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Submission by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) on the issue of right to privacy in the digital age
This submission aims to provide input for the drafting of the report on the issue of challenges and risks with regard to discrimination and unequal enjoyment of the right to privacy associated with…
Giving the floor to voices driving real-world change for an internet that serves everyone
Stepping outside the algorithm
Recent changes in how the big tech platforms X and Meta operate – specifically, stepping back from the responsibility of moderating disinformation online – have already negatively impacted the online…
Big tech accountability: Discover a compendium of materials curated by the APC community
This resource list has been compiled thanks in large part to the outstanding contributions of the APC community. We present it as a complementary collection to the article “Stepping outside the…
The role of digitalisation in collective action to end plastic pollution
On World Environment Day, the APC Environmental Sustainability Group invites all stakeholders to reflect on the impacts of digital technologies on the planet, and their role in contributing to…
Who tells our stories? Automated journalism and fundamental rights
Technologies are neither neutral nor inevitable. How these technologies are designed, who they benefit and under what conditions they are incorporated are all profoundly political decisions. When we…
Global aid in crisis: Can we find sustainability in a precarious funding climate?
The funding landscape as we know it has changed quickly, creating a climate of uncertainty for many civil society organisations and social movements. The ongoing dynamics risk fracturing movements,…
WSIS+20 Five-Point Plan Follow-up: Eight Practical Recommendations
This document builds on the Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review – endorsed by 114 organisations and 57 individual experts – to offer practical recommendations to ensure transparency,…
Community networks newsletter: Discover the new season of our podcast, an online training opportunity and more
Kiwix on access to vital information anywhere, including places of confinement and isolated communities
In this month's interview for the Building a Free Internet of the Future series we spoke with Stephane Coillet-Matillon of Kiwix, a non-profit organisation and free and open source software…
Sensing with the sun: A short introduction to a sensor story within communities
Sensors can be put at the service of those affected to empower local voices in their pursuit to detect and document socio-environmental violations – in such a way that governments and corporations…
APC condemns tech platforms’ inaction as disinformation and online violence escalate during India-Pakistan conflict
APC expresses deep concern over the failure of major digital platforms to respond effectively to the surge in disinformation, hate speech and censorship during the recent India-Pakistan conflict.…
Global South experiences are shaping global policy on connectivity
Community-centred connectivity initiatives are gaining growing recognition in international forums for their role in advancing digital inclusion. Recently, there were two significant developments, in…
Digital Justice, Now! A call to action for WSIS+20 and beyond
Twenty years after the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the vision of a people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented digital order has never seemed more…
What changes when connectivity is centred on the community? Hear local voices in the new season of our podcast
We're pleased to announce the launch of the second season of our Routing for Communities podcast. In the first of four episodes, we take a deep dive into community-centred connectivity…
Seeding change: Feminist science fiction from Abya Yala
In October 2024, a group of artists and activists, many of whom had never before written science fiction, gathered in an online workshop to create stories that reimagined the future: Una Bolsa de…
Reflecting on APC's journey from Beijing to CSW69: Weaving alternative digital futures
This year's CSW coincided with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a milestone for gender equality work worldwide, and a critical moment in…
Call for applications: School on Platform Governance
This capacity-building opportunity for young lawyers, researchers, policy workers and civil society actors to further their understanding and analysis of policy frameworks related to platform…
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