13 June 2012 By Kateřina Fialová Co-author Sonia Randhawa Thirty people from six continents met at the APC “Dialogue on digital security and women’s human rights defenders” to discuss regional and global trends on digital security, freedom of expression and
Source: Apc.org By Alex Comninos (APC), June 2012 The internet, social networks and mobile phones enhance human freedoms to come together around social, political and economic issues, to build associations and networks, and to assemble online to advocate for and
Source: GenderIT.org Towards internet intermediary responsibility Carly Nyst on 26 Nov 2013 A key pillar of the internet freedom movement is the concept that internet intermediaries should be immune from liability for any content hosted on their sites. Yet there
Source: Apc.org 1. What is an “internet intermediary”? An internet intermediary is an entity which provides services that enable people to use the internet. There are many different kinds of internet intermediaries which fall into two broad categories: “conduits” and
This breakthrough study carried out in Brazil, India, Lebanon, South Africa & USA looks at how the internet plays host to critical information about sex education, health, fighting sex discrimination and defining one’s own sexuality. It debunks the commonly-held view
Assessing Internet governance arrangements requires an understanding of both the unevenness in access to and use of the Internet between the North and the South of the world, and of the disparities between developed and developing countries’ abilities to effectively
In its resolution E/RES/2013/9, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) requested the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to collect inputs from all facilitators and stakeholders concerning progress made in the implementation of WSIS outcomes. The
Exploring Zero-Rating Challenges: Views from Five Countries by Carolina Rossini, Vice President of International Policy at Public Knowledge and Taylor Moore, 2015 Google Policy Fellow. This paper examines zero-rating practices on a global scale, focusing on their effects in five
Introduction This exercise is to test participants knowledge of concepts, issue areas, processes and organisations/structures. And their ability to explain them. It should be a competitive game in teams with scoring and a winner. Timing/duration, timetable and delivery method 30
IT for Change was commissioned by BRIDGE, IDS in 2013 to prepare a policy brief on Gender and ICTs for DFID. The final policy brief, submitted in February 2014, provides a broad brush-stroke analysis of the depth and breadth of