“All the news that’s fit to print” was a motto adopted by American newspaper publisher Adolph S. Ochs – an immigrant from Germany – when he took over The New York Times in 1895. It signified the newspaper’s commitment to accurate, impartial, and ethical news...
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act intended to deliver the President’s domestic agenda. Among the provisions is a 10-year moratorium on states from regulating artificial intelligence. It reads: “…no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce, during the...
[caption id="attachment_63858" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2025/2[/caption] Media Development 2025-2 Last Chance for Communication Justice? WSIS+20 may be the last chance to establish a lasting and meaningful rights-based framework for global communications which is effective, and which enables people everywhere to be seen and heard. A peaceful and just...
The much anticipated World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, 7-11 July 2025. WSIS+20 is the second review of the outcomes of the original WSIS, which had two phases: Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005. At that time, WACC held the...
[caption id="attachment_63872" align="aligncenter" width="800"] WACC partners gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal, at a forum entitled “Communication Rights: Building Blocks for Digital Justice”. Photo Credit: AMARC AP/WACC[/caption] In September 2024, the United Nations adopted a “Global Digital Compact“ at the Summit of the Future in New York City....
Association for Progressive Communications At the conclusion of the 2024 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), organisations and individuals from civil society, the private sector and the technical community called on all governments, institutions and organisations to affirm the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society...
Global Digital Justice Forum [caption id="attachment_63884" align="alignright" width="300"] Many actors in civil society worry that digital technologies, including those based on AI, can be appropriated by governments, security services, and global corporations to repress, control, manipulate, and profit from ordinary people – who have their own,...
Foro Global de Justicia Digital El Foro Global de Justicia Digital, una coalición de organizaciones de sociedad civil del Sur global, denuncia el creciente dominio del autoritarismo político y corporativo sobre internet. El poder desenfrenado de la “Broligarquía” (un puñado de empresas de Silicon Valley que...
Forum mondial pour la justice numérique Le Forum mondial pour la justice numérique, une coalition d’organisations de la société civile principalement issues du Sud Global, dénonce la mainmise de plus en plus étroite de l’autoritarisme étatique et des multinationales sur internet. Le pouvoir incontrôlé de la...
O Fórum Global de Justiça Digital O Fórum Global de Justiça Digital, uma coalizão de organizações da sociedade civil de alcance global, condena o domínio cada vez maior do autoritarismo político e corporativo na Internet. O poder descontrolado da Broligarquia – um punhado de empresas do...