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Can we have internet governance without internet rights?
Tuesday September 26 – Many important technical decisions about internet architecture are being made right now — decisions that will have consequences for decades. At present, policy choices are being made largely without the input of civil society and without sufficient consideration of the public good.
Women human rights defenders and the internet
GenderIT examines the risks many activists face online. “Security emerged not only as one of the main topics in our interviews but also forced us to change our ways of working so that we didn’t jeopardise the safety of our interviewees,” say the editors. A must read.
APC: Support Swedish proposal for UN panel on freedom of expression & the internet
APC has put out a statement strongly endorsing the proposal of the Swedish Government for an expert panel on freedom of expression at the United Nations. We invite you to endorse the statement.
APC Statement of Support for An Expert Panel on Freedom of Expression and the Internet at the UN
APC puts out a statement strongly endorsing the proposal of the Swedish Government for an expert panel on human rights and the internet at the United Nations.
New stats on porn and internet!
We’ve been waiting for new statistics for over half a decade now and finally here they are. Woo hoo!
So now we can quote Dr.
BREAKING NEWS Sweden to propose expert panel on internet and human rights at the UN
At the 18th session of the UN Human Rights Council next week, the Swedish government will propose a resolution to establish an expert panel to investigate the question of human rights on the internet. If established the panel will convene at the 19th session in March 2012.
“This is really fantastic news,” said Joy Liddicoat, a lawyer and head of APC’s Connect Your Rights! campaign.
Realizing Digital Nation- eASiA 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 1-3, 2011
Realizing Digital Nation
eASiA 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 1-3, 2011
eAsia 2011, with the slogan Realizing Digital Nation, is the annual international Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development event with the objective of reinforcing technology and knowledge-centric growth and needs of Asia vis-à-vis Bangladesh, through capitalisation of market economy and boostin
APC publishes breakthrough exploratory research study on sex, rights and the internet
Over the past three years APC carried out an exploratory research in five countries from different continents on the internet’s role in accessing information about sex education, health, fighting sex discrimination and defining one’s own sexuality. The new report debunks the commonly-held view that sexuality online is just about pornography.
EROTICS: Sex, rights and the internet (An exploratory research study)
Carried out in Brazil, India, Lebanon, South Africa & USA the research looks at how the internet plays host to critical information about sex education, health, fighting sex discrimination and defining one’s own sexuality. It debunks the commonly-held view that sexuality online is just about pornography.
