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Regulating the use of digital technology by public administration to protect and strengthen human rights
Regulating the use of digital technology by public administration to protect and strengthen human rights 29 September 2023 Valeria Betancourt

This contribution to the World Public Sector Report 2023, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, builds on analytical research led by APC for the 2021-2022 edition of the Global Information Society Watch report, which explored digital futures for a post-pandemic world.

Hold The Line Coalition welcomes acquittal of Maria Ressa and Rappler, calls for all remaining cases to be dropped
Hold The Line Coalition welcomes acquittal of Maria Ressa and Rappler, calls for all remaining cases to be dropped 26 September 2023 Hold the Line Coalition

The Hold the Line Coalition, comprised of over 80 organisations around the world including APC, welcomes the verdict acquitting Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news outlet Rappler on the final criminal tax charge levelled against them by the regime of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Personal data protection laws across the Asia-Pacific are now regularly misused in aid of tyranny
Personal data protection laws across the Asia-Pacific are now regularly misused in aid of tyranny 20 September 2023 Shalom Gauri

Personal data protection laws have proliferated across the Asia-Pacific but they are often misused to abuse citizens' right to privacy. We must examine their autocratic bent in the context of a global framework like Europe's GDPR which is also regularly abused.

APC statement: Advancing the 2030 Agenda through inclusive and rights-respecting digital policy
APC statement: Advancing the 2030 Agenda through inclusive and rights-respecting digital policy 18 September 2023 APC

This statement was presented at a ministerial meeting convened by the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), which brought together high-level representatives of FOC member states and other relevant stakeholders in New York on the margins of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Call for applications for the virtual workshop Internet Rules: Unboxing digital laws in Southeast Asia
Call for applications for the virtual workshop Internet Rules: Unboxing digital laws in Southeast Asia 01 September 2023

APC in partnership with the CYRILLA Collaborative is organising the 2023 edition of Internet Rules: Unboxing digital laws in Southeast Asia. The four-day online workshop will be held from 30 October to 2 November 2023. The deadline for applications is 20 September.

Overview of the manifestations and impacts of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and the need for safety by design
Overview of the manifestations and impacts of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and the need for safety by design 01 September 2023 APC

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) not only hurts women and girls, it impacts on society as a whole, making our societies less peaceful and safe and our democracies less diverse and plural. It is pervasive and constitutes both a cause and an effect of gender inequality.

New GenderIT.org edition shares feminist perspectives on technology-facilitated gender-based violence
New GenderIT.org edition shares feminist perspectives on technology-facilitated gender-based violence 26 August 2023 GenderIT.org

This edition focuses on research conducted as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) initiative that showcases the interconnections of online gender-based violence with different countries' local contexts and everyday realities.

Could Instagram’s Threads be a friendlier option for women than Twitter?
Could Instagram’s Threads be a friendlier option for women than Twitter? 22 August 2023 Fungai Machirori for GenderIT.org

With the introduction of Threads by Meta, there's a need to question whether adding another social media platform to the list of online spaces contributes to the existing problems that women face on the internet, or if instead it is a step in the right direction.

Assessing the level of respect of the Internet rights and freedoms in Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Chad study cases
Assessing the level of respect of the Internet rights and freedoms in Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Chad study cases 09 August 2023 PROTEGE QV

Organisations and independent experts from six Sub-Saharan African countries that share French as one of their national languages have developed an approach for assessing the level of respect for human rights online by their governments: the African Index of Internet Rights and Freedoms.

Digital repression and resistance in Venezuela: A silent crisis within the political crisis
Digital repression and resistance in Venezuela: A silent crisis within the political crisis 27 July 2023 Laura Vidal

There is a digital crisis in Venezuela combining a lack of infrastructure with surveillance and severe control of information online. Amidst the siege, civil society is mounting a resistance to keep the digital realm and information flow free and alive.

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