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Digital Empowerment Foundation statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance
Digital Empowerment Foundation statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance 19 April 2023 Digital Empowerment Foundation

In its statement to this Deep-Dive session, APC member organisation DEF, based in India, poses the question: Is internet governance relevant only to those who use and access the internet, or also to those who do not have the ability or privilege to have internet access?

Colnodo statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on digital inclusion and connectivity
Colnodo statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on digital inclusion and connectivity 19 April 2023 Colnodo

In its statement to the Thematic Deep-Dive session organised to gather input for the Global Digital Compact, APC member organisation Colnodo, based in Colombia, highlighted the contribution that can be made by community networks to connect the unconnected.

EcoThursday is back! Join our conversations on technology, the environment and climate justice
EcoThursday is back! Join our conversations on technology, the environment and climate justice 18 April 2023

APC's EcoThursday initiative is back! For the relaunching of the initiative in 2023, we will be convening once a month. Join our conversation on digital capitalism, extractivism and Indigenous communities this Thursday, 20 April.

Beyond deterrence: Understanding the chilling effects of technology-facilitated gender-based violence
Beyond deterrence: Understanding the chilling effects of technology-facilitated gender-based violence 17 April 2023 Amrita Vasudevan for GenderIT.org

In response to the violence they face online, women censor themselves, stepping back from conversations online and sometimes exiting online spaces entirely. At times, however, they continue to speak and exist online but alter their speech and behaviour to comply with perceived social norms.

Universal service funds as a financing mechanism for community networks in Kenya
Universal service funds as a financing mechanism for community networks in Kenya 12 April 2023 Josephine Miliza

In the COVID-19 era, community networks became increasingly important in meeting the rising demand for affordable connectivity. In Kenya, where community networks are growing in size and number, there was a positive regulatory change in 2021. Read more in this piece from KICTANet.

How the global internet governance movement began and evolved in the last two decades
How the global internet governance movement began and evolved in the last two decades 11 April 2023 Carlos Afonso

How did the world begin to establish the internet's basic governance rules and try to enable universal access? Carlos Afonso, director of Nupef and co-founder of APC, offers a historical look at the uneven global internet governance movement, from the 1998 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting to the first World Summit on the Inform...

Why feminist research is necessary to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence: Recommendations and way forward
Why feminist research is necessary to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence: Recommendations and way forward 07 April 2023 Srinidhi Raghavan for GenderIT.org

In spite of expanding awareness on online and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, there has only been an increase in the violence online in the last decade. Feminist research points to ways to address this ongoing challenge.

Inside the Digital Society: The future is another country
Inside the Digital Society: The future is another country 05 April 2023 David Souter

New applications like ChatGPT based on AI and large language models are likely to be transformative, a step change in technology like the internet was 30 years ago, but much faster. The technology is now out of the bag and can't be uninvented, and we should move swiftly to figure out its implications, deployment and governance.

Diversity in telecoms policy and regulation advocacy spaces
Diversity in telecoms policy and regulation advocacy spaces 04 April 2023 Josephine Miliza

Women have historically been underrepresented in the telecommunications policy and regulation spaces, but there has been a recent push to increase diversity in these fields, as Josephine Miliza of APC member organisation KICTANet reports.

Democracy is dying in digital darkness
Democracy is dying in digital darkness 03 April 2023 Vasundhara Sirnate and Gaurav Jain

Last year saw the highest number of internet shutdowns ever recorded. Such enforced digital darkness is a slippery slope of easy authoritarianism that we see spreading globally, one that countries like India, with the world's highest number of shutdowns, are using to gain undemocratic compliance from their citizens.

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