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: Developing digital literacy skills is key to navigating the internet safely and effectively. This includes critical thinking about online sources, understanding digital rights and responsibilities, and being able to use privacy and security settings effectively.

The modern backroom is also a site of resistance. Online platforms have given whistleblowers a megaphone, and crowdsourced databases (e.g., “The List”) catalog alleged abusers, creating a new kind of public ledger. This shift illustrates that the backroom is not immutable; its opacity can be pierced by collective memory and technology.