It is a challenge to engage with digital communication technologies in ways that relate meaningfully to local community realities, and yet without undermining inherent values and traditional knowledge. In response, this issue of Media Development focuses on digital media literacy and cultural integrity to highlight...
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Is it any wonder people are in thrall to the power and vicarious thrill of digital technologies when many acclaimed films and TV series extol the apparent virtues of digital surveillance. At the same time, they fear that State surveillance has gone too far. A swift...
On 25 March 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms that harmed a young user through addictive features, awarding $6 million in damages. Just one day earlier, a New Mexico jury had ordered Meta to pay $375...
Reuters recently reported that US diplomats worldwide have been ordered to track and counter data localization efforts, naming the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an example of “unnecessarily burdensome” regulation. According to Reuters, “Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting...
The plot could easily have been from a Netflix dystopian thriller. “The Russian Guy” approaches ordinary women and girls leading ordinary lives, one walking her child to school, another stocking supermarket shelves, and a young girl walking by. “Hello. What’s your name? You look beautiful. Come with...
Leipzig (Germany) 2025 At DOK Leipzig – 68th International Film Festival for Documentary and Animated Film October 27 - November 2, 2025 – the Interreligious Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its Prize of € 2.000, donated by the Hotel Michaelis (VCH Hotels) in Leipzig...
United Nations This document is an AI summary of the draft resolution (16 December 2025) to the United Nations General Assembly addressing the review and implementation of outcomes from the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS+20), focusing on the role of information and communication technologies in...
Association for Progressive Communications The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a civil society network dedicated to ICTs for development and human rights founded in 1990 and working in more than 70 countries around the world. APC has participated in the World Summit on the Information...
Serge Bisimwa La liberté de la presse et l’accès à une information vérifiée sont un enjeu crucial dans le contexte de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette zone, est une région marquée par une instabilité chronique, où les conflits armés et l’exploitation des...