The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, the Organization of American States (OAS) Special Rapporteur on Freedom...
Fribourg (Switzerland) 2022 The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 36th Fribourg International Film Festival 2022, endowed with Fr. 5000 by the ecumenical campaign of Fastenopfer and HEKS/Bread for All, went to Téodora Ana Mihai for the film La Civil (Belgium/Romania/Mexico, 2021). The film tells the...
As the world increasingly becomes reliant on digital technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), "the role of social media platforms as propaganda tools needs to be explored thoroughly if freedom of the press is to remain a bastion of democracy," urges Philip Lee in his...
One hundred days after WACC launched its 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge May 3, only 29 translations have been made to the Principles for Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age."With more than 7,000 languages in use around the world, just 100 would...
In the Netflix documentary “the most hated man on the Internet”, a mother seeks justice for her daughter and other women whose intimate photos obtained through hacking are posted on a revenge porn website. The magnitude of apathy of the site owner and his upto...
Three WACC partners will be among 12 global “Internet Changemakers” who will make presentations at the 6thCommunity Network Xchange (CNX) on Friday, July 29, 10 a.m. (IST). Members of the community network from Malawi (UmozaNet, the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM), and Mzuzu University), the Cabecar...