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Digital Activism and Human Security: Two Cases of Croatian Leaks

Digital platforms are increasingly being used in liberal democracies for socially and politically motivated activism. Whenever individuals or groups of people use digital media or social networks to campaign for social or political change – digital activism is entailed. However, it can have several negative effects on human security ; sometimes, it can harm individual rights, privacy, and private property. In this paper, we focus on human security threats in two Croatian ‘leaks’: the complete list of veterans of the Homeland War, and the Croatian Electoral Register. The analysis focuses on three research questions: whether publication of this information was in the public interest ; whether publication of the leaked information threatened human security by disclosing personal data and, if so, which harmful consequences may have resulted.

digital activism ; digital media ; civic engagement ; public interest ; human security ; Croatia

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