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Technologies are neither neutral nor inevitable. How these technologies are designed, who they benefit and under what conditions they are incorporated are all profoundly political decisions. When we…

The funding landscape as we know it has changed quickly, creating a climate of uncertainty for many civil society organisations and social movements. The ongoing dynamics risk fracturing movements,…

This document builds on the Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review – endorsed by 114 organisations and 57 individual experts – to offer practical recommendations to ensure transparency,…

In this month's interview for the Building a Free Internet of the Future series we spoke with Stephane Coillet-Matillon of Kiwix, a non-profit organisation and free and open source software…

Sensors can be put at the service of those affected to empower local voices in their pursuit to detect and document socio-environmental violations – in such a way that governments and corporations…

APC expresses deep concern over the failure of major digital platforms to respond effectively to the surge in disinformation, hate speech and censorship during the recent India-Pakistan conflict.…

Community-centred connectivity initiatives are gaining growing recognition in international forums for their role in advancing digital inclusion. Recently, there were two significant developments, in…

Twenty years after the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the vision of a people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented digital order has never seemed more…

We're pleased to announce the launch of the second season of our Routing for Communities podcast. In the first of four episodes, we take a deep dive into community-centred connectivity…

In October 2024, a group of artists and activists, many of whom had never before written science fiction, gathered in an online workshop to create stories that reimagined the future: Una Bolsa de…

This year's CSW coincided with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a milestone for gender equality work worldwide, and a critical moment in…

This capacity-building opportunity for young lawyers, researchers, policy workers and civil society actors to further their understanding and analysis of policy frameworks related to platform…

This new GenderIT.org edition is a collection of reflections and analytical essays by the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) and FIRN’s research partners. It reflects on what it means to do…

The selected projects cover a wide range of important contributions, including educational tools and interesting open hardware initiatives. Find out more.

This monthly round-up about community-centred connectivity initiatives (CCCIs) features new research on their impact across the Asia-Pacific region, insights relevant to the World Summit on the…

Can you keep your smartphone running for 10 years? PostmarketOS—an operating system primarily for smartphones, based on the Alpine Linux distribution—might just help you do that. Find out more in…

APC welcomes this landmark resolution adopted by consensus at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council. The resolution addresses many of the concerns that APC and our partners have been…

In this interview, Marcela Guerra - a member of the Portal Sem Porteiras community network in Brazil - tells us more about the challenge of tackling issues such as cybersecurity within the school…