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.

Nigerians take stock of their transition to digital media 03 March 2014 GS

A digital broadcasting roundtable, supported by APC and hosted by Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, took place on February 18, 2014, in Lagos. Participants included representatives from national NGOs, TV and radio stations as well as newspapers.

Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation: The next enthralling episode 03 March 2014 Joy Liddicoat

It’s been said that a week is a long time in politics, but in the world of internet governance, a week can be a lifetime or a nano-second, depending on your perspective. I must admit that during the past week at the third meeting of the UN Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, I experience...

Why shouldn’t private companies regulate the internet? Experts and activists discuss intermediary liability in South Africa
Why shouldn’t private companies regulate the internet? Experts and activists discuss intermediary liability in South Africa 28 February 2014 Emilar Vushe Gandhi

SABC covered the meeting by interviewing project coordinator, Emilar Vushe Gandhi [From minute 15:00 on] Internet intermediaries are any companies that provide internet services, from physical networks to software developers.

Adoption of Malaysia’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report: Implementing the recommendations: The challenges ahead
Adoption of Malaysia’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report: Implementing the recommendations: The challenges ahead 28 February 2014 APC and partners

Friday, 21 March 2014 12h00 -14h00 Room XXIII Palais des Nations The Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO), CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Forum Asia, World Organization Against Torture, the Association of Progressive Communications and “Asia Pacific ...

Digital migration workshop in Uganda
Digital migration workshop in Uganda 13 February 2014 Moses Owiny

WOUGNET, in partnership with the Uganda Communications Commission and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), conducted a digital migration workshop in Uganda held at Colline Hotel Mukono on the 6th of February 2014.

The Day We Fought Back: Collective demands to end mass surveillance
The Day We Fought Back: Collective demands to end mass surveillance 10 February 2014 Shawna Finnegan

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 was the Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance. A virtual call to arms, this global campaign intended to pressure policymakers around the world to uphold human rights and end mass surveillance.

Human rights online and ICT4D – Two sides of the same coin
Human rights online and ICT4D – Two sides of the same coin 21 January 2014 Alexandra Groome and Shawna Finnegan

On 10 December, 2013, the Association for Progressive Communications and the Web We Want campaign hosted a workshop at the sixth annual Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Until recently, advocates for freedom on the internet hav...

Overview of 2013 Take Back the Tech! campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Overview of 2013 Take Back the Tech! campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 January 2014 OneWorld platform for Souteast Europe

OneWorld platform for Souteast Europe and feminist website ženskaposla.ba have once again this year, (proud to say – the sixth consecutive), joined forces in Take Back the Tech! campaign.

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