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🗣️ For millions of people, AI not understanding their language is a daily reality. When AI works in a few dominant languages, hundreds are rendered invisible, and this, as Olofsson points, is a growing democratic fault line.
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When AI Can’t Understand Your Language, Democracy Breaks Down | TechPolicy.Press
Language equity in AI is not a niche fairness issue but rather a growing democratic fault line, Sofia Olofsson writes.
www.techpolicy.press
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🗣️ For millions of people, AI not understanding their language is a daily reality. When AI works in a few dominant languages, hundreds are rendered invisible, and this, as Olofsson points, is a growing democratic fault line.
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Over the past year we have traced how digital power is being exercised, contested, and reshaped across regions.
From SWANA to Latin America to parts of Africa — our work surfaced shared patterns in how platform power, regulation, and accountability are being negotiated.
From SWANA to Latin America to parts of Africa — our work surfaced shared patterns in how platform power, regulation, and accountability are being negotiated.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Over the past year we have traced how digital power is being exercised, contested, and reshaped across regions.
From SWANA to Latin America to parts of Africa — our work surfaced shared patterns in how platform power, regulation, and accountability are being negotiated.
From SWANA to Latin America to parts of Africa — our work surfaced shared patterns in how platform power, regulation, and accountability are being negotiated.
🧭 This year, our work also followed how platforms shape visibility during crises, often quietly, unevenly, and with life-altering consequences.
These pieces connect conflict, censorship, and the politics of disappearance. 🧵👇
These pieces connect conflict, censorship, and the politics of disappearance. 🧵👇
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🧭 This year, our work also followed how platforms shape visibility during crises, often quietly, unevenly, and with life-altering consequences.
These pieces connect conflict, censorship, and the politics of disappearance. 🧵👇
These pieces connect conflict, censorship, and the politics of disappearance. 🧵👇
👁️🗨️ Shadow banning mutates visibility itself: posts stay online, but disappear from view.
We recently released a report, together with Observacom and the Forum on Information & Democracy, unpacking how this quiet form of censorship impacts LatAm.
Read it here:
We recently released a report, together with Observacom and the Forum on Information & Democracy, unpacking how this quiet form of censorship impacts LatAm.
Read it here:
The Invisible Censorship: How Shadow Banning Silences Voices Across Latin America - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Mexican journalist David Morales watched his news outlet’s Facebook reach plummet overnight. Chiapas Sin Censura had built a following, delivering 100 million views…
digitalaction.co
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
👁️🗨️ Shadow banning mutates visibility itself: posts stay online, but disappear from view.
We recently released a report, together with Observacom and the Forum on Information & Democracy, unpacking how this quiet form of censorship impacts LatAm.
Read it here:
We recently released a report, together with Observacom and the Forum on Information & Democracy, unpacking how this quiet form of censorship impacts LatAm.
Read it here:
🌍 In conflict zones, the stakes are high: vital information disappears while disinformation spreads unchecked.
Our brief on SWANA, originally published in Oct, examines how platform policies are deepening these harms, and what accountability should look like:
Our brief on SWANA, originally published in Oct, examines how platform policies are deepening these harms, and what accountability should look like:
The Role of Tech Companies in Conflicts: The Deadly Consequences of Online Disinformation in SWANA - Digital Action
Mona Shtaya in collaboration with our partners Beam Reports and Kashif. Background Tech companies play an increasingly central role in shaping access to information during conflicts. This brief digs…
digitalaction.co
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌍 In conflict zones, the stakes are high: vital information disappears while disinformation spreads unchecked.
Our brief on SWANA, originally published in Oct, examines how platform policies are deepening these harms, and what accountability should look like:
Our brief on SWANA, originally published in Oct, examines how platform policies are deepening these harms, and what accountability should look like:
🇨🇱 #Chile strengthened election oversight in 2025, yet without binding governance rules, platforms still decide how far cooperation goes.
See @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief for the elements needed to build real accountability.
See @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief for the elements needed to build real accountability.
From cooperation to accountability: Rethinking election oversight in Chile’s 2025 elections - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Elections are no longer just civic rituals; they’re arenas where fundamental rights are tested. Freedom of expression, access to reliable information, and meaningful…
digitalaction.co
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🇨🇱 #Chile strengthened election oversight in 2025, yet without binding governance rules, platforms still decide how far cooperation goes.
See @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief for the elements needed to build real accountability.
See @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief for the elements needed to build real accountability.
🌱 What does digital justice look like when survivors shape the blueprint?
A future where reporting works, platforms listen, and safety is designed from the start — not added later.
Bold imagination can redraw what’s possible.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
A future where reporting works, platforms listen, and safety is designed from the start — not added later.
Bold imagination can redraw what’s possible.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌱 What does digital justice look like when survivors shape the blueprint?
A future where reporting works, platforms listen, and safety is designed from the start — not added later.
Bold imagination can redraw what’s possible.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
A future where reporting works, platforms listen, and safety is designed from the start — not added later.
Bold imagination can redraw what’s possible.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
🇨🇱 #Chile built an impressive election-monitoring system, but without enforceable governance, oversight depends on platforms choosing to cooperate.
Read @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief on what real accountability would require.
Read @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief on what real accountability would require.
From cooperation to accountability: Rethinking election oversight in Chile’s 2025 elections - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Elections are no longer just civic rituals; they’re arenas where fundamental rights are tested. Freedom of expression, access to reliable information, and meaningful…
digitalaction.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🇨🇱 #Chile built an impressive election-monitoring system, but without enforceable governance, oversight depends on platforms choosing to cooperate.
Read @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief on what real accountability would require.
Read @vladcortes.bsky.social’s brief on what real accountability would require.
✨ What happens when we stop imagining inside inherited limits?
What futures do we dare to demand beyond the idea that violence is inevitable?
In a TFGBV-free world, safety is collective care — shared audits, trust networks, protection built together.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
What futures do we dare to demand beyond the idea that violence is inevitable?
In a TFGBV-free world, safety is collective care — shared audits, trust networks, protection built together.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
✨ What happens when we stop imagining inside inherited limits?
What futures do we dare to demand beyond the idea that violence is inevitable?
In a TFGBV-free world, safety is collective care — shared audits, trust networks, protection built together.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
What futures do we dare to demand beyond the idea that violence is inevitable?
In a TFGBV-free world, safety is collective care — shared audits, trust networks, protection built together.
#16Days #EndTFGBV #FeministInternet #WRONetwork
During these #16Days, the #WRONetwork is highlighting important initiatives assisting women that have been target of online abuse: One of them is the confidential digital protection MyLawbrella.
Learn more about these resource: www.mylawbrella.com
#EndTFGBV
Learn more about these resource: www.mylawbrella.com
#EndTFGBV
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December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
During these #16Days, the #WRONetwork is highlighting important initiatives assisting women that have been target of online abuse: One of them is the confidential digital protection MyLawbrella.
Learn more about these resource: www.mylawbrella.com
#EndTFGBV
Learn more about these resource: www.mylawbrella.com
#EndTFGBV
Across the #SWANA region, civil society continues to face resource constraints, fragmentation, and growing pressure. Despite the grim backdrop, what stood out was not despair, but strategy.
Read more about what we learned, shared and missed in Bread&Net: digitalaction.co/moving-beyon... "
Read more about what we learned, shared and missed in Bread&Net: digitalaction.co/moving-beyon... "
Moving Beyond Big Tech: Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Complementarity in the SWANA Region - Digital Action
Reflections from the 2025 Bread&Net Convening lead by Mona Shtaya. Building connections to move forward amidst conflict This year’s regional convening on digital rights in the SWANA region was shaped…
digitalaction.co
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Across the #SWANA region, civil society continues to face resource constraints, fragmentation, and growing pressure. Despite the grim backdrop, what stood out was not despair, but strategy.
Read more about what we learned, shared and missed in Bread&Net: digitalaction.co/moving-beyon... "
Read more about what we learned, shared and missed in Bread&Net: digitalaction.co/moving-beyon... "
#Tomorrow! (Dec 2!) 📅 Join us to explore Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a milestone in rights-based digital policy driven by civil society.
🌐 Online | EN<>PT interpretation available
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | EN<>PT interpretation available
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Online Safety for Children Statute: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Online Safety for Children Statute: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti...
us06web.zoom.us
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#Tomorrow! (Dec 2!) 📅 Join us to explore Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a milestone in rights-based digital policy driven by civil society.
🌐 Online | EN<>PT interpretation available
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | EN<>PT interpretation available
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎥 This is not “drama.” It’s not a “mistake.” It’s image-based abuse, and it’s spreading across #Nigeria.
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
Silenced No More: Breaking the Chains of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (Full Documentary)
Techsocietal launched a qualitative study in 2023 to try to understand the lived experiences and psychological impacts of image-based sexual abuse on victims. One thing we found that stuck out like a…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🎥 This is not “drama.” It’s not a “mistake.” It’s image-based abuse, and it’s spreading across #Nigeria.
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
This documentary shares the human stories behind the phenomenon and the voices fighting to reclaim safety and justice.
📺 Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiI...
#16Days #EndTFGBV #WRONetwork
🌍 A hidden camera. Installed in her bedroom ceiling. By her brother-in-law.
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌍 A hidden camera. Installed in her bedroom ceiling. By her brother-in-law.
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Zainab’s story is far from being an exception, it is part of a pattern of image-based abuse both in Nigeria and across the world. 🧵 🔻
#16Days #WRONetwork
Complementarity isn’t just an ethical choice, but a strategic necessity.
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Moving Beyond Big Tech: Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Complementarity in the SWANA Region - Digital Action
Reflections from the 2025 Bread&Net Convening lead by Mona Shtaya. Building connections to move forward amidst conflict This year’s regional convening on digital rights in the SWANA region was shaped ...
digitalaction.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Complementarity isn’t just an ethical choice, but a strategic necessity.
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Avoiding duplication. Sharing tools. Learning from each other.
These are not side efforts: they are *infrastructure* for resistance and resilience.
Read our reflections from #Bread&Net:
digitalaction.co/moving-beyon...
Today, as part of #WRONetwork we join in campaigning for #16days of activism against digital gender based violence.
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
Women's Rights Online
www.womensrightsonline.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today, as part of #WRONetwork we join in campaigning for #16days of activism against digital gender based violence.
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
We'll point at realities and efforts today; and push for a future where women and girls can live free of fear.
Everywhere.
#EndTFGBV
www.womensrightsonline.net
💭 Several weeks on, #FIFAfrica is still present in our thoughts and conversations.
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
Digital Sovereignty and Other Rallying Calls in the African Digital Rights Horizon - Digital Action
Bulanda Tapiwa Nkhowani on FIFAfrica 2025 At this year’s Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica), one theme stood out across panels, workshops and hallway conversations: digital sovereignty. I...
digitalaction.co
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
💭 Several weeks on, #FIFAfrica is still present in our thoughts and conversations.
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
🤝 It pushed us to think harder about South–South collaboration, and what it means to shape digital rules from where we stand.
Read Bulanda Nkhowani's take here:
digitalaction.co/digital-sove...
DigitalAction joined 127 organisations to sound the alarm about the EU Digital Omnibus proposals.
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
The EU must uphold hard-won protections for digital human rights
What is being presented as a “technical streamlining” of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections against digital threats.
www.amnesty.eu
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
DigitalAction joined 127 organisations to sound the alarm about the EU Digital Omnibus proposals.
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
What is being presented as a "technical streamlining" of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections.
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
We see with concern the push for the EU’s Digital Omnibus.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros!
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We see with concern the push for the EU’s Digital Omnibus.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
The EU has long served as a reference for digital rights frameworks worldwide. If these laws are weakened the ripple effects could reach far beyond Europe.
This should be a wake-up call for civil society everywhere.
📣 On Dec 2, join us to discuss Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a civil society-led milestone in rights-based digital reform. We'll discuss lessons, challenges and next steps.
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣 On Dec 2, join us to discuss Brazil’s new Digital Child and Adolescent Statute—a civil society-led milestone in rights-based digital reform. We'll discuss lessons, challenges and next steps.
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN<>PT available
Register here 👉🏾 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is shaping how states engage with tech (and with people!)
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
https://dpimap.org/global-state-of-dpi/"
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🌐 Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is shaping how states engage with tech (and with people!)
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
This new report by UCL’s IIPP maps global trends, proposes a shared definition, and offers a snapshot of DPI adoption worldwide.
dpimap.org/global-state...
🗣️ YouTube removed More Than 700 Videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, as well as Google secretly handed Gmail data to ICE to help detain a pro-Palestinian student. We’re seeing a growing trend: platforms yielding to government pressure.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🗣️ YouTube removed More Than 700 Videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, as well as Google secretly handed Gmail data to ICE to help detain a pro-Palestinian student. We’re seeing a growing trend: platforms yielding to government pressure.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
🇳🇬 We’re reading and learning how encryption protects journalists & rights defenders from mass surveillance—thanks to Kehinde Adegboyega’s insights via GV.
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
How encryption protects journalists and human rights defenders in West Africa
Digital technology, which should help to concentrate and centralize information to prevent losses, offers no guarantee against the threats of hacking and theft of personal data by cyber-criminals.
globalvoices.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇳🇬 We’re reading and learning how encryption protects journalists & rights defenders from mass surveillance—thanks to Kehinde Adegboyega’s insights via GV.
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
But we wonder: will these protections trigger a new wave of anti-encryption bills?
🌎 What makes #ShadowBanning pernicious is its deliberate lack of transparency. Online censorship can not only silence you, it can simply make you vanish. Read our report in collaboration with Observacom & Forum of Information and Democracy:
The Invisible Censorship: How Shadow Banning Silences Voices Across Latin America - Digital Action
Vladimir Cortés Roshdestvensky Mexican journalist David Morales watched his news outlet’s Facebook reach plummet overnight. Chiapas Sin Censura had built a following, delivering 100 million views…
digitalaction.co
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌎 What makes #ShadowBanning pernicious is its deliberate lack of transparency. Online censorship can not only silence you, it can simply make you vanish. Read our report in collaboration with Observacom & Forum of Information and Democracy:
🤳🏾 Tech companies are playing an increasingly central role in shaping what people can see, say, and share during conflicts, but in SWANA, recent policy rollbacks have made things worse. Our latest new brief examines the implications:
The Role of Tech Companies in Conflicts: The Deadly Consequences of Online Disinformation in SWANA - Digital Action
Mona Shtaya in collaboration with our partners Beam Reports and Kashif. Background Tech companies play an increasingly central role in shaping access to information during conflicts. This brief digs…
digitalaction.co
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🤳🏾 Tech companies are playing an increasingly central role in shaping what people can see, say, and share during conflicts, but in SWANA, recent policy rollbacks have made things worse. Our latest new brief examines the implications: