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Valentina Aguana

Technical Project Coordinator

re:publica 2026

About

I'm a computer engineer and human rights activist from Venezuela, currently living in Spain.

Since 2019 I've been doing research on internet censorship and teaching about cybersecurity best practices.

I like computers, discovering fun things on the interweb, and exploring the intersection between the digital and our physical world.

Sessions by Valentina Aguana (2 sessions)

Fear on the Net: how the Venezuelan internet broke

Generalized censorship, mass surveillance, arrests made viral, new uses of drones, abuse of CCTV, and tech-powered intimidation became daily life a...

May 18, 2026 at 05:30 PM
Lightning Box 2
30 minutes
Scheduled

Experience the shutdown: a role-playing simulation of digital survival under authoritarianism

Welcome to the shutdown is an interactive role-playing simulation where participants embody civil society actors in a fictional country during a hi...

May 20, 2026 at 01:45 PM
Workshop 2
135 minutes
Scheduled