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APC
The Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
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The deadline is approaching - 2 days left!
Submit your proposal to the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 and benefit from the chance to be published in the special themed issue by the Cambridge Forum on Technology and Global Affairs.
Submit now: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
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Next week, OFE joins the UN Open Source Week! The week builds on last year’s OSPOs for Good conference we helped pioneer. OFE will also be showcasing EOSA at a side event on Tuesday. Learn more about the event: https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025
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🇺🇳 :freesoftware: Its #UN #OpenSource Week and we're kicking off with a 2-day, 5-track hackathon for real-world software innovation, #Wikipedia editing, and high-value software maintenance. It's so good to see so many friends and good people here. And we've got the full week ahead, at the world's international headquarters for global digital cooperation. More to come!
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>>> How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks?
-----> Those were two of the guiding questions of the recent workshop “After Networks: Reframing Scale, Reimagining Connections” at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where our community shared views from the Local Networks Initiative.
>>> How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks?
-----> Those were two of the guiding questions of the recent workshop “After Networks: Reframing Scale, Reimagining Connections” at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where our community shared views from the Local Networks Initiative.
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Hacia un enfoque feminista de la seguridad de las personas periodistas
Desde el año 2024 e inicios del año 2025, TEDIC impulsó el proyecto “Hacia un enfoque feminista de la seguridad de las personas periodistas”, con el apoyo del Fondo Mundial para la Defensa de los Medios de la UNESCO, en respuesta a la creciente violenci
https://www.tedic.org/hacia-un-enfoque-feminista-de-la-seguridad-de-las-personas-periodistas/
#Proyecto #Gnero #LibertadDeExpresin #periodistas #SeguridadDigital
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59ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU – Ginebra
Del 16 al 20 de junio, TEDIC estará presente en la 59ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, que se celebrará en Ginebra. La participación se da en el marco de una colaboración con Article 19 de Brasil.
Mariela Cuevas, gerente ejecutiva de TEDIC, i
https://www.tedic.org/59a-sesion-del-consejo-de-derechos-humanos-de-la-onu-ginebra/
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🔗Check out the full update: https://7amleh.org/post/digital-rights-weekly-update:-6-12-june
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Gaza is now enduring its third consecutive day of a total communications crisis. The blackout began on 10 June with the targeting of the main fiber backbone connecting Gaza City and North Gaza, resulting in a full collapse of internet and landline services in those areas.
Read full statement: https://7amleh.org/post/total-internet-blackout-expands-across-gaza,-threatening-complete-telecommunications-collapse
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>>> How can we keep defending digital rights amid a funding crisis?
Find out more in the latest issue of our #APCNews newsletter. 👇
https://crm.apc.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2021
You can also subscribe here:
https://crm.apc.org/civicrm/mailing/forward?reset=1&jid=5986&qid=2443554&h=cyqwjfjl6lkcg0xf
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Total internet blackout expands across Gaza, threatening complete telecommunications collapse,
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A joint project of @freedomofpress and @eff: Journalists have been asking us about how to prepare devices for travel. We put together a checklist of things you can do. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/border-security/
Total internet blackout expands across Gaza, threatening complete telecommunications collapse,
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Stepping outside the algorithm
“The idea that billions of people should gather, speak and be governed under one algorithmic roof has already proven to be not only dangerous but unsustainable.”
---> This article was produced thanks to the contributions of several APC members, particularly from the global South:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/stepping-outside-algorithm
Stepping outside the algorithm
“The idea that billions of people should gather, speak and be governed under one algorithmic roof has already proven to be not only dangerous but unsustainable.”
---> This article was produced thanks to the contributions of several APC members, particularly from the global South:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/stepping-outside-algorithm
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Statement from the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition 👇
End Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza, and secure the unconditional release of all Freedom Flotilla volunteers
Statement from the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition 👇
End Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza, and secure the unconditional release of all Freedom Flotilla volunteers
* Digital accessibility as a human right
* An alternative to YouTube
* The urgency of services to civil society
* Open source software in healthcare
* Free software to self-organising and local communities
* Access information when experiencing technical difficulties or are being blocked
* Extending the life of consumer electronics.
Which piece resonated more with you? What would you like to know more about?
#FreeInternetOfTheFuture @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz @NGIZero@podcast.nlnet.nl
>>> Building a #FreeInternetOfTheFuture
To this date, this series has featured 11 conversations with people and communities working on a more inclusive and accessible digital future. We talked about:
* Access to vital information anywhere, including isolated communities
* Balancing accessibility and privacy for secure digital collaboration
* A printer for embossing texts and plans
Writing our political values into our code....
https://www.apc.org/en/news/giving-floor-voices-driving-real-world-change-internet-serves-everyone
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