Association for Progressive Communications

A tree is known by its fruit: Growing community-centred connectivity for inclusion, equality and sustainability

Community networks and community-centred connectivity initiatives (CCCIs) stand at the critical intersection of digital ...
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WSIS+20 Outcome Document adopted: The wins and regrets from a civil society and global south perspective

The High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information ...
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Change in Motion: Our community shaping technologies for social, gender and environmental justice (Edition 02)

They developed free technologies to monitor the environment in Nigeria and Colombia. We celebrated the long-awaited release ...
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What I learned during this year's Global Gathering

I participated in the Global Gathering 2025 at Estoril, Portugal, in September this year. It is a kind of digital craft fair, a dynamic meeting of digital rights defenders from more than 144 countries ...
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Gender in Digital Coalition statement on Revision 2 of the WSIS+20 Outcome Document

The Gender in Digital Coalition presents its comments on Revision 2 of the WSIS+20 Outcome Document. Throughout the entire ...
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Changement en marche : Notre communauté élabore les technologies pour la justice sociale, de genre et environnementale (Édition 02)

Navegando Libres por la Red est un programme organisé par Taller de Comunicación Mujer, basé en Équateur, qui vise à ...
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Myanmar Internet Project in court to defend rights of telecoms users: “The act of resistance is already a win”

Htaike Htaike Aung, director of Myanmar Internet Project, spoke to APC about the legal processes currently underway and their significance for activists in Myanmar and globally. This interview has ...
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What I shared about digital commons and the NGI0 grant programme during this year's Global Gathering

I participated in the Global Gathering 2025 at Estoril, Portugal, accompanied by some representatives from the APC. It is a kind of digital craft fair, a dynamic meeting of digital rights defenders ...
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Workshop: Document sharing without Big Tech

Progressive Technology Project is a member of a global campaign called Rise Against Big Tech (RABT), and with their RABT partners they are co-hosting a second free online workshop about file sharing ...
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Beyond the technical: Collective dreams that transform realities

Birth of the Central American Telecommunications and Broadcasting Training Programme for Indigenous and Rural Communities “The programme not only enhanced my technical knowledge, it also taught me the ...
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UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development study on "Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Rights and the Right to Development": APC and Derechos Digitales joint submission

Where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming societies, economies and politics alongside reshaping the ways in which culture is created, promoted and experienced, it is also a reminder of how ...
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Beyond the algorithm: Weaponised technologies and human rights under digital siege

Across conflict zones and fragile democracies, technologies once imagined as tools of empowerment and exploration now serve as instruments of surveillance, repression and even killing. A series of ...