#306 — 20 february 2020
 
APCNEWS: THE NEWS SERVICE ON Icts for SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 
 
       
 
  Latin America in a Glimpse: reporte anual sobre tecnología y derechos humanos

Derechos Digitales presenta una nueva edición de su reporte anual sobre tecnología y derechos humanos: los aspectos más relevantes, las amenazas emergentes, las respuestas de las políticas públicas y el rol de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil.

  APC statement at the UN Open-ended Working Group on International Cybersecurity

APC welcomes this opportunity to address the United Nations Open-ended Working Group and to participate in this informal dialogue with stakeholders. We urge a rights-based and inclusive approach to understanding threats in cyberspace.

  Inside the Digital Society: The climate for digital development

Predicting the future’s hard but there are two global trends that seem fairly certain. Digitalisation and climate change are likely to shape our future more than anything else that we can see at present. How are they linked? Or, to put it another way, why aren’t they linked more?

 
 
 
 

HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF PLATFORMS: "THE CALL FOR ALTERNATIVES IS GROWING"

 
   
 

“Human Rights in the Age of Platforms”, published by the MIT Press, examines the human rights implications of today's platform society. APCNews interviewed Rikke Frank Jørgensen, editor of the publication, who provided insight on the reflections and recommendations captured in this book.

 
 
 
 

SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY NETWORKS

 
       
 
  Nodes that bond: Meet the women building community networks in rural Brazil

“Nodes That Bond” is a video that shows the journey of the women in the rural community of Souzas, Brazil, who share a curiosity and willingness to learn about technology, through familiar ways of meeting.

  redes comunitarias más allá del FGI: “Queremos que internet vuelva a acercarse a aquello que soñamos”

¿Cómo promover una comunicación responsable y efectiva en torno al auge de las redes comunitarias en regiones de África, Latinoamérica o Asia?

 

  Telecommunications Reclaimed: A hands-on guide to networking communities

This book is a guide on how to build a community network, a shared local telecommunications infrastructure, managed as a commons, to access the internet and other digital communications services.

 
 

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