The race to develop ever-more advanced artificial intelligence applications is dominated by tech companies in the United States and China. Are human rights and benefits for all being ignored for gains in wealth and power for a few?In the run-up to the symposium “Our Common...
Digital tech's rapid development calls for a justice-oriented response benefiting all members of society, the WACC General Secretary stressed at the start of the symposium “Our Common Future” today....
Cirenia Celestino Ortega, Global Media Monitoring Project coordinator for Latin America, attended the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and was a member of WACC’s delegation at the parallel NGO Forum. Lea en español The central theme of 70th session of the Commission...
How can faith-based actors, civil society, and secular AI ethics organizations work together for a digitally just future in an age marked by the rush towards ever more powerful digital technology and artificial intelligence across all sectors of life? The upcoming international symposium “Our Common Future:...
Gender violence is pervasive in both digital and offline media, calling for a new, radical path forward to ensure justice for women and girls, participants concluded at a WACC joint event held this week during the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status...
We see daily examples of pressures on press freedom in countries around the globe. Then there is a particularly chilling moment when such pressure becomes an overt threat from one of the oldest democracies in the world, in which freedom of speech is enshrined as...