APC Talk

This section is a space where APC's staff, members and readers can open up conversations on topics that are of interest for the ICT community. It is a space where authors get to be themselves – sometimes to express opinions and challenge the readers on issues and topics that are close to them, sometimes to share their personal experience on an event or a current debate. The views expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect the views of APC or its network, but that does not make them any less valuable.

APC members in 2017: Digital skills to strengthen digital rights for local communities in Argentina 29 September 2018 Nodo TAU

Nodo TAU coordinated a series of communication workshops on digital skills for local organisations working on human rights, children's issues, labour and health rights, gender, social economy and Indigenous communities, among others.

APC members in 2017: Real or Not: News verification and fact checking Facebook page in Myanmar 29 September 2018 Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO)

MIDO has started a Facebook page called "Real or Not" to tackle the pressing issues of misinformation and incitement of inter-communal conflict in Myanmar. This is a flagship initiative in Myanmar and has inspired similar efforts in different locations and communities across the country.

APC members in 2017: Kéfir cooks up autonomous feminist networks
APC members in 2017: Kéfir cooks up autonomous feminist networks 28 September 2018 Kéfir

In 2017, along with its Latin American transhackfeminist allies Vedetas and Periféricas, Kéfir started dismantling the patriarchal structures of the internet in the "Autonomous Feminist Networks" lab, during the EncontrADA 2017 technologies and ancestral knowledge gathering in Brazil.

APC members in 2017: Jinbonet opposes indiscriminate use of personal information based on big data in Korea
APC members in 2017: Jinbonet opposes indiscriminate use of personal information based on big data in Korea 28 September 2018 Jinbonet

All over the world, including Korea, there seems to be a craze for artificial intelligence, the internet of things and big data. These new technologies use comprehensive data including personal information, and Korean companies are demanding deregulation of personal information protection.

APC members in 2017: Foundation for Media Alternatives launches an Open e-Governance Index
APC members in 2017: Foundation for Media Alternatives launches an Open e-Governance Index 28 September 2018 Foundation for Media Alternatives

In September 2017, the Foundation for Media Alternatives published the results of its research project that developed a framework to assess open e-governance. The framework looked into how state and non-state actors use information and communications technologies to steer society collec...

APC members in 2017: eQualit.ie at work on Deflect Labs: Online attack forensics for civil society empowerment
APC members in 2017: eQualit.ie at work on Deflect Labs: Online attack forensics for civil society empowerment 28 September 2018 eQualit.ie

eQualit.ie had a busy year, with continuing development of Deflect, its flagship distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation service, available free as always and now including multi-language localisation for greater global accessibility.

APC members in 2017: Building networks and relationships to strengthen the digital rights movement in Southeast Asia
APC members in 2017: Building networks and relationships to strengthen the digital rights movement in Southeast Asia 28 September 2018 EngageMedia

In October 2017, 105 journalists, artists, technologists, researchers and film-makers gathered in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for COCONET: a Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp. It was organised by EngageMedia, in collaboration with APC, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance and a regional conso...

Gender equality: A mouse click away
Gender equality: A mouse click away 27 September 2018 Constance Bommelaer de Leusse and Dafne Sabanes Plou

Digital disadvantage mirrors deeper structural, economic and cultural inequalities. Measures to bridge the gender digital divide must be grounded in human rights, including women’s rights to participate in and contribute to social, economic and cultural development.

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