Seeding Change: Embark on an audiovisual journey to discover the Ciptagelar Community Network
Discover the experience of the Ciptagelar Community Network in Indonesia through inspiring videos.
Meet OSPIT, a sustainable energy and irrigation solution for community networks
The Open Source Solar Powered Irrigation Tool (OSPIT) is a practical solution for small- and medium-scale agriculture projects that enables users to remotely monitor and optimise the efficient use of…
Community networks newsletter: Making our experiences more visible
Recapitulating of civil society feedback for the Global Digital Compact final version and call to action to incorporate observations
As the negotiations on the Global Digital Compact reach their concluding phase, we, the undersigned civil society organisations, wish to reiterate key points from our previous feedback and make a…
Interview with OCF on their 10th anniversary: “A small change, like beginning with a single patch in open source, can strengthen the entire structure"
BrailleRAP on how it is enabled most by the links made due to open licensing
We present the second in the Building a Free Internet of the Future series, where we publish a monthly interview with NGI Zero grantees. This month, we have an interview with BrailleRAP, an open…
Universal Periodic Review 48th Session - Joint stakeholder report: Human rights in the digital context in The Gambia
The report draws on extensive and ongoing monitoring of the situation of human rights online in The Gambia by a number of civil society organisations and a desk review.
The machine that fosters shame: The weaponisation of sexuality in anti-gender anti-democracy disinformation
This paper aims to explore the specific location of sexuality in disinformation campaigns targeting those standing up to patriarchal and authoritarian regimes of social and political power, going…
APC network in Taiwan: DRAPAC24 and APrIGF
Pakistan's digital panopticon
The Pakistan government is setting up an invasive surveillance regime that the highest courts in the country have already deemed unconstitutional.
APC submission on universal birth registration and the use of digital technologies
This briefing note aims to underline some of the key human rights opportunities and challenges in the use of digital technologies for birth registration, from an intersectional gendered perspective.
Malawi dragging its feet on filling legal gaps to prevent human rights violations
Implementing the National Data Centre, biometric national ID registration and mandatory SIM card registration means that the Malawi government has assembled a robust data collection and…
Global Digital Justice Forum rejoinder to tech leaders' open letter to the United Nations on the Global Digital Compact
In this open letter, the Global Digital Justice Forum – a group of civil society organisations and networks, including APC, which work on digital rights and justice – shares its perspective on the…
Inside the Digital Society: Making the digital economy sustainable
To foster regional coalitions, we must examine how civil society in East Asia is tackling digital privacy issues
A call to action to effectively address technology-facilitated gender-based violence
ICT Policy for Civil Society: Training Curriculum
Free and public WiFi initiatives in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Organisations urge approval of bill to encourage internet connectivity in the Philippines
In the Philippines, 23 organisations are calling on the country's president to certify as urgent the proposed “Konektadong Pinoy Act”, which would entail the passage of a bill to increase…
Seeding change: Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies and their impact on civic space in Africa
This piece by the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) provides an overview of their participation in the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum in Accra, Ghana, which they attended with the support of a…
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