Global Information Society Watch 2019 - Artificial intelligence: Human...
While pointing to the positive use of AI to enable rights in ways that were not easily possible before, this edition of GISWatch highlights the real threats that we need to pay attention to if we are...
View ArticleInside the Digital Society: What will happen to the jobs?
One of the most important underlying issues of the digital revolution that’s now underway is: what will happen to the jobs?
View ArticleAPC submission to the ITU Council Working Group-Internet Open Consultation on...
In an increasingly interconnected world, it is easy to forget that many people lack basic internet connectivity. We encourage the ITU to continue to focus on its core mandate of “connecting all the...
View Article"Access Denied": New research by 7amleh Center about Palestinian access to...
New research about Palestinian access to e-commerce highlights how occupation, failure to fulfill the Oslo Accords and digital discrimination have stunted the development of the Palestinian economy and...
View ArticleThe EU's plans for its digital future
APC outlines positions on some of the areas covered in the digital strategies presented by the European Commission that will undoubtedly set a key precedent for global discussions on issues such as...
View ArticleInternet rights at the Human Rights Council 43rd session
APC’s priorities at this HRC session include gender and privacy online, freedom of religion or belief, and the criminalisation of human rights defenders, journalists and digital security and tech...
View ArticleA day in EngageMedia remote work: How to not be socially distant online
EngageMedia, an organisation with significant experience in working remotely, has some tips and tools for those now working from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Language English
View ArticleMetaphors on artificial intelligence help us think through threats to human...
AI is receiving unprecedented global attention, but what are its human rights and social justice implications? APC collaborated with Indonesian illustrator Ellena Ekarahendy to produce a set of visual...
View ArticleForum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh audit of attacks on the media...
The Forum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh, of which APC member VOICE is part, expresses deep concern over the series of attacks on journalists during the 30 days of countrywide lockdown imposed...
View ArticleSecond convening of the Feminist Internet Research Network
We are excited to announce that from 15 to 23 June, the network will gather for the second annual workshop online to exchange experiences and research findings with the eight research projects that are...
View ArticleA provisional analysis of the impact of telecommunications policy and...
This article seeks to examine the extent to which national and regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted on the regime of human rights online. The article also examines the widening...
View ArticleAfrican internet resilience: What about complementary access models?
The fifth session of the African Internet Resilience webinar series took place on 30 July. The focus of the session was to foster a deeper understanding of complementary networks and address the need...
View Article30th anniversary: Our member Patience Luyeye shares her vision for APC in the...
Read the vision for the next 10 years of APC of our individual member Patience Luyeye from Zimbabwe, who envisions APC having stronger visibility on the African continent, and working on more projects...
View ArticleReduce, Reuse, Recycle: A guide to circular economies of digital devices (A...
Digital technologies can help us fight climate change, environmental degradation and pollution, but we must significantly reduce their impact on the planet. One of the key strategies in mitigating this...
View ArticleCloser than ever: A guide for social change organisations who want to work...
APC is relaunching this guide as one response to the crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated worldwide, sharing knowledge harvested through three decades of remote working in the hopes that...
View ArticleFood delivery workers in India: Emerging entrepreneurs or informal labour?
Delivery workers in India are generally paid per delivery. Food delivery platforms term the delivery worker “independent contractors’’ or “delivery partners’’. Delivery workers are not considered...
View ArticleFeminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) second convening report (summary)
In this report summary we share presentation briefs, quotes, insights and discussions from the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN) online convening, held from 15 to 23 June 2020.
View ArticleGlobal Information Society Watch 2020 - Technology, the environment and a...
This edition of Global Information Society Watch seeks to understand the constructive role that technology can play in confronting the crises. It disrupts the normative understanding of technology...
View ArticlePlatforms, Power and Politics: Perspectives from domestic and care work in India
This report presents the findings of a two-year research project undertaken by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to study the entry of digital platforms in domestic and care work in India. The...
View ArticleA guide to the circular economy of digital devices
The guide to the circular economy of digital devices aims to show you how to understand, think and act collectively to clearly change direction towards a regenerative and redistributive economy...
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