision-makers and the people living with the consequences.
Sustain
We document what changed, where gaps remain, and how communities can keep pressure on the institutions that made the original choice.
Where This Shows Up
The work is visible in public institutions, not just policy documents.
- School and library briefings on privacy, AI procurement, and student data safeguards.
- Newsroom support when reporters need fast legal context for surveillance or platform accountability stories.
- Volunteer training for petitions, canvassing, translation, and local outreach tied to national campaigns.
- Coalition work that helps lawmakers, committees, and civic partners understand the real-world cost of weak digital-rights protections.
In Action
The work moves across rooms, streets, and strategy tables.
Chapter Organizing
Local groups build turnout, hold briefings, and keep issues rooted in public experience.
Community Defense
We support people navigating sudden decisions, opaque systems, and uneven access to legal information.
Public Education
Workshops and explainers connect complex internet governance issues to everyday rights.