Yet the digital divide remains stubbornly entrenched. Connectivity gaps persist between regions and within countries.

Phet Sayo from DRAPAC's host organisation, EngageMedia, helps us to see the glass as half full. Despite the growing strength of opponents, and the deepening alliance between states and corporations, ...

APC staff, members and partners will be playing an active role throughout the event by hosting and speaking at various sessions and meet-ups. In addition to ongoing efforts to shape technologies in ...

In light of the above, Paradigm Initiative will host a webinar to unpack the Zero Draft and discuss Global South stakeholders' impressions on the WSIS Zero draft. The consultative webinar will gather ...

Grassroots groups and WHRD-led collectives are stuck in a cycle of emergency response and survival, while long-term, core, and flexible funding remains a distant dream. However, as major donor shifts, ...

Many digital divides still persist today, to the point that a third of the world’s population is still offline. Different statistics also show that the divide can be worse depending on the countries ...

The publicness of the internet is at the core of power disputes in the internet governance ecosystem. The problem is two fold: The rise and consolidation of global internet platforms and the trend of ...

L’initiative Local Networks (LocNet) dirigée par APC et Rhizomatica apporte son soutien à une communauté de pratique en pleine croissance, axée sur le développement de capteurs solaires pour la ...

For the past decade, internet connectivity has been praised for its potential to close the gender gap in Africa. Among the many benefits of digitalisation, digital tools enable groups that are ...

Every day the term "revenge porn" appears in newspaper headlines around the world and its translations are entering people’s vocabularies everywhere from China to France. Despite its growing ...

The use of the criminal system to undermine freedom of expression does not arise with, nor is it limited to, cybercrime legislation. However, the increase in online violence, hate speech, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has situated the internet and other digital technologies as an integral part of everyday life. This is evidenced by the significant shift of daily communication, education, work, ...