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Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
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What was the impact of the APC network in the past year?

We helped women human rights defenders #WHRDs work safely online, strengthened their networks and centred their concerns in policy spaces.

Check out this video for more highlights on #APC2024 #DigitalSafety #DigitalCare #DigitalResilience 👇
Community-centred connectivity and environmental justice in the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference 👇

www.apc.org/en/project/c...

#COP30 #ClimateChange #CommunityNetworks
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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As part of COP30, Rede Comunitária Floresta Digital convened a conversation about communicating climate change in the Amazon –both as a challenge and as an opportunity for collective power.

🔴 Live at radio.taina.net.br

More on the #COP30 and its connectivity agenda here www.apc.org/en/event/cop...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From early prototypes to improved kits for environmental monitoring, from data collection to community reflection, this story illustrates how technology can be transformed into a tool for environmental stewardship and self-determination 👇

#SeedingChange @colnodo.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As part of COP30, Rede Comunitária Floresta Digital convened a conversation about communicating climate change in the Amazon –both as a challenge and as an opportunity for collective power.

🔴 Live at radio.taina.net.br

More on the #COP30 and its connectivity agenda here www.apc.org/en/event/cop...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The COP30 is just around the corner. Amidst the broad climate-change agenda it presents, connectivity is highlighted by a variety of proposals.

Find the connectivity agenda of COP30 here 👉 www.apc.org/en/event/cop...

And a community-centred coverage of the event here 👉 www.apc.org/en/project/c...
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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New on #SeedingChange: Community networks are cultivating a future where technology and social and environmental care grow together

This initiative builds on @colnodo.bsky.social's experience in working with #DigitalInclusion and environmental monitoring 👇

www.apc.org/en/blog/seed...
Seeding change: Community networks cultivating a future where technology and social and environmental care grow together
Access to connectivity and devices can be a key factor in enabling communities and promoting local development. Yet technology’s value goes far beyond access: it lies in what communities can create wi...
www.apc.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
¿Qué supone ampliar las perspectivas de derechos y justicia en los discursos sobre tecnologías y derechos digitales?

Historias, experiencias, objetivos cumplidos (y otros por cumplir) en nuestro informe anual:

www.apc.org/es/news/ampl...

#APC2024 #DerechosDigitales #Justicia
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New on #SeedingChange: Community networks are cultivating a future where technology and social and environmental care grow together

This initiative builds on @colnodo.bsky.social's experience in working with #DigitalInclusion and environmental monitoring 👇

www.apc.org/en/blog/seed...
Seeding change: Community networks cultivating a future where technology and social and environmental care grow together
Access to connectivity and devices can be a key factor in enabling communities and promoting local development. Yet technology’s value goes far beyond access: it lies in what communities can create wi...
www.apc.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The COP30 is just around the corner. Amidst the broad climate-change agenda it presents, connectivity is highlighted by a variety of proposals.

Find the connectivity agenda of COP30 here 👉 www.apc.org/en/event/cop...

And a community-centred coverage of the event here 👉 www.apc.org/en/project/c...
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A call for inclusion, sovereignty and community-centred connectivity from the #globalgatewayforum 👇

www.apc.org/en/news/call...

#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A call for inclusion, sovereignty and community-centred connectivity from the #globalgatewayforum 👇

www.apc.org/en/news/call...

#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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States should refuse to sign or ratify the Convention. Those that have already committed to signing should adopt concrete human rights safeguards.

Read our full statement 👇

www.apc.org/en/pubs/join...

#Cybercrime #CybercrimeConvention
Joint statement on the signing of the UN Convention on Cybercrime
APC and other civil society organisations remain deeply concerned that the UN Convention Against Cybercrime (UNCC) will facilitate human rights abuses across borders. The UNCC obligates states to esta...
www.apc.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Voices from Africa: Building hope and connection across the region 👇

Throughout interviews undertaken with APC members from Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon and beyond, one central theme stood out: hope grounded in action.

www.apc.org/en/news/voic...

#FIFAfrica #FIFAfrica2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Starting today!

#TFGBV #Africa
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng at the first Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) in a “Myth-Busting Session on TFGBV Data” as she provides ethical & survivor-centered data practices.

🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d

@apc.org
#TFGBV
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
States should refuse to sign or ratify the Convention. Those that have already committed to signing should adopt concrete human rights safeguards.

Read our full statement 👇

www.apc.org/en/pubs/join...

#Cybercrime #CybercrimeConvention
Joint statement on the signing of the UN Convention on Cybercrime
APC and other civil society organisations remain deeply concerned that the UN Convention Against Cybercrime (UNCC) will facilitate human rights abuses across borders. The UNCC obligates states to esta...
www.apc.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng at the first Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) in a “Myth-Busting Session on TFGBV Data” as she provides ethical & survivor-centered data practices.

🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d

@apc.org
#TFGBV
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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📢 Les contamos que la Red Feminista de Inteligencia Artificial de América Latina y el Caribe acaba de lanzar la convocatoria para recibir notas conceptuales de proyectos.

Buscan propuestas para co-crear, en la práctica, modelos alternativos de IA enfocados […]

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October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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¡Derechos Digitales en el 18° LACIGF 2025! Seguimos impulsando una voz latinoamericana autónoma y crítica en los debates regionales sobre el futuro de Internet.

📍 Conoce más sobre nuestras participaciones y cómo sumarte de manera presencial o virtual: www.derechosdigitales.org/noticias/der...
Derechos Digitales tendrá una participación destacada en el 18° LACIGF en Argentina
América Latina enfrenta diversos desafíos y oportunidades relacionados al uso de Internet y las tecnologías. Para poder ordenar debates y orientar líneas de acción, un nutrido grupo de organizaciones ...
www.derechosdigitales.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us on 5-6 November 👇

#TFGBV #Africa
Join our Executive Director, @sandraaceng at the first Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) in a “Myth-Busting Session on TFGBV Data” as she provides ethical & survivor-centered data practices.

🔗Register here: shorturl.at/GmE4d

@apc.org
#TFGBV
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
>>>> The latest edition of our #CommunityNetworks Newsletter explores how community-centred connectivity impacts on #environmentaljustice. It addresses this growing concern in the context of #COP30, taking place this year in Belém do Pará, Brazil.

-----> Find it here 👉️ www.apc.org/en/news/comm...
Community networks newsletter: Community-centred connectivity bridging digital inclusion and environmental justice
Community-centred connectivity initiatives differ from traditional internet providers in many ways. Their mission goes beyond access – they start from the realities, needs, plans and dreams of local p...
www.apc.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence

This symposium on #TFGBV in #Africa will bring together stakeholders from across the continent to prevent and respond to this type of violence.

www.apc.org/en/event/fir...
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Les compartimos el video de la #ruedadeprensa que tuvimos en Xalapa, Veracruz para exponer sobre el proceso especíal sancionador que nos impuso el Tribunal Electoral de Veracruz por una supuesta violencia política en razón de género #vprg.

Link: https://youtu.be/AV-4wnhi9Rs?si=l_gT_gQfdGLhxRwY
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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📰‼️ Medios comunitarios e #indígenas enfrentan criminalización y #censura por ejercer la libertad de expresión

Compartimos la carta firmada por 355 organizaciones, periodistas, academia y ciudadanía, en la que expresamos nuestra preocupación por el uso de la […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM