WACC Global and WACC Latin America today urged churches and ecumenical bodies to be part of a "transformative movement" that will work towards creating a digital public sphere that upholds democracy, human rights, mutual accountability, and solidarity. WACC General Secretary Philip Lee and WACC Deputy General...
Saying church and ecumenical communities "can and should strongly engage with media from a gender justice perspective," WACC Global presented a vision for an Ecumenical Gender and Media Observatory at the World Council of Churches (WCC) pre-assembly on Just Community of Women and Men in...
A new initiative aimed at raising awareness about cyberviolence against women and creating a coalition of rights-based partners is highlighted in a new page on the WACC Global website. The initiative, a joint vision of WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) will act...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will take place starting next week and WACC staff and members will be present, raising issues about digital justice and gender and media. General Secretary Philip Lee, Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher, and ProgrammeManager Dr Sarah Macharia...
On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament approved the final text of its Digital Services Act (DSA), the new rule book for moderating digital content. The DSA aims to limit the spread of illegal content online and it establishes a new set of obligations for private...
Media Development 2022-3Democratizing CommunicationRediscovering SolidarityFrom legacy media’s propaganda potential to the Internet’s “platform power”, how can we bring about global cooperation to build an alliance of democracies strong enough to set the rules, standards, and red lines of a democratic digital future, worldwide? View online magazineDownload...