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Feminist internet ethical research practices

This practices document builds on feminist politics and values, and existing or conventional ethical requirements and frameworks for researchers. It draws from decades of feminist work in relation to...

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Our community in 2018: From a school makeover in the DRC, a 25th anniversary...

The APC community of members, allies and partners are strengthened as a network and work collaboratively to use the internet and ICTs for social and environmental justice, gender equality and...

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A look into one year of APC's impact: About roots, flowers and moving tiles

APC's 2018 Annual Report is a deep dive into one year of our network's life. It is a compendium of stories about how APC collectively strives for change, from a year when so many deeply rooted...

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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...

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Coconet: Fighting the COVID-19 "infodemic" in the Asia-Pacific region

While governments and health workers worldwide are focused on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also busy fighting another related pandemic that cuts across all sectors of society: a massive...

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Supporting human rights online in times of crisis: A collection of useful...

In these exceptional times, APC wishes to send our solidarity and appreciation for connecting with us. While we are distancing ourselves physically, we continue to stay closer than ever to each other...

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CIPESA: Uganda’s social media tax undermining COVID-19 fight

In Uganda, social media is one of the avenues for disseminating information on COVID-19 to citizens. however, the effectiveness has been undermined by the social media tax, which requires telecom...

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Compulsory e-learning in Namibia’s public schools: A commendable idea marred...

Cracks within the Namibian education system have been exposed by COVID-19, and the detrimental effects they pose to the right to development and access to knowledge, as set out in Principle 7 of the...

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Digital-shy Zimbabwe’s schools feel the brunt of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how citizens become vulnerable when governments do not protect and promote human rights in the online environment. The pandemic has critically affected the global...

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Tracking disinformation laws and policies in more than 30 countries in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the dissemination of vast amounts of information, both verified and unverified. Against this backdrop, civil society organisations recently launched the Disinformation...

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Policy reform: Working towards feminist transformation and change

The Feminist Internet Research Network intentionally seeks to go beyond research to impact on policy and advocacy. But what should a feminist approach to policy shifts encompass, specifically coming...

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Allied Media Conference 2020 Session: Whose Internet? Our Internet!

At the 2020 Allied Media Conference, over 50 activists came together online to build a collective timeline documenting the relationship between the movement and technology, from the perspective of the...

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72% of Palestinians have been exposed to misleading news - 7amleh’s new...

This research is part of 7amleh’s ongoing series of publications on Palestinian digital rights in order to raise awareness and create a knowledge base for advocacy work.

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EngageMedia's Pretty Good Podcast: What intermediary liability means for...

On this episode of Pretty Good Podcast, Shita Laksmi, Executive Director of Tifa Foundation, chats with EngageMedia about internet intermediary liability, particularly in regards to disinformation on...

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Virtual Summit on Community Networks in Africa

Community-owned networks provide alternative, locally driven and sustainable solutions that are critical in addressing connectivity gaps in Africa. To explore these solutions, the next session of the...

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When our work doesn't fit metrics: For another way to count women on Wikipedia

The Wikipedia gender gap has been well documented for a decade. But are women in the Wikimedia movement in the same situation as a few years ago? What has changed and what still needs to be done?

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Seeding change: Feminist Tech Exchange explores digital safety through a...

How are APC members improving their communities’ lives? In this column we’re highlighting stories of impact and change by our members, supported by APC subgranting. APC's Feminist Tech Exchange...

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Creative Commons Global Summit: Creativity and innovation open to everyone,...

Frederick Noronha, co-founder of APC member Bytes for All Bangladesh, participated in the 2021 Creative Commons Global Summit and has shared a few links to a selection of diverse and exciting...

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AfriSIG 2021: Sandboxes of our own

It is undeniable that our world today is a digital one. It is this world that young Africans are navigating today. Perhaps our play, our natural gravitation towards games, social media and movies, is...

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Inside the Digital Society: What will become of us?

Technology is going to change faster than we can adapt to it or even understand it, and we are already seeing technological change outpace the capabilities of public policy. We need to adjust how we...

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