In the context of the invasion of Ukraine, which is causing the suffering and deaths of civilians and the persecution of anyone who speaks up against the invasion, in Russia and other countries where political leaders are curtailing dissent, we stay committed to defending an open internet that remains fully operational at all times so people are able to connect and exercise their rights.
Lawsuit Calls for Ban on Use of Facial Recognition Technologies by São Paulo Subway System
The organizations claim that the facial recognition system implemented by the São Paulo Metro company does not meet the legal requirements set forth in the General Law of Data Protection (LGPD)
The organizations claim that the facial recognition system implemented by the São Paulo Metro company does not meet the legal requirements set forth in the General Law of Data Protection (LGPD)
Local Access: Can Community Networks Bring Hope in Times of Crisis?
In a life-changing global pandemic, community-rooted initiatives became their own powerhouse of resistance against the risks and inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19.
In a life-changing global pandemic, community-rooted initiatives became their own powerhouse of resistance against the risks and inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19.
Lalibre.net Tecnologías Comunitarias Joins the APC Network
“This Link Will Allow Us To Strengthen Our Organisation and Generate New Networking Opportunities”
By APCNews LaLibre.net Tecnologías Comunitarias is an organisation that, since 2014, has been working with a focus on the use and development of technologies from a community perspective and for the common good, supporting social movements, organisations and people who fight for social justice and equality in the community. Its work has focused mainly…
Online Launch: Community Radio Enabling Women’s Empowerment in Remote Communities of India
How have women found self-expression through community radio as a low-cost technology while enabling local communities to voice themselves during the pandemic?
How have women found self-expression through community radio as a low-cost technology while enabling local communities to voice themselves during the pandemic?
UN Tech Envoy Should Support an Open, Global, and Interoperable Internet
APC sees the Tech Envoy's role as central to promoting improved coordination and synergy among different spaces and processes concerning internet governance and global digital cooperation.
APC sees the Tech Envoy’s role as central to promoting improved coordination and synergy among different spaces and processes concerning internet governance and global digital cooperation.
IAWRT-K Joins the APC Network: “We Recognise the Rich Networking Opportunities and the Possibility of Building Synergy Through Advocacy and Partnerships”
IAWRT strives to meet the urgent global challenges faced by women in and around the media.
IAWRT strives to meet the urgent global challenges faced by women in and around the media.
Online Launch: Community Radio Enabling Women’s Empowerment in Remote Communities of India
How have women found self-expression through community radio as a low-cost technology while enabling local communities to voice themselves during the pandemic?
How have women found self-expression through community radio as a low-cost technology while enabling local communities to voice themselves during the pandemic?
Feminist Internet Research Network: Call for Research Proposals
Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence.
Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence.
APC: UN Tech Envoy Should Support an Open, Global and Interoperable Internet
The UN Office of the Secretary-General has recently opened a process for the selection of the new Envoy on Technology.
The UN Office of the Secretary-General has recently opened a process for the selection of the new Envoy on Technology.
SPACE: The Mentorship Programme that Seeks to Address Gendered Experiences in Access-Related Policy and Regulation Building
Whose voices are heard in policy and regulatory spaces? What are our gendered experiences in these spaces? How can we build more inclusive, diverse and community-oriented access policies?
Whose voices are heard in policy and regulatory spaces? What are our gendered experiences in these spaces? How can we build more inclusive, diverse and community-oriented access policies?
Inside the Digital Society: What Will Become of Us?
Who sets the boundaries between human and automated decision-making and how much authority are we prepared (or do we think it safe) to cede to automation?
Who sets the boundaries between human and automated decision-making and how much authority are we prepared (or do we think it safe) to cede to automation?
Inside the Digital Society: Metamorphosis?
Mark Zuckerberg announced a Facebook change of name to Meta and a change of goal from 2D social media to a 3D ‘metaverse’.
Mark Zuckerberg announced a Facebook change of name to Meta and a change of goal from 2D social media to a 3D ‘metaverse’.
Inside the Digital Society: Is Your COP Half Empty or Half Full?
The fact is that the digital society is going to evolve not in the status quo we have today, but in a world where climate’s changing; a world that is potentially in growing crisis as a result of climate changes and their consequences.
The fact is that the digital society is going to evolve not in the status quo we have today, but in a world where climate’s changing; a world that is potentially in growing crisis as a result of climate changes and their consequences.
Advocating Around Technology, the Environment and a Sustainable World: GISWatch at the IGF
Centring around the theme of “Technology, the environment and a sustainable world: Responses from the global South”, this session was directly linked to the IGF 2021 issue area on environmental sustainability and climate change.
Centring around the theme of “Technology, the environment and a sustainable world: Responses from the global South”, this session was directly linked to the IGF 2021 issue area on environmental sustainability and climate change.
GenderIT: New Edition Features Infrastructures of Resistance and Community Networks Hacking the Global Crisis
Community networks proved that infrastructure is only as robust as the more caring of its communal nodes.
Community networks proved that infrastructure is only as robust as the more caring of its communal nodes.