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APC submits comments on ICANN proposed bylaw changes to improve accountability NEW YORK 30 September 2009 By Willie Currie for APCNews

The Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened new accountability measures for public comments. Willie Currie, APC's policy manager, said in his submission that “The community still does not have the power to dismiss the Board [which] is a signifier of a lack o...

APC condemns seizure of .hn by coup leaders Montevideo 30 September 2009 By APC for APC

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) condemns the precipitated and unilateral decision of the coup government in Honduras to take over management of the .hn domain and affirms our solidarity with the long-time domain administrators, RDS, a pioneer provider of internet services especi...

Honduran dictatorship seizes .hn domain
Honduran dictatorship seizes .hn domain LACTLD 29 September 2009 By APC for LACTLD

The Honduran Sustainable Development Network has been running Honduras' .hn domain since the 1990s and is a pioneer in providing internet services in Central America especially oriented to civil society networks. Now they have been ordered to hand over control of .hn in an arbitrary decree made by t...

New web 2.0 and social media for development training modules now available online
New web 2.0 and social media for development training modules now available online 24 September 2009 By APC for APCNews

APC has recently co-produced training materialson Web 2.0 and social media for development for the FAO Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK). This unit, along with others, is available for free online and in CD format on the project’s website.

Local internet traffic in Venezuela: More efficiency or more State control?
Local internet traffic in Venezuela: More efficiency or more State control? 24 September 2009 By Ysabel Briceño and AL for APCNews

Gráfico del crecimiento de internetIn Latin America there is still a lack of universal access to telecommunications infrastructure in general and broadband in particuar. Some countries have chosen to develop national and local internet traffic through national access points (NAP) to keep prices do...

Kenya: Killing two birds with one stone
Kenya: Killing two birds with one stone 24 September 2009 By Rebecca Wanjiku and Alan Finlay for APCNews

On 12 December last year – Kenya’s 44th independence-day celebrations – journalists, media owners and civil society activists took to the streets in Nairobi. They were protesting the publication of Kenya’s Communications Amendment Bill (2007) which was later passed into law. But the media pr...

APC dedicates flagship publication to A.K. Mahan, activist who valued intellectual rigour and concrete outcomes
APC dedicates flagship publication to A.K. Mahan, activist who valued intellectual rigour and concrete outcomes 16 September 2009 By APC for APCNews

Amy Mahan, a long-time collaborator of APC, died unexpectedly on March 5. Amy was a fervent supporter of Global Information Society Watch, a watchdog report that has become recognised as an essential reference by activists and critics in ICT policy all over the world, since its conception. APC will ...

Senegal: Behind the guise of competitive prices
Senegal: Behind the guise of competitive prices 10 September 2009 By LC for APCNews

Cybercafés are in decline in Senegal. Too much offer compared to demand because of prices that are still out of reach for the average Senegalese, have resulted in the closure of many of these access points to knowledge and communication, once found around the clock on every street corner in Dakar....

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