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28 Aug 2026 Digital sovereignty: Only path to our common digital future, says new Media Development

Posted at 18:16h in Digital Justice, Media Development, News

People and communities must have a say in the design and development of digital technologies and in the policies that regulate them....

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28 Aug 2026 Discover new video resources on digital rights to inspire advocacy

Posted at 14:28h in Digital Justice, News

Get inspired to take action for digital justice with the presentations from the international symposium "Our Common Future: Advocating for Digital Rights and AI Accountability."...

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21 Aug 2026 AI accountability: Before or after the fact?

Posted at 19:47h in Blog, Digital Justice, News

All of civil society has a moral duty to speak up and ensure that conversations about AI include the voices of those at the margins, writes WACC General Secretary Philip Lee....

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21 Aug 2026 Voices and choices: Why we all need to be involved in decisions about AI

Posted at 19:14h in Blog, Digital Justice, News

AI governance is too important to be left only to powerful tech companies or individual governments, reflects WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher post–Geneva Digital Week 2026....

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21 Aug 2026 Local communities in the driver’s seat for communication networks

Posted at 18:27h in Blog, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News

Carlos Baca, member of the WACC delegation to the Geneva Digital Week 2026, shares examples of people-centered, inclusive communication in real life....

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20 Aug 2026 Ensuring that digital technology serves the people

Posted at 13:08h in Blog, Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects

WACC partner Maroua Ghith left the WSIS Forum 2026 convinced of the need to ensure digital technologies celebrate diversity and empower communities. ...

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19 Aug 2026 Safeguarding the human person: WACC Europe reflects on Magnifica Humanitas

Posted at 19:26h in Digital Justice, News, WACC Europe

The most recent online discussion hosted by WACC’s regional association in Europe unpacked Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, whose focus is summed up in its subtitle On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.Moderated by WACC Europe treasurer Katherine Shirk Lucas, the session...

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17 Aug 2026 Truth Under Fire: WACC Annual Report 2025 traces action to advance communication rights

Posted at 18:02h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Gender, News, One Year Projects

WACC’s latest Annual Report brings to life our collective work to enable people to be seen and heard at a time when too many are made invisible and silenced....

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27 Jul 2026 The beautiful game in a connected world

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Digital Justice

In this World Cup, we took home an invisible trophy. Outrage spread online, flowing parallel to the real-time streaming of the game....

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14 Jul 2026 3 conferences, 3 contrasts: Where does digital justice go from here?

Posted at 11:36h in Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice

Last week, Geneva hosted three meetings – each with the potential, in its own way, to reshape how the world communicates and relates.The inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance marked the first time, as speakers noted, that every UN Member State had a seat at...