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.

Issue of online free expression overshadowed by debate about US control over Internet 14 November 2007 APC

Reporters Without Borders has picked up an APC press release, reporting: "The Council of Europe and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) today proposed a new model inspired by the Aarhus Convention, signed in 1998 in Denmark, which brings together access to information, public par...

To act now or not act: Clash of views on content regulation at internet forum 13 November 2007 APC

Today I sat in a workshop in Rio de Janeiro. A workshop in Rio de Janeiro? A capoeira, volleyball or football workshop, you must be thinking. Even though I’m just 25 metres away from a beautiful beach, imagine, I sat in a room in a hotel, full of people with laptops… on their laps. Such is li...

Yahoo settles its China lawsuit
Yahoo settles its China lawsuit 13 November 2007 APC

Yahoo has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against it on behalf of several Chinese dissidents, according to papers filed in a California court.

SNAPSHOTS: Who is at the IGF II? Al Alegre
SNAPSHOTS: Who is at the IGF II? Al Alegre 13 November 2007 APC

Learn more about the people at the ground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And don’t miss the pictures!

SNAPSHOTS: Who is at the IGF II? Reza Salim
SNAPSHOTS: Who is at the IGF II? Reza Salim 13 November 2007 APC

Learn more about the people at the ground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And don’t miss the pictures!

Internet governance and global privacy at the IGF
Internet governance and global privacy at the IGF 13 November 2007 APC

Here is an interesting post from Jose Murilo Junior on the Global Voices website, written prior to the start of this year’s IGF, that previews the issues of internet governance and global privacy: "The global debate on Internet governance will once again gather people from all over the worl...

Internet Governance Project (OGP) blog on IGF
Internet Governance Project (OGP) blog on IGF 13 November 2007 APC

The Internet Governance Project (IGP), a consortium of academics with scholarly and practical expertise in international governance, internet policy, and information and communication technology that conducts research on and publishes analysis of global internet governance, is blogging on this ye...

Internet as a means of alternative to create peace, security and human rights
Internet as a means of alternative to create peace, security and human rights 12 November 2007 APC

The inaugural ceremony of United Nations second Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has been held on Monday November 12 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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