Over the past few years, climate change has become a lighting rod issue in many countries of the Global North. Populist right-wing figures like Donald Trump (USA), Nigel Farage (UK), Alice Weidel (Germany) and Santiago Abascal (Spain) have either denied climate change, sought to undermine its...
Media literacy is the first and most important step to address communication rights challenges like misinformation, polarization, and misuse of AI. Yet media education must also be tailored to the specific context. For UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week, WACC Asia President Peter Singh...
We all can take control and make a difference when it comes to digital justice. And being media literate is an important first step. In this regional reflection for UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week, WACC Africa Secretary Lekan Otufodunrin explores why each of...
A WACC Conversation Circle on 6 November aims to strengthen collective action for a more just digital future in the wake of the 20-year review of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20).The one-hour online conversation “Building Momentum – Digital Justice Advocacy...
When ChatGPT was first unveiled as a publicly accessible application in November 2022, I was skeptical of the general usefulness of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Even more, I was concerned about the ethical implications. By WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher Will it magnify misinformation in a...
Revd Dr Albert van den Heuvel, who has died in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the age of 93, was President of WACC 1996-2002. Van den Heuvel was present in 1975 at the merger of the “old” WACC founded in 1968 with the Agency for Christian Literature Development...