The Seoul declaration
This is the statement issued by civil society, gathered at the OECD ministerial conference on the future of the internet, which ended on June 18. It says: “The policy goals for the Future Internet...
View ArticleICTs for democracy: Information and Communication Technologies for the...
This study by APC and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) explores the potential that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have for advancing democracy and empowerment,...
View ArticleAPC condemns undermining of democracy in Brazil
APC expresses its concern at the rapidly unfolding political events in Brazil which constitute an attack on democracy and due process. We express solidarity with the people of Brazil in general and in...
View ArticleAPC condemns the affront to democracy in Brazil
APC firmly condemns the decision of the Brazilian Senate to dismiss President Dilma Rousseff. This decision deeply undermines the democratic system in Brazil, as well as the political stability and the...
View ArticleInside the Information Society: What is the impact of the internet on politics?
This week’s blog looks at the impact of the Internet on politics.
View ArticleIn defense of freedom of expression and the right to communicate: Intervozes'...
As an organisation that has been active for 15 years in defending freedom of expression and political expression and in advocating for the right to communicate, in a commitment to consolidate democracy...
View ArticleMMfD: New draft of data protection law will create a dangerous precedent
Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD) is concerned about the insertion of draconian and anti-democratic sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2020 that has been made public by the Pakistani...
View ArticleFree online course on media freedom in Africa
The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg is launching the third iteration of their online course Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Africa. The updated version includes a session on...
View ArticleEngageMedia: The conviction of Maria Ressa: Weaponising cyber libel to...
On 15 June, online news organisation Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. were convicted of cyber libel charges, in just one of 11 court cases...
View ArticleBrazilian disinformation bill threatens freedom of expression and privacy online
APC and other regional and global civil society organisations call on Brazilian legislators to reject the latest version of the bill and open a participatory discussion on how to respond to the...
View ArticleGood news, bad news: A story of internet shutdowns in Togo and Ethiopia
Last month the Economic Community of West African States Community Court of Justice ruled that the 2017 internet shutdown in Togo was illegal. But barely a week later, Ethiopia initiated a nationwide...
View ArticleEngageMedia's Pretty Good Podcast: Youth and online activism at Thailand...
Piyanut Kotsan, director of Amnesty International Thailand, enumerates the human and digital rights issues and violations occurring during the recent youth-led protests, from the disproportionate use...
View ArticleSilencing the media won’t stop the Thailand protests
Sweeping to power by the military coup in May 2014, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is known for not being friendly to any independent media. As the protests against his government keep growing...
View ArticleOne year in: COVID-19 deepening Africa's democratic regression
In September 2020, our research on the State of Internet Freedom in Africa established that the ultimate effect of the measures instituted in fighting COVID-19 was that they had deepened the democracy...
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