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.

Obstacles... and whose security? 15 November 2005 APC

Took a cab to the Kram Palexbo, where the Summit and IT 4 All exhibition was happening[…] When we finally got to the site, we were stopped 5 times at security checks at every turn of the road and I had to flash my registration card and a big smile to calm the security that I was indeed, a ...

Cause for concern: how free is free? 15 November 2005 APC

IFEX Action Alert Network, the International Freedom of eXpression Clearing House has come out with a statement quoting Article 19 to point to attacks on journalists and others at the WSIS by the authorities. This statement is being distributed on behalf of the World Summit on the Information Soc...

E-GOVERNANCE AND INFORMATIONAL RIGHTS
E-GOVERNANCE AND INFORMATIONAL RIGHTS 15 November 2005 APC

A note analysing the relationship of e-governance and informational rights.

It's another world out there...
It's another world out there... 14 November 2005 APC

Inter-Press Service, the alternate Third World-focussed news agency, has these stories related to the WSIS. Given its alternative perspective, it reminds us of some diverse perspectives which the first-to-break-the-news Western media often overlooks… or simply prefers not to highlight. One ...

In Tunis, internet governance rhymes with state control
In Tunis, internet governance rhymes with state control 14 November 2005 APC

Today, the website of the Citizens’ Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) was effectively off-line for all web users in Tunisia. It appears that Tunisian authorities have started to intensify their crackdown on legitimate initiatives related to the World Summit on the information Society...

APC talks... in Spanish and French too
APC talks... in Spanish and French too 14 November 2005 APC

Don’t miss APC.org‘s blogs in Spanish and French too. Given APC’s base in Latin America, Spanish has been long used. But the French blog is a new initiative, thanks to APC information coordinator Frederic Dubois. Among other posts, the French blog has this story by Neila Charcho...

Net wants to be decentrally governed
Net wants to be decentrally governed 14 November 2005 APC

At Tunis this month, the global Internet community gathers to determine the future of the internet and the information society in general. WSIS’s focus is on internet governance, to determine the future of the internet and how to financing the information society for global inclusion. As a...

Groggy at Tunis... another view
Groggy at Tunis... another view 14 November 2005 APC

The plane ride was as all plane rides become after awhile, uncomfortable and far too long. Once getting off, there were large posters everywhere advertising WSIS, especially about the IT 4 All exhibition, where the tagline — complete with pictures of multi-gendered and ‘raced’ c...

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