NGO Network Develops Online Game to Help People Bypass Internet Shutdown
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a membership-based international network of organisations and activists with its main office in Johannesburg, South Africa, has developed a facilitated training activity in the form of a game...
Digital Rights Groups Urge Governments and Private Sector to Safeguard Privacy and Promote Strong...
In commemoration of 2023 Global Encryption Day, Digital Rights Groups, including Media Rights Agenda (MRA), have urged governments and the private sector to reject efforts to undermine encryption and instead pursue policies that enhance,...
UNESCO Issues Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms to Safeguard Free Expression, Access to...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued a new report titled “Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Access to Information through a Multistakeholder Approach”,...
Ranking Digital Rights Launches Inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard
The Washington D.C.-based Ranking Digital Rights, which advances corporate accountability for human rights in the digital age, has launched its inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard in which it evaluated 12 of the biggest global telecommunications...
UN Secretary-General Appoints Gbenga Sesan, 9 Others to Serve on Inaugural IGF Leadership Panel
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appointed Mr. Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative and nine other high-level and eminent persons to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.
The...
3rd Session of UN Working Group on Security and Use of ICTs Holds in...
The Third Substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) 2021–2025, will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New...
Media Bodies, CSOs Demand Investigation into Journalist Detention and Prosecution of...
The undersigned media organisations, media associations and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations wish to express our deep concern and strong condemnation...
