The start of 2017 was marked by optimism for people living in Mindanao, the southernmost region of the Philippines. At the time, the national government was engaged in peace talks with the two major armed movements operating in the region, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
Over half of the world’s population of 7.7 billion are connected to the Internet, which has profoundly changed the way people live, work and communicate....
The rise of “fake news” charges and deliberate disinformation have led to an important counter effort: fact-checking. News agencies, civil society organisations, and concerned individuals have taken on the fight for “truth” – assessing political claims and struggling to prevent misinformation guiding our decisions and...
Sunday, September 15 is the International Day of Democracy and WACC is promoting every citizen’s right to communicate and to engage in transparent, informed and democratic debate.
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Google should have known better! An Associated Press piece in The Guardian newspaper (“YouTube fined $170m for collecting children’s personal data”, 4 September 2019) notes a serious violation of children’s right to privacy: “Google’s video site YouTube has been fined $170m to settle allegations it collected children’s personal data...
On International Literacy Day, Saturday, September 8, WACC calls attention to the digital divide that excludes billions of people around the world – including Indigenous people and linguistic minorities – from accessing and distributing information through digital communication platforms.
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