[governance] APCNews #306 - 20 February 2020 - The internet and human rights, spotlight on community networks and more

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

#306 — 20 february 2020
 
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  	Latin America in a Glimpse: reporte anual sobre tecnología y derechos
humanos
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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
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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
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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"
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“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
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“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”
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¿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
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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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